Abstract: Disclosed is a computer-implemented method for automatic remote coding of a debtor credit card account database with bankruptcy filing information comprising, at a local data processing location, the steps of collecting bankruptcy filing reports from courts located within the various jurisdictions for which the method provides coverage, extracting unique debtor identifying data from the bankruptcy filing reports, and generating a database query designed to identify database records which match the unique debtor identifying data; the step of establishing an electronic connection between the local data processing location and a remote credit database storage location, the electronic connection being suitable for two-way transmission of data between the local data processing location and the remote credit database storage location; the step of executing, from the local data processing location, the database query against a debtor credit database housed at the remote credit database storage location and identifyi