Goldman Sachs &co. LLC

Mel Gunewardena

John Godfrey

Mark Higgins

Dan Rothman

Sharon Greener

Effie Konstantine Anagnostopoulos

Paul Young

William R Egan

Michael Pinedo

A method for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions, wherein each of the transactions has associated therewith a plurality of variables. In one embodiment the method includes assigning a value to each of the variables associated with each of the transactions, aggregating the values assigned to each of the variables on a transaction by transaction basis to produce an aggregate risk level for each transaction, and ranking each of the transactions relative to one another based upon the aggregate risk level corresponding to each transaction. A corresponding software program and system are also disclosed.

Method, software program, and system for ranking relative risk of a plurality of transactions

The present invention contemplates a risk management system for facilitating an e-commerce transaction wherein the participants to the transaction engage in commerce using different currencies. An automated sales risk management system facilitates a transaction by providing a price of a transaction which incorporates aggregated costs related to the transaction into a price made available to the participants. A currency risk management system can receive an amount relating to a deliverable involved in a transaction and determines an aggregated cost of the transaction. Aggregated cost can include a cost of credit, a cost for exchange of currency, a cost of insurance, processing fees, or other associated costs. Insurance can be monitored and a determination can be made regarding whether a participant has adequate insurance to cover a proposed transaction. The present invention also provides for risk associated with online transactions to be categorized and transferred.

Automated online sales risk management

The present invention provides a method and system to implement risk management of foreign exchange of currency related to an online transaction. According to the present invention an exchange price and a tolerance parameter can be determined for a foreign currency as the foreign currency relates to a base currency. A computer system can receive a spot price relating to a market price for exchange of a foreign currency and compare the spot price with the tolerance parameter. The system can modify the exchange price if spot price exceeds the tolerance parameter. In addition, the system can receive information including the base currency amount involved in an online transaction and transmit the base currency amount and the foreign currency amount, wherein the foreign currency amount is derived according to the exchange price. If desired, a first tolerance parameter and a second tolerance parameter can be utilized, wherein a rise in the spot price is compared to the first tolerance parameter and a fall in the spot price is compared to the second tolerance parameter. In addition, the magnitude of the first tolerance parameter does not need to be equal to the magnitude of the second tolerance parameter. A rise in the spot price can be compared to the tolerance parameter such that the exchange price is modified if the spot price is higher than the tolerance parameter. Similarly, only a fall of the spot price can be compared to the tolerance parameter such that the exchange price is modified if the spot price is lower than the tolerance parameter. Additionally, a spot price can be determined and compared to the tolerance level at predetermined periods of time. An original tolerance level can be modified to create a new tolerance level, if the spot price exceeds the original tolerance level.

Enhanced online sales risk management system

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