FACILITATING SENDING AND RECEIVING OF REMITTANCE PAYMENTS

摘要

One or more embodiments described herein include methods and systems for remitting funds via a social networking system. More specifically, systems and methods described herein provide users the ability to remit funds to co-users utilizing social network profiles and notifications. Additionally, systems and methods described herein determine one or more risk levels for a remittance request based on a variety of social network factors.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request at a server, from a sender, to electronically remit funds; identifying, by the server, a plurality of potential recipients who live in an eligible country for receiving remittances of funds and that are associated with the sender via a social networking system; calculating, by the server, a relationship coefficient between the sender and each of the potential recipients of the plurality of potential recipients based on data of the social networking system; and providing, by the server, a list of two or more potential recipients with a high relationship coefficient.