Patent Document ID: 20150235310
Application ID: 14180601
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method comprising: receiving, in a security engine of a first computer system of a first entity via a first secure connection, information of a small business concern, the information including financial information of one or more principals of the small business concern and principal identification information; communicating at least some of the small business concern information to at least one external credit source, via a second secure connection; receiving credit data from the at least one external credit source responsive to the communicating; accessing a database of the first entity using at least some of the credit data to identify a set of one or more lenders with which the small business concern may be compatible, based at least in part on some of the small business concern information and the credit data, the database including a plurality of entries each associated with a lender and including loan preference information for the lender; generating, in a decision engine of the first entity, a report for the small business concern, the report including credit scoring information from the at least one external credit source, educational content, and at least one of a likelihood of funding and one or more pre-qualification offers; and communicating the report to the small business concern, via the first secure connection.