Patent ID: 8386393

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of obtaining identification information from an individual involved in a money transfer transaction, comprising: receiving by a transaction processing device transaction-related information, including information relating to the identity of the individual, wherein the individual comprises one of a sender of money to a recipient of money in a wire transfer of the money or the recipient of money in a wire transfer of money; displaying by the transaction processing device a prompt on the transaction processing device to enter identification information; receiving by the transaction processing device identification information, wherein the identification information verifies the information relating to the identity of the individual; storing at a host computer at least a portion of the transaction-related information and at least a portion of the identification information in a transaction record as transaction information; using by the host computer the information relating to the identity of the individual to identify other transaction records relating to the same sender of money or the recipient of money in a wire transfer of money; and processing by the host computer the transaction.