Abstract: Methods and server systems for computing fraud risk scores for various merchants associated with an acquirer described herein. The method performed by a server system includes accessing merchant-related transaction data including merchant-related transaction indicators associated with a merchant from a transaction database. Method includes generating a merchant-related transaction features based on the merchant-related indicators. Method includes generating via risk prediction models, for a payment transaction with the merchant, merchant health and compliance risk scores, merchant terminal risk scores, merchant chargeback risk scores, and merchant activity risk scores based on the merchant-related transaction features. Method includes facilitating transmission of a notification message to an acquirer server associated with the merchant.

Abstract: Methods and server systems for improving accuracy of authorization optimizer are described herein. Method performed by server system includes receiving a Non-Sufficient Funds (NSF) error message from an acquirer server. Method includes accessing historical transaction data from a transaction database. The historical transaction data includes transaction related information associated with a plurality of users. Method includes generating a plurality of transaction features associated with the user based on the historical transaction data. Method includes determining via an authorization optimizer model, an optimal time slot from a plurality of time slots for the user based on the plurality of transaction features associated with the user. The optimal time slot indicates an optimal time window for the acquirer server to transmit an upcoming recurring payment request to the payment account of the user.