Patent ID: 7904361

Claim:
A computer-implemented risk management customer registry method, comprising: receiving in a computer risk related information descriptive of a customer of an intermediary financial institution for a proposed transaction with a primary financial institution; performing a risk management clearinghouse search related to the customer; searching for additional customer business related information, the searching performed by the computer, the searching including searching a list of business related information generated by a regulatory authority; generating by the computer a customer certification from a neutral entity independent of the primary financial institution and the intermediary financial institution comprising the risk related information for the customer based at least in part on results of the risk management clearinghouse search and the searching for additional customer business related information; receiving in the computer an instruction to convey the customer certification to the primary financial institution; providing an indicator identifying the customer to the primary financial institution; transmitting a network address at which the certification can be accessed according to the indicator identifying the customer; and conveying the customer certification to the primary financial institution by authorizing access to the certification.