Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080249911 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING ASSIGNABLE FEE PROFILES TO DEFINE FEE STRUCTURES FOR REMITTANCE SERVICES - A method includes storing a plurality of service fee profiles. Each of the profiles is for associating a respective service fee level with each of a plurality of transaction amount tiers. The method further includes, after the storing step, selecting a pair of currencies. The pair of currencies includes a sender currency and a recipient currency. The method also includes assigning one of the stored service fee profiles to the selected pair of currencies to set up a service fee schedule for the selected pair of currencies. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249912 | FORMAT IN COMPUTER-PROVIDED USER INTERFACE FOR ENTERING TRANSACTION FEE STRUCTURE - Data entry fields for entering a transaction fee structure are laid out in a grid of rows and in three or four columns. Data entered in a field in the second column defines the end point amount for a tier of transactions and is automatically populated into the field in the first column in the next row to define the starting point for the next tier of transactions. Data entered into a field in the third or fourth column defines a fee level for the tier of transactions defined by the amounts in the fields in the same row and in the first and second columns. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249913 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHECKING ANTI-MONEY-LAUNDERING SUSPECT LIST TRANSACTION BY TRANSACTION - A method includes maintaining a list of individuals prohibited from receiving funds transfers, and receiving information from time to time for updating the list. The method further includes receiving a plurality of funds transfer requests over time. Each of the funds transfer requests specifies a respective recipient individual. In response to receiving each of the funds transfer requests, the respective recipient individual specified in the funds transfer request is compared with the updated list of individuals prohibited from receiving funds transfers. | 10-09-2008 |
20080249935 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FUNDS REMITTANCES TO NON-PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNTS USING PAYMENT CARD SYSTEM - A method includes receiving a funds transfer request. The request specifies a transaction amount, a destination bank account and a source payment card account. A response to the request includes initiating a payment transaction to transfer the transaction amount from the source payment card account to a payment card system settlement account that was established by a payment card system with an agent bank. The response to the request also includes issuing an instruction for the agent bank to transfer the transaction amount from the settlement account to the destination bank account. | 10-09-2008 |
20140040123 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FUNDS REMITTANCES TO NON-PAYMENT CARD ACCOUNTS USING PAYMENT CARD SYSTEM - Apparatus and methods for funds remittances to non-payment card accounts are described. An embodiment includes a processor receiving a funds transfer request specifying a transaction amount, a destination bank account and a source account, and determining that the destination account is not a payment card account. The processor then initiates a payment transaction routed from the source account via a payment card system network to a payment card system settlement account that has been established in an agent bank in the same country as the destination bank account. The processor stores an instruction file of transfer instructions for the agent bank to transfer the transaction amount from the payment card system settlement account to the destination bank account, and later transmits the instruction file to the agent bank. | 02-06-2014 |
20140156484 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR USING ASSIGNABLE FEE PROFILES TO DEFINE FEE STRUCTURES FOR REMITTANCE SERVICES - Methods, apparatus and systems for receiving a selection of a service fee profile option from a user and implementing it in an international remittance system. The process includes providing, by an administrative computer server to a user computer, a data entry page for defining a class of remittance transactions, receiving a selection that includes a sender country and currency and a recipient country and currency, wherein the sender country is different from the recipient country. The process also includes providing a plurality of service fee profiles to the user computer, receiving a user selection, transmitting a fee structure to the user computer, and receiving a confirmation to assign the selected service fee profile to the currency remittance channel. | 06-05-2014 |