SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVELY DELAYING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS
First Claim
1. A method of approving a financial transaction between a customer and a merchant, wherein a customer payment is exchanged for merchant vendibles, the method comprising:
- performing, with a computer, a risk assessment of a financial transaction between a customer and a merchant, wherein a customer payment is exchanged for merchant vendibles, and wherein the risk assessment generates a risk score based at least in part on transaction information associated with the financial transaction;
provisionally authorizing the financial transaction based at least in part on the risk score;
delaying delivery of the merchant vendibles for a period of time when the financial transaction is provisionally authorized;
electronically obtaining additional transaction information related to the financial transaction between the customer and the merchant during the period of time associated with delaying delivery of the merchant vendibles; and
authorizing delivery of the merchant vendibles, with a computer, based at least in part on the additional transaction information obtained during the period of time associated with delaying delivery of the merchant vendibles.
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Abstract
A risk system that performs a risk assessment of a financial transaction to obtain an initial risk score. Based on the initial risk score, the risk system performs at least one post-score assessment by selectively utilizing various scoring engines and databases. The at least one post-score risk assessment may include delaying the shipment of merchandise in financial transactions that are of marginal risk to thereby provide a check acceptance service with more time to further evaluate the financial transaction risks. Thus, marginally risky financial transactions that are likely to benefit the check acceptance service and a merchant that subscribes to the check acceptance service are authorized for increased profitability and customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the post-score risk assessment may approve or authorize financial transactions that generally fail standard risk assessments that use a cut-off risk score to divide the financial transactions into either approved or declined groups. As a result, the post-score assessment process efficiently re-evaluates some of the borderline exception cases for the purpose of securing beneficial financial transactions.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of approving a financial transaction between a customer and a merchant, wherein a customer payment is exchanged for merchant vendibles, the method comprising:
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performing, with a computer, a risk assessment of a financial transaction between a customer and a merchant, wherein a customer payment is exchanged for merchant vendibles, and wherein the risk assessment generates a risk score based at least in part on transaction information associated with the financial transaction;
provisionally authorizing the financial transaction based at least in part on the risk score;
delaying delivery of the merchant vendibles for a period of time when the financial transaction is provisionally authorized;
electronically obtaining additional transaction information related to the financial transaction between the customer and the merchant during the period of time associated with delaying delivery of the merchant vendibles; and
authorizing delivery of the merchant vendibles, with a computer, based at least in part on the additional transaction information obtained during the period of time associated with delaying delivery of the merchant vendibles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system of approving a financial transaction between a customer and a merchant, wherein a customer payment is exchanged for merchant vendibles, the system comprising:
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a risk engine executable in a computer that is configured to perform a risk assessment of a financial transaction between a customer and a merchant, wherein a customer payment is exchanged for merchant vendibles, wherein the risk engine generates a risk score based at least in part on transaction information associated with the financial transaction, and wherein the risk engine is further configured to provisionally authorize the transaction based at least in part on the risk score;
a delivery delay module executable in a computer that is configured to delay the delivery of the merchant vendibles for a period of time when the financial transaction is provisionally authorized, wherein additional information related to the financial transaction between the customer and the merchant is obtained during the period of time associated with the delay of delivery of the merchant vendibles; and
an authorization module executable in a computer that is configured to authorize delivery of the merchant vendibles based at least in part on the additional transaction information obtained during the period of time associated with the delay of the delivery of the merchant vendibles. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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