Patent ID: 7962389

Claim:
A computer-assisted method comprising: relating to each of a plurality of clients of an agent: demonstrating, to the client, that a plurality of credit management activities of the agent on behalf of the client are securely, continuously, and transparently monitorable by the client across a packet-switched public network via a network-based user interface; performing, by the agent, the plurality of credit management activities on behalf of the client, the plurality of credit management activities comprising: causing execution of trades and hedges, said execution adapted to be halted by the client across the packet-switched public network via the network-based user interface; automatically recording a verifiable audit trail of the plurality of credit management activities performed by the agent on behalf of the client, the audit trail securely, continuously, and transparently examinable by the client across the packet-switched public network via the network-based user interface; and securely, continuously, transparently, and automatically communicating the plurality of credit management activities of the agent to the client across the packet-switched public network via the network-based user interface.