TOTAL STRUCTURAL RISK MODEL

• US 20090222373A1
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Published: 09/03/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Original Assignee: American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (American Express Company)
• Inventors: Choudhuri, Tirthankar, Xu, Di, Haggerty, Kathleen, Gupta, Amber, Yuan, Chao, Dewan, Anjali
• Application Number:
  US12/040,742
• Publication Number:
  US 20090222373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

The present invention generally relates to financial data processing, and in particular it relates to credit scoring, consumer profiling, consumer behavior analysis and modeling. More specifically, it relates to risk modeling using the inputs of credit bureau data, size of wallet data, and, optionally, internal data.

Claims

1. A method for determining a comprehensive consumer default risk value for a consumer, wherein said consumer default risk value is derived by a risk analysis computer, said method comprising:

obtaining consumer credit data relating to said consumer, at a risk analysis computer wherein said risk analysis computer comprises a processor, a memory, and a data store;

modeling, using said risk analysis computer, consumer spending patterns of said consumer using said consumer credit data to obtain an estimated spend capacity of said consumer; and

calculating, using said risk analysis computer, said comprehensive consumer default risk value for said consumer based upon said consumer credit data and said estimated spend capacity, wherein said comprehensive consumer default risk value represents a risk associated with said consumer defaulting on an existing debt obligation.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining a strategy to interact with said consumer based on said comprehensive consumer default risk value for said consumer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said determining a strategy further comprises making credit approval decisions for said consumer based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein said determining a strategy further comprises soliciting said consumer for products in accordance with said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a new credit card account based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a new mortgage based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a new automobile loan based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising establishing a new student loan based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein said modeling consumer spending patterns further comprises:

receiving credit bureau data comprising a plurality of accounts of said consumer over a previous period of time;

identifying any balance transfers into at least one of said plurality of accounts based upon said credit bureau data;

discounting any spending identified for any of said plurality of accounts for any portion of said previous period of time in which a balance transfer to such account is identified; and

estimating a purchasing ability of said consumer based on said credit bureau data and said discounting.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said modeling consumer spending patterns further comprises:

identifying at least two categories wherein a first category includes consumers that primarily pay down credit account balances and a second category including consumers that primarily revolve credit account balances; and

assigning said consumer to at least one of said categories.

14. The method of claim 9, further comprising establishing a new credit card account based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

15. The method of claim 9, further comprising establishing a new mortgage based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

16. The method of claim 9, further comprising establishing a new automobile loan based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

17. The method of claim 9, further comprising establishing a new student loan based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein said calculating further comprises performing a floating point calculation using said processor to obtain said comprehensive consumer default risk value;

and electronically storing said consumer default risk value in said data store.

11. (canceled)

12. The method of claim 11, wherein said determining a strategy further comprises making credit approval decisions for said consumer based upon said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein said determining a strategy further comprises soliciting said consumer for products in accordance with said comprehensive consumer default risk value.

18. A computer readable medium bearing instructions for determining a comprehensive consumer default risk value for a consumer, the instructions, when executed by a risk analysis computer, being arranged to cause one or more processors to perform the steps of:

obtaining consumer credit data relating to said consumer;

modeling consumer spending patterns of said consumer using said consumer credit data to obtain an estimated spend capacity of said consumer; and

calculating said comprehensive consumer default risk value for said consumer based upon said consumer credit data and said estimated spend capacity, wherein said comprehensive consumer default risk value represents a risk associated with said consumer defaulting on an existing debt obligation.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising determining a strategy to interact with said consumer based on said comprehensive consumer default risk value for said consumer.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein said determining a strategy further comprises soliciting said consumer for products in accordance with said comprehensive consumer default risk value.