RISK ANALYSIS OF MONEY TRANSFER TRANSACTIONS
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1. A system for conducting a money transfer transaction for sending money from a sender to a recipient, comprising:
- a money transfer host computer communicatively coupled to a transaction terminal for receiving money transfer information and for conducting the money transfer transaction in response to the money transfer information; and
a risk assessment system associated with the money transfer host computer for assessing on a real-time basis a risk of improper activity in connection with the money transfer transaction, the risk assessment system including at least one rules engine for evaluating the money transfer information received at the transaction terminal, the risk assessment system providing, prior to the money transfer transaction being completed at the money transfer host computer, a risk assessment of the transaction based on the evaluation of the money transfer information at the at least one rules engine;
wherein the risk assessment engine receives money transfer information having a value for at least one risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction, and wherein the risk score is calculated by the risk assessment engine by assigning a Z score to the risk factor, based on the formula;
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Abstract
A money transfer system includes a risk assessment system and a risk modeling system. The risk assessment system uses rules engines and Z scores to assess, on a real time basis, risk factors associated with money transfers. The risk modeling system develops risk scores based on historical transaction data in order to create a risk model. The risk model may be analyzed over time to refine the rules engines and take other actions to understand and reduce the risk of improper activity in connection with money transfers.
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1. A system for conducting a money transfer transaction for sending money from a sender to a recipient, comprising:
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a money transfer host computer communicatively coupled to a transaction terminal for receiving money transfer information and for conducting the money transfer transaction in response to the money transfer information; and a risk assessment system associated with the money transfer host computer for assessing on a real-time basis a risk of improper activity in connection with the money transfer transaction, the risk assessment system including at least one rules engine for evaluating the money transfer information received at the transaction terminal, the risk assessment system providing, prior to the money transfer transaction being completed at the money transfer host computer, a risk assessment of the transaction based on the evaluation of the money transfer information at the at least one rules engine; wherein the risk assessment engine receives money transfer information having a value for at least one risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction, and wherein the risk score is calculated by the risk assessment engine by assigning a Z score to the risk factor, based on the formula; - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13)
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14. A method for real time assessment of a money transfer transaction for sending money from a sender to a recipient, comprising:
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providing a money transfer host computer communicatively coupled to a transaction terminal for receiving, by one or more processors, money transfer information and for conducting, by one or more of the processors, the money transfer transaction in response to the money transfer information; and providing a risk assessment system associated with the money transfer host computer for assessing on a real-time basis a risk of improper activity in connection with the money transfer transaction, the risk assessment system including at least one rules engine for evaluating the money transfer information received at the transaction terminal, the risk assessment system providing, by one or more of the processors and prior to the money transfer transaction being completed at the money transfer host computer, a risk assessment of the transaction based on the evaluation of the money transfer information at the at least one rules engine; wherein the risk assessment engine receives money transfer information having a value for at least one risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction, and wherein the risk score is calculated by the risk assessment engine by assigning a Z score to the risk factor, based on the formula;
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15. A method for assessing risk associated with a money transfer transaction, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more processors, money transfer information having a value for at least one risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction; receiving, by one or more of the processors, money transfer information having values for the same risk factor associated with prior money transfer transactions; providing, by one or more of the processors, the money transfer information to a risk assessment system, the risk assessment system including one or more rules engines for assessing the risk associated with the money transfer transaction; and assigning, at the risk assessment system, by one or more of the processors, a Z score to the risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction based on the formula; - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for assessing risk associated with a money transfer transaction based on prior money transfer transactions, comprising:
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a computer-readable memory having stored therein a sequence of instructions; a processor, for executing the sequence of instructions to cause the process to assess risk associated with the money transfer transaction by; receiving money transfer information having a value for at least one risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction; receiving money transfer information having values for the same risk factor associated with prior money transfer transactions; providing the money transfer information, associated with the money transfer transaction and with the prior money transfer transactions, to a risk assessment system, the risk assessment including one or more rules engines for assessing the risk associated with the money transfer transaction; and assigning, at the risk assessment system, a Z score to the risk factor associated with the money transfer transaction based on the formula;
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22. A method for refining rules in a rules engine, the rules engine for use in assessing risk of improper activity associated with money transfer transactions, comprising:
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storing, by one or more processors, data for past money transfer transactions in a data base, including data for at least one risk factor; receiving, by one or more of the processors, data for a new money transfer transaction, including data for the same at least one risk factor for the new money transfer transaction; assigning, by one or more of the processors, an updated risk score to the at least one risk factor based on the data for that risk factor for both the past money transfer transactions and the new money transfer transaction; and using, by one or more of the processors, the updated risk score to refine at least one rule in the rules engine; wherein the step of assigning the updated risk score to the at least one risk factor based on the data for both the past money transfer transactions and the new money transfer transaction comprises; calculating a Z score for the risk factor, based on the formula; - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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