Calculating credit worthiness using transactional data

• US 8,190,515 B2
• Filed: 12/22/2009
• Issued: 05/29/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Ghosh, Debashis, Nobili, William Anthony, Pinto, Arun R., Newman, Kurt, Joffe, David N., Banerjee, Sudeshna, Halsted, Marc Douglas
• Primary Examiner(s): Kazimi, Hani M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ali, Hatem M
• Application Number:
  US12/645,277
• Publication Number:
  US 20100094750A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 705/38
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof

Abstract

Aspects of the invention provide for the use of transactional data in determining credit and product offerings. Further aspects of the invention provide for generating financial statements and indices using transactional data for use by users and/or financial institutions. The transactional based financial statements and indices may be used for making underwriting and financial planning decisions.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a computer, the computer comprising a memory and a processor, where the processor executes computer-executable instructions in the memory to perform a method of;

receiving transactional data corresponding to transactions associated with a user;

categorizing the transactional data into at least luxury transactions and necessity transactions;

calculating, using the computer, a luxury index based on a ratio of a dollar amount of the luxury transactions to a dollar amount of the necessity transactions;

calculating a necessity income standardized momentum trend risk index for the user using a necessity momentum trend risk index and income information about the user; and

determining, using the computer, credit worthiness of the customer based on the calculated luxury index and necessity income standardized momentum trend risk index of the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, where a loan officer originates a loan based on the determined credit worthiness of the user.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, the memory further including computer-executable instructions to perform a method further including:

calculating a FICO score for the user;

adjusting the FICO score based on the credit worthiness determined of the user.

4. The method apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transactional data comprises credit and debit card transactions.

5. The method apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transactional data comprises electronic bill payment transactions.

6. The method apparatus of claim 1, wherein the transactional data comprises checking and saving account transactions.

11. The apparatus of claim 1, where the luxury index is income standardized.

12. The apparatus of claim 1, where the luxury index is adjusted based on a luxury ratio three month momentum index.

13. The apparatus of claim 1, where the luxury index is adjusted based on a luxury ratio five month momentum index.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, where the luxury index is adjusted based on a luxury ratio momentum trend index.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, where the luxury transactions comprise transactions related to airlines, entertainment, rental cars, and restaurants.

16. The apparatus of claim 1, where the necessity transactions comprise transactions related to gas stations, grocery stores, and healthcare.

7. A system comprising:

a computer, the computer comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the processor executes computer-executable instructions in the memory for;

receiving transactional data corresponding to transactions associated with a customer;

categorizing the transactional data into at least luxury transactions and necessity transactions;

calculating, using the computer, a luxury index based on a ratio of a dollar amount of the luxury transactions to a dollar amount of the necessity transactions, where the luxury index is adjusted based on a luxury ratio momentum trend index;

determining, using the computer, credit worthiness of the customer based on the calculated luxury index; and

originating a loan based on the determined credit worthiness of the customer.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the computer-executable instructions further comprising:

calculating a FICO score for the customer;

and

adjusting the FICO score based on the credit worthiness determined of the customer.

9. A method of determining credit worthiness of a user, the method comprising:

receiving transactional data corresponding to transactions by the user;

categorizing the transactional data into numerous categories;

calculating, using a computer, a necessity income standardized momentum trend risk index for the user based on income information about the user; and

determining, using the computer, credit worthiness of the user based on the numerous categories of the transactional data and the necessity income standardized momentum trend risk index of the user.

10. The method of claim 9, further including originating a loan based on the determined credit worthiness of the user.