Simultaneous bidding and matching platform for loan borrower and lenders

• US 20070073613A1
• Filed: 09/28/2005
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ongrand Limited
• Original Assignee: Ongrand Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Wen-Fu
• Application Number:
  US11/236,499
• Publication Number:
  US 20070073613A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/08 Auctions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof

Abstract

The present invention is a simultaneous bidding platform facilitate loan transactions process between borrowers and lenders. Matching module of the bidding and matching platform automatically match higher preferred interest-rate borrower bid sheet with lower preferred yield-rate lender bid sheet. The module generates bidding and matching loan borrowers'"'"' results, actual loan amount, actual interest-rate borrowers liable; and results of different lenders in various investment risk levels, actual invested amount and respective investment yield-rate per their risk levels. After matching results generated, all matched bidders perform their obligations according to the terms stipulated in the pre-signed bidding agreements as borrowers and lenders. The single matched borrowing bidder owes the matched loan amount and performs bidding obligation to all matched multiple lending bidders proportionally. The matched borrower acceptss the trustee pointed by all the matched lenders to custody collaterals, to escrow bidding agreements execution; and perform loan obligation through the trustee.

Claims

1. The present invention relates to a simultaneous bidding platform determining about a matched loan borrower, a different risk levels'"'"' matched loan lenders, the actual loan amount, actual loan interest rate for the matched loan borrower, and each actual loan amount contribution of the invested amount and investment yield rate of the matched loan lender. The said platform comprises:

a loan demand module, the said module is to receive multiple loan borrowing bid sheets, and the bid sheet shall at least include the information about the amount of loan needed and interest rate for the loan;

a loan supply module, the said module is to receive multiple loan lending bid sheets, and the said bid sheet shall at least include the information about the investment amount and preferred yield rate for different risk levels, and the said risk level data shall at least has the lowest risk level and next higher risk level;

a matching module, the said module is to match the highest interest rate bid sheet from all loan borrowing bid sheets with the lowest yield rate bid sheets and subsequently to second lower from respective risk levels of loan lending bid sheets proportionally, and as a result generating results of each matched bid.

2. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein the actual amount of loan to the loan borrower is aggregated amount from various risk levels loan lenders contributed per the portion they proportionally share in the total amount of loan.

3. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein the risk level is defined as if the loan borrowers not perform the loan due amount that stipulated in the bidding agreement, what priority a matched lender is entitled to accept pay off among all matched loan lenders from total proceeding collected.

4. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein the matching module matches all bid sheets according to the following rules:

preliminarily matching the highest interest rate of loan borrowing bid sheets with those lowest yield rate from different risk levels of loan lending bid sheets which have not yet been matched and whose amount is also sufficient to form part of the loan and then screening out those preliminary loan lenders who together provide a weighted-average yield rate higher than the preliminary loan borrower interest rate, each owner of the remaining loan lending bid sheet is capable of mutually providing the loan amount who will become the matched loan lender to the loan borrowing bid sheet, while the owner of loan borrowing bid sheet becomes the matched loan borrower.

5. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 4, wherein, within those loan borrowing bid sheets having the same interest rate or those loan lending bid sheets having the same yield rate, the earlier borrowing bid sheet or lending bid sheet will be first matched in the process.

6. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 4, wherein among all matched loan lenders who have the lower risk level bearing, their profits shall be deducted by its priority premium value, and then transfer the said priority premium value to those matched loan lenders willing to bear higher risk level.

7. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 4, wherein, during the preliminary matching process, the aggregated invested amount of matched loan lenders with lowest yield rate in different risk level if exceeds the required loan amount with the highest interest rate, the said exceeded amount with lowest yield rate shall be first matched as priority in next match.

8. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 4, wherein during the preliminary matching process, the aggregated invested amount of matched loan lenders with lowest yield rate in different risk level is insufficient to meet the required amount with the loan having the highest interest rate, then the loan difference will be taken into match by those loan lenders having second lowest yield rate in respective risk level.

9. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 4, wherein the last successful matched loan borrower bid sheet, its interest rate shall be applied to all matched loan borrowing bid sheets in that bidding;

wherein the last successful matched lowest yield rate of bid sheet in respective risk levels other than the highest risk level, its yield rate shall be applied to the matched bid sheets in that risk level, and calculating the difference of interest and distributing which to all highest risk level matched bid sheets.

10. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 2, wherein, the proportions of every matched loan lending amount to the total amount in the same risk level and all the risk levels, are applied for the trust company to distribute the lender'"'"'s bid amount to each matched borrower, effecting the lenders as the joint creditor with the other matched loan lenders to the matched loan borrower proportionally, while the matched loan borrower obtains the actual loan amount based on the bidding agreement and property collateral.

11. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein, before delivering the loan borrowing bid sheet to the loan demand module, the borrowing bidders must promise to provide the value-appraised property collateral at least equals to the loan amount as stipulated in the bidding agreement.

12. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein, before delivering loan lending bid sheet to loan supply module, the lending bidders agree that as the trust company collects credit and pays off the lenders, proceeding from all borrowers should be aggregated as a whole, then distributed to lenders in the priority according to their risk level status. And if collections from any term in pay off schedule is not enough paying the due amount of the lower risk levels, the trust company should pending pay-off to the higher risk level lenders until all the lower risk levels'"'"' due amount, including delay payment interest fully paid off. Such pending will effect in the rest term of pay off schedule.

13. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein, the trust company signs a trust contract with lending bidder, before bidder delivering loan lending bid sheet to loan supply module. If approved by the government agency, this trust contract is a mutual fund trust contract itself, and loans to all borrowers are treated as fund assets.

14. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein, before delivering loan lending bid sheet to loan supply module, if a bidding agreement is invalided, default or the bidder violate the bidding agreement, the owner of bidding platform is entitled to handle the bidding deposit according to the bidding agreement and subsidizes the deposit to the second match bidder or to the counterparties who has already performed the agreement.

15. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein the loan match module determining about a matched loan borrower, a different risk levels'"'"' matched loan lenders, the actual loan amount, actual loan interest rate for the matched loan borrower, and each actual loan amount contribution of the invested amount and investment yield rate of the matched loan lender. All matched bidders will then perform their obligations according to the terms and conditions stipulated under the pre-signed bidding agreements as borrowers and lenders. The single matched loan borrowing bidder owes the matched principal loan amount and perform bidding agreement obligation to all matched multiple loan lending bidders proportionally. The matched loan borrower shall accept the trustee pointed by all the matched loan lenders to custody collaterals and to escrows bidding agreements execution;

and perform his/or her loan obligation through the trustee.

16. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein a single matched loan lender shall distribute the amount to all matched loan borrowers, trust to the trust company with money credit and property collateral that incurring from the bidding agreement, and authorizing the trust company collecting credits.

17. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein the matched loan borrower may pay off their loan prior to the expiration of agreement, provided early withdrawal penalty shall be applied and all amount of penalty shall be split among all lenders proportionally per lenders'"'"' invested contributions to the loan.

18. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, where in the functions of the platform may include following further mechanisms:

Inquiry of collateral statistics,

Inquiry of risk levels,

Inquiry of the records of previous bids,

Data of potential bidders,

Qualified bidders,

Bidding sheet acceptance,

Alert function before the expiration of bidding,

Announcement to each individual regarding bidding results,

Online checking function for bidders.

19. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 1, wherein loan borrowers and lenders file theirs bids through an electronic device with communication protocol into the loan demand/supply module.

20. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 19, wherein the electronic device can be a PDA, a mobile phone, a PC or other electronic devices compatible with communication protocol.

21. The simultaneous bidding platform as claimed in claim 19, wherein the communication protocol can be an internet or telecommunication network.