One embodiment provides a method of delivering a remittance from a first
party to a third party via an intermediary party, in which an
intermediary fee is chargeable by the intermediary party. The method
includes: receiving, at a payment system, a request to conduct a
remittance transaction including a transfer of a first value from a first
party to an account of an intermediary party, and by the intermediary
party to transfer at least a portion of the first value to a third party;
accessing reputation data associated with the intermediary party; and
determining an intermediary fee chargeable by the intermediary party for
the transfer of at least the portion of the first value to the third
party, the determining of the intermediary fee being based on the
reputation data. The reputation data can be information about the
intermediary party, as well as the first party and/or the third party.