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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2014
Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Pedro Chavarria, Hampton Bays, NY (US);
Kristofer Perez, New York, NY (US);
MasterCard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for recommending a merchant based on transaction data is provided. The method is implemented using an analyzer computing device in communication with one or more memory devices. The method includes generating a profile indicating a stage of life of a cardholder, based at least in part on first transaction data stored in the one or more memory devices. The first transaction data is associated with one or more purchases made by the cardholder through a payment network. The method additionally includes retrieving, from the one or more memory devices, second transaction data associated with a plurality of sales from a first merchant, determining a transaction volume associated with the first merchant, and generating a recommendation for the cardholder to purchase goods from the first merchant, based at least in part on the determined transaction volume and the profile.