Patent ID: 7716095

Claim:
A computer system for facilitating in accessing and reporting detailed financial information from non-depository financial institutions and for enabling comparison of performance of similarly situated non-depository institutions, the system comprising: a user interface configured to display a web site having a registration form, the web site configured to receive a selection of a time period and configured to collect financial information for the selected periods from the non-depository financial institutions, the financial information including at least balance sheet information, loan origination information, and loan portfolio information; a processing component configured to process the financial information for the selected time period and store the information in at least one database, the processing component further configured to determine the status of each non-depository institution, to determine a risk associated with doing business with each non-depository institution from the financial information, to generate financial analytical information and to provide a peer report for comparing the performance of similarly situated financial institutions; the at least one database operatively connected with the processing component and the user interface, the financial information entered via the web site of the user interface and processed by the processing component being stored in the database; and a reporting component configured to display the peer report on the web site, the peer report containing at least a portion of the processed financial information illustrating the risk associated with doing business with the at least one of the similarly situated non-depository institutions in comparison to other of the similarly situated non-depository institutions.