Abrégé

A method can include receiving, at a first financial institution from a mobile device of a consumer, a first request to pay a merchant for a payment amount from a first account of the consumer maintained by the first financial institution. The method also can include determining, at the first financial institution, second information including an account identifier of a second account of the merchant maintained by a second financial institution, at least partially based on the merchant identifier and third information obtained from a first system. The method additionally can include authorizing, at the first financial institution, a payment from the first account to the second account. The method further can include sending, from the first financial institution to the first system, payment information regarding a deposit to be made in the second account from the first account. Other embodiments are provided.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/08 - Architectures de paiement
• G06Q 20/32 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement caractérisés par l'emploi de dispositifs spécifiques utilisant des dispositifs sans fil
• G06Q 20/38 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement - leurs détails
• G06Q 20/40 - Autorisation, p.ex. identification du payeur ou du bénéficiaire, vérification des références du client ou du magasin; Examen et approbation des payeurs, p.ex. contrôle des lignes de crédit ou des listes négatives

Abrégé

Account data (e.g., balance information) for accounts at a plurality of financial institutions (or government agencies) is stored (and updated) in a central database system and accessed using a personal identifier, such as a social security number. Risk data may be generated for accounts based on the account data. The account data and risk data are accessed in response to either an account search request (e.g., from a government entity and relating to a benefits program or a subpoena) or an account verification request (e.g. from a mortgage company and relating to a mortgage application).

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 20/00 - Architectures, schémas ou protocoles de paiement

Abrégé

A plurality of institutions (such as financial institutions) contribute data to a data analysis and linking system. The system analyzes the data to create data nodes (records) associated with an entity, where the entity may be, for example, a person/individual, business, organization, account, address, telephone number, etc. After data is linked, and in order to retrieve linked data, a requester may provide to the system an identifier associated with an entity. The linked data provided by the system in response to the identifier may be in the form of a network of data nodes associated with the entity and for use in assessing risk, such as risk associated with a transaction being conducted by a person. The linked data may also be analyzed at the system to score risk associated with the entity, and the risk score provided in conjunction with or in lieu of the network of data nodes.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 10/00 - Administration; Gestion
• G06Q 40/08 - Assurance

Abrégé

Transfers of money into a recipient account are analyzed for risk of fraud by using a fraud monitoring system to analyze characteristics of the recipient account. The recipient account characteristics are stored in a central database, which has account data (for recipient accounts) contributed from a plurality of financial institutions that maintain such accounts. When a transfer is made or attempted, the stored characteristics of the recipient account are analyzed and a risk score is assigned to the transfer based on the recipient account. If the risk score indicates a suspicious or fraudulent transaction, an alert is provided. In an alternative embodiment, the risk analysis may be supplemented by analysis of transaction data association with the transfer.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu

Abrégé

A system for identifying and expediting the release of held items, such as checks. Paying banks (having accounts against which the checks are drawn) provide paid item files to the system, and depository banks (where checks have been deposited) provide held item files to the system. If there is a match of a paid item file and held item file (indicating that a held check has been paid by the paying bank), the depository bank is notified that the item has been paid and that the hold may be released.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu

Abrégé

A network includes an account status system for checking the status of checking accounts used to make payments, and a payment account monitoring system that includes linking files that store, for individual credit card accounts, the account numbers for checking accounts used to pay the credit card accounts. The monitoring system periodically retrieves checking account numbers from the linking files and checks the account numbers at the status system. If a negative status is indicated at the status system, an alert is provided to the credit card company.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu

Abrégé

Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for an identity verification switch. According to one embodiment, the method comprises receiving from an inquirer a request to verify an identity of an individual initiating a transaction. The request includes account information for an account subject to the transaction and identity information for the individual initiating the transaction. Based on the request, a verifying financial institution is selected from one or more participating financial institutions. The request is forwarded to the verifying financial institution for verification of the identity information. An answer is received from the verifying financial institution indicating results of verification of the identity information. The answer is returned to the inquirer.

Classes IPC  ?

• G07D 11/00 - Dispositifs acceptant des pièces de monnaie; Dispositifs acceptant, distribuant, triant ou comptant des papiers de valeur
• G07F 19/00 - Systèmes bancaires complets; Dispositions à déclenchement par carte codée adaptées pour délivrer ou recevoir des espèces ou analogues et adresser de telles transactions à des comptes existants, p.ex. guichets automatiques
• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu
• G06K 5/00 - Méthodes ou dispositions pour vérifier l'exactitude du marquage sur un support d'enregistrement; Dispositifs de localisation de colonne

Abrégé

Methods, systems, and machine-readable media are disclosed for identification of an individual and evaluation of risk from doing business with that individual. In one embodiment a method of evaluating a risk from conducting business with an individual comprises receiving identity information related to the individual. The identity information includes information from an identity credential presented by the individual. The identity credential is validated based on the information from the identity credential and one or more positive databases. An identity of the individual is verified based on the identity information and the one or more positive databases. The identity information is screened against one or more negative databases indicating past losses to one or more entities. Results of the screening are reported based on one or more criteria of an entity considering doing business with the individual.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu

Abrégé

Systems, methods, and databases are disclosed for authenticating negotiable instruments. In one embodiment, the method comprises receiving, at an authentication system, a plurality of data values associated with a negotiable instrument, the plurality of data values including an image security feature and an account. The method further comprises obtaining account decoding information from an account verification databases, the account verification database including decoding information for each of a plurality of financial institutions; decoding the image security feature using the account decoding information; obtaining one or more verification values from the decoded image security feature; comparing each of the verification values to a corresponding one of the data values; and transmitting a result communication indicating a result of the comparison.

Classes IPC  ?

• G06Q 40/00 - Finance; Assurance; Stratégies fiscales; Traitement des impôts sur les sociétés ou sur le revenu
• G06F 7/00 - Procédés ou dispositions pour le traitement de données en agissant sur l'ordre ou le contenu des données maniées