1. In a computer system, a method for collectively performing validation of credential information comprising: obtaining a set of credential information; loading a set of rule data associated with said credential information from at least one data source; obtaining at least one sales transaction associated with at least one distributor; computing a commission for said at least one distributor; converting said at least one sales transaction into a collective data set for submission to a rule engine; validating said collective group to produce a validation result, said validation result indicating whether to credit said commission to said at least one distributor; and executing a predetermined action depending on said validation result.