Transaction surveillance
First Claim
1. A method for managing risk associated with one or more financial transactions, the method comprising:
- compiling a reference of high risk variables;
monitoring data descriptive of a financial transaction for one or more indications of high risk variables according to predetermined criteria;
reporting one or more indications of high risk variables; and
generating a suggested action based upon the report of one or more indications of high risk variables.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and systems that facilitate the prevention of money laundering by monitoring various facets of a financial transaction via automated test routines, and automatically generating an action to address a high risk transaction based upon the results of the monitoring. To implement the invention, a reference of high risk variables can be compiled and data descriptive of a financial transaction can be monitored for one or more indications of high risk variables according to predetermined criteria. Indications of high risk variables can be reported and one or more suggested actions can be generated based upon the report.
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26 Claims
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1. A method for managing risk associated with one or more financial transactions, the method comprising:
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compiling a reference of high risk variables;
monitoring data descriptive of a financial transaction for one or more indications of high risk variables according to predetermined criteria;
reporting one or more indications of high risk variables; and
generating a suggested action based upon the report of one or more indications of high risk variables. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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- 6. The method of claim 6 wherein the pattern is identified from data descriptive of a specific account.
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22. A method for managing risk associated with a financial transaction, the method comprising:
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receiving an indication of one or more countries involved in a financial transaction;
receiving an indication of one or more entities involved in a financial transaction;
receiving an indication of one or more transaction patterns;
comparing the received indications with known risk variables; and
generating a suggested action based upon the comparison.
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23. A computerized system for managing risk associated with one or more financial transactions, the system comprising:
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a computer server accessible with a system access device via a communications network; and
executable software stored on the server and executable on demand, the software operative with the server to cause the server to;
monitor data descriptive of a financial transaction for one or more indications of a high risk variable according to predetermined criteria;
report one or more indications of a high risk variable; and
generating a suggested action based upon the one or more indications of a high risk variable.
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24. Computer executable program code residing on a computer-readable medium, the program code comprising instructions for causing the computer to:
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monitor data descriptive of a financial transaction for one or more indications of a high risk variable according to predetermined criteria;
report one or more indications of a high risk variable; and
generating a suggested action based upon the one or more indications of a high risk variable.
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25. A computer data signal embodied in a digital data stream comprising data relating to a financial transaction, wherein the computer data signal is generated by a method comprising the steps of:
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monitoring data descriptive of a financial transaction for one or more indications of a high risk variable according to predetermined criteria;
reporting one or more indications of a high risk variable; and
generating a suggested action based upon the one or more indications of a high risk variable.
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26. A system for managing risk associated with a financial transaction, the system comprising:
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one or more financial transaction processing units generating data descriptive of one or more financial transactions;
a data compilation comprising high risk variables for a financial transaction; and
a computerized transaction surveillance server operatively connected to the one or more financial transaction processing units to access the data descriptive of one or more financial transactions and also connected to the data compilation, wherein the computerized transaction surveillance server can automatically monitor the data descriptive of one or more financial transactions and indicate if the data correlates with a high risk variable.
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