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Systems and methods for credit management risk rating and approval

  • US 8,290,857 B1
  • Filed: 04/02/2012
  • Issued: 10/16/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of evaluating a credit offering to a borrower, the method comprising:

  • electronically displaying on an electronic computing device a plurality of qualitative questions regarding the borrower, wherein at least some of the plurality of qualitative questions are based on an entity type of the borrower, wherein each answer is assigned a score representative of a portion of the borrower'"'"'s creditworthiness, and wherein the electronic computing device is in electronic communication with an electronic database via an electronic computer network;

    receiving financial information, non-financial information, and sector information regarding the borrower from the scores of the answers to the plurality of qualitative questions;

    calculating, by the electronic computing device, a first financial factor based on the financial information, a second non-financial factor based on the non-financial information, and a third sector factor based on the sector information, wherein at least a portion of the sector information is specific to the entity type of the borrower;

    calculating, by the electronic computing device, a preliminary probability of default rating of the borrower based on the first financial factor, the second non-financial factor, and the third sector factor, wherein the first financial factor is given a first weight, the second non-financial factor is given a second weight, and the third sector factor is given a third weight;

    generating, by the electronic computing device, at least one warning signal based on the answers to the plurality of qualitative questions and the entity type of the borrower;

    electronically displaying on the electronic computing device the at least one warning signal, wherein the at least one warning signal highlights a potential credit vulnerability of the borrower that is not present in the financial information, the non-financial information, and the sector information;

    calculating, by the electronic computing device, a probability of default rating of the borrower based on the preliminary probability of default and the at least one generated warning signal;

    calculating, by the electronic computing device, a loss given default rating for the borrower;

    integrating, by the electronic computing device, the probability of default rating and the loss given default rating with other information relating to the credit offering to produce a credit memorandum; and

    automatically outputting, by the electronic computing device, the credit memorandum, wherein the credit memorandum comprises a recommendation associated with the evaluation of the credit offering.

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