Account transfer using a single financial account

• US 20060106696A1
• Filed: 11/12/2004
• Published: 05/18/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/12/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Rodriguez, Herman, Carlson, Michael P.
• Application Number:
  US10/988,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20060106696A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/35
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/04 Payment circuits
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03

Abstract

Provided is a method for transferring a single, integrated financial account from one financial institution. A balance of the integrated account is determined by withdrawals and deposits regardless of to which un-integrated account a particular withdrawal or deposit corresponds. When a customer transfers the account, a complete account history is transferred in addition to assets. Thus, the new financial institution can immediately ascertain the customer'"'"'s financial track record. Using the complete account history, the new institution can determine such financial parameters as credit rating and interest rates according to the new institution'"'"'s own criteria. All pending transactions are completed and cleared from the old account. Automatic deposits and withdrawals are also transferred. The new bank sends an address correction to the party that submitted the automatic transaction, identifying both the old and new account destinations.

Claims

1. A method for transferring a financial account from one financial institution to another financial institution, comprising:

establishing, for an account holder, a first integrated financial account having one of more components, each component being at any particular time either an asset or liability;

transferring from a first financial institution to a second financial institution component information concerning each of the one or more components;

transferring from the first financial institution to the second financial institution historical information related to all transactions associated with the integrated account; and

establishing at the second financial institution a second integrated account based upon the component information and the historical information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the financial institutions is a bank.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising notifying entities with scheduled transactions against the first account of the second account such that the scheduled transactions are processed against the second account.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein types of components may include:

a checking account;

a savings account;

a mortgage account;

a credit card account; and

a personal loan account.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transferring from the first financial institution to the second financial institution collateral corresponding to one component of the one or more components.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein one of the one or more components is a co-sign agreement.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

calculating, based upon the component information and the historical information, a first interest rate for crediting interest to the second account if the net account value or the second account is positive; and

calculating, based upon the component information and the historical information, a second interest rate for deducting interest from the second account if the net account value or the second account is negative.

8. A system for transferring a financial account from one financial institution to another financial institution, comprising:

a first integrated financial account at a first financial institution having one of more components, each component being at any particular time either an asset or liability;

logic for transferring from the first financial institution to a second financial institution component information concerning each of the one or more components;

logic for transferring from the first financial institution to the second financial institution historical information related to all transactions associated with the integrated account; and

a second integrated account at the second financial institution based upon the component information and the historical information.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the financial institutions is a bank.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising logic for notifying entities with scheduled transactions against the first account of the second account such that the scheduled transactions are processed against the second account.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the components may include the following types of financial accounts:

checking account;

savings account;

mortgage account;

credit card account; and

personal loan account.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising a transfer from the first financial institution to the second financial institution collateral corresponding to one component of the one or more components.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein one of the one or more components is a co-sign agreement.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

logic for calculating a first interest rate for crediting interest to the second account if the net account value or the second account is positive; and

logic for calculating a second interest rate for deducting interest from the second account if the net account value or the second account is negative.

15. A computer programming product for transferring a financial account from one financial institution to another financial institution, comprising:

a memory;

logic, stored on the memory, for maintaining a first integrated financial account having one of more components, each component being at any particular time either an asset or liability;

logic, stored on the memory, for transferring from a first financial institution to a second financial institution component information concerning each of the one or more components;

logic, stored on the memory, for transferring from the first financial institution to the second financial institution historical information related to all transactions associated with the integrated account; and

logic, stored on the memory, for establishing at the second financial institution a second integrated account based upon the component information and the historical information.

16. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein at least one of the financial institutions is a bank.

17. The computer programming product of claim 15, further comprising logic, stored on the memory, for notifying entities with scheduled transactions against the first account of the second account such that the scheduled transactions are processed against the second account.

18. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein the components may correspond to one of the following types of financial accounts:

a checking account;

a savings account;

a mortgage account;

a credit card account; and

a personal loan account.

19. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein one of the one or more components is collateral.

20. The computer programming product of claim 15, wherein one of the one or more components is a co-sign agreement.