Financial risk prediction systems and methods therefor

A computer-implemented method for predicting financial risk, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving first transaction data pertaining to a first transaction performed on a first credit account, said first credit account representing a credit account issued to a given account holder by a first account issuer;
• receiving second transaction data pertaining to a second transaction performed on a second credit account, said second credit account being different from said first credit account, said second credit account representing a credit account issued to said given account holder by a second account issuer, said second account issuer being different from said first account issuer;
• scoring said first transaction data and said second transaction data, based on a preexisting model to form a combined score for said given account holder;
• determining when the combined score is below a predefined financial risk threshold;
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• transmitting said combined score to at least one of said first account issuer and said second account issuer when it is determined that said combined score is below the predefined financial risk threshold.

A financial risk prediction system, the financial risk prediction system comprising:

• a receiving mechanism, the receiving mechanism being arranged to receive scoreable transaction data from a first data source, the scoreable transaction data being associated with a first credit account issued to a given account holder by an account issuer, wherein the scoreable transaction data includes current transaction data;
• an authenticator, the authenticator being in communication with the receiving mechanism, the authenticator being arranged to authenticate scoreable transaction data received by the receiving mechanism, wherein the scoreable transaction data includes transaction data for the first credit account and transaction data for a second account;
• a scoring mechanism, the scoring mechanism being arranged to generate a score associated with the given account holder, the score being arranged to indicate a financial risk level of the given account holder, wherein the scoring mechanism is arranged to generate the score using the scoreable transaction data in conjunction with a predictive model;
• an evaluator, the evaluator being arranged to compare the score against a predefined financial risk threshold;
• a transmitter, the transmitter being arranged to transmit the score to the account issuer;
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• a transaction authorizing mechanism, the transaction authorizing mechanism being in communication with the receiving mechanism and being arranged to authorize a first current transaction included in the current transaction data by determining that the score does not exceed the predefined financial risk threshold.

A computer program product for predicting financial risk, the computer program product comprising:

• computer code for receiving first transaction data pertaining to a first transaction performed on a first credit account, the first credit account representing a credit account issued to a given account holder by a first account issuer;
• computer code for receiving second transaction data pertaining to a second transaction performed on a second credit account, the second credit account being different from the first credit account, the second credit account representing a credit account issued to the given account holder by a second account issuer, the second account issuer being different from said first account issuer;
• computer code for scoring the first transaction data and the second transaction data based on a preexisting predictive model to form a combined score for the given account holder, the computer code for scoring including computer code for obtaining a first transaction pattern from the first transaction data and computer code for obtaining a second transaction pattern from the second transaction data;
• computer code for determining when the combined score is below a predefined financial risk threshold;
• computer code for transmitting the combined score to at least one of the first account issuer and the second account issuer when it is determined that the combined score is below the predefined financial risk threshold;
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• a computer readable medium that stores the computer codes, wherein the computer codes stored on the computer-readable medium are arranged to be accessed and processed by a computing system.

A computer-implemented method for predicting financial risk, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving transaction data pertaining to a plurality of transactions for a credit account, the transaction data including at least one of a transaction type and a transaction amount for each transaction of the plurality of transactions;
• determining when the transaction data is valid;
• scoring the transaction data when it is determined that the transaction data is valid, wherein scoring the transaction data includes scoring a transaction pattern asc ertained from the transaction data based on a preexisting model to form a score for the credit account, the transaction pattern being indicative of a pattern associated with the plurality of transactions for the credit account, the transaction pattern being arranged to include events that impact the financial risk;
• determining when the score is below a predefined financial risk;
• and
• transmitting the score to an account issuer of the credit account when it is determined that said score is below the predefined financial risk.

A computer program product for predicting financial risk, the computer program product comprising:

• computer code for receiving transaction data pertaining to a plurality of transactions for a credit account, the transaction data including at least one of a transaction type and a transaction amount for each transaction of the plurality of transactions;
• computer code for scoring the transaction data, wherein the computer code for scoring the transaction data includes computer code for scoring a transaction pattern ascertained from the transaction data based on a preexisting predictive model to form a score for the credit account, the transaction pattern being indicative of a pattern associated with the plurality of transactions for the credit account;
• computer code for determining when the score is below a predefined financial risk;
• computer code for transmitting the score to an account issuer of the credit account when it is determined that the score is below the predefined financial risk;
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• a computer-readable medium that stores the computer codes, wherein the computer codes stored on the computer-readable medium are arranged to be accessed and processed by a computing system.

A computer-implemented method for assessing financial risk, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving current event data pertaining to a plurality of events for a first credit account issued to an account holder, the current event data including at least one of a transaction type and a transaction amount for each event of the plurality of events for the first credit account;
• processing the current event data to generate a score associated with the account holder, wherein processing the current event data includes scoring an event pattern ascertained from the current event data based on a preexisting predictive model, the preexisting predictive model being generated using historical event data, the historical event data including data associated with the first credit account and data associated with at least a second credit account;
• determining when the score is below a predefined financial risk threshold;
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• transmitting the score to a first account issuer of the first credit account when it is determined that the score is below the predefined financial risk threshold.

A financial risk prediction system, the financial risk prediction system comprising:

• a receiving mechanism, the receiving mechanism being arranged to receive scoreable transaction data from a first data source, the scoreable transaction data being associated with a first credit account issued to a given account holder by an account issuer;
• an authenticator, the authenticator being in communication with the receiving mechanism, the authenticator being arranged to authenticate scoreable transaction data received by the receiving mechanism, wherein the scoreable transaction data includes transaction data from the first credit account and transaction data from a second credit account issued to the given account holder;
• a scoring mechanism, the scoring mechanism being arranged to generate a score associated with the given account holder, the score being arranged to indicate a financial risk level of the given account holder, wherein the scoring mechanism is arranged to generate the score using the scoreable transaction data in conjunction with a predictive model;
• an evaluator, the evaluator being arranged to compare the score against a predefined financial risk threshold;
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• a transmitter, the transmitter being arranged to transmit the score to the account issuer.