Patent ID: 11869020
Assignee: WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
Field: IT methods for management (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A method for remotely verifying an identity of a minor to open an account at a provider institution for the minor, the method comprising:
responsive to verification of an identity of an adult associated with the minor, receiving, by a provider institution computing system associated with the provider institution, information relating to the minor from a minor computing device associated with the minor;
scraping, by the provider institution computing system, data from one or more social media profiles associated with the adult;
comparing, by the provider institution computing system, the scraped data to information from the adult regarding the minor; and
in response to a match, remotely verifying, by the provider institution computing system, the identity of the minor based on the information relating to the minor, such that the account for the minor is authorized to be opened at the provider institution.