ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,229,736, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (San Francisco).

"Systems and methods for processing global financial transactions" was invented by James McGinlay (Staten Island, N.Y.), Robert Ortiz (Clarks Green, Pa.), Barbara Stockler (Berwyn, Pa.), Joanne Strobel-Cort (Summit, N.J.) and Leonard J. Valentino (Stamford, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method performed by a global transaction processing system includes receiving an information item from an originator and generating an originator profile based on the information item. The method includes receiving a transaction request initiat...