Loan management account

• US 7,873,568 B1
• Filed: 11/30/2004
• Issued: 01/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Sappington, Bill E.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHEUNG, MARY DA ZHI WANG
• Application Number:
  US11/001,577
• Time in Patent Office: 2,240 Days
• Field of Search: 705 38- 39, 705/35, 705/36.R, 725/376, 707/607
• US Class Current: 705/38
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calculation or account maintenance credit or loans G06Q40/03
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/03 Credit; Loans; Processing thereof

Abstract

One or more brokerage collateral accounts held at a financial institution are provided. A bank loan account secured by at least one of the collateral accounts with the financial institution is established. The bank loan account interfaces with the collateral accounts within the financial institution. The bank loan account has a credit limit that is based on a market value of the secured collateral accounts. The collateral accounts include various types of assets. The loan account includes a revolving line of credit, any number of term loans, or letters of credit. The interest rate of the line of credit may be based on a selected index rate. Further, the loan account may be used as an overdraft account for the secured collateral account. Clients may access both their collateral accounts and their loan account through the brokerage infrastructure including an integrated portal with a network of computers or via telephone.

Claims

1. A method for electronically managing financial accounts comprising:

electronically accessing a collateral account held at a financial institution using a computer;

analyzing the collateral account in real time to determine a market value of the collateral account;

establishing a loan account secured by the collateral account with the financial institution using the computer, the loan account comprising a separate bank account from the collateral account;

determining, by the computer, an initial credit limit of the loan account based on the determined market value of the collateral account;

periodically recalculating, by the computer, the market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established;

adjusting, by the computer, the credit limit of the loan account based on the periodically recalculated market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established; and

interfacing the collateral account with the loan account within the financial institution, such that funds at or under the credit limit are automatically available for withdrawal from the loan account,

wherein the collateral account includes a brokerage account at the financial institution and the loan account includes a bank account at the financial institution, and wherein the collateral account includes at least one of an equity, a certificate of deposit, a commercial paper, a real estate investment trust, a corporate instrument, a treasury debt instrument, a municipal debt instrument or a derivative instrument.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said loan account includes at least one of a revolving line of credit, a term loan, or a letter of credit.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein an interest rate of said line of credit is based on a LIBOR rate.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising selecting said loan account as an overdraft account for said secured collateral account.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing said collateral account and said loan account through an integrated portal with a network of computers.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising accessing said collateral account and said loan account through an integrated portal via telephone.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising obtaining in real-time a credit report and a credit score of an owner of said collateral account.

8. The method of claim 7 further comprising determining in real-time a credit limit for said loan account based on said analyzing and said credit report and credit score.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein said analyzing includes classifying said collateral account by product type.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein said analyzing includes determining eligible account types from said classifying.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein said analyzing includes determining eligible collateral types from said eligible account types.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein said analyzing includes calculating in real-time said credit limit based on said eligible collateral types and a predetermined set of advance percentage, and requirements percentage.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein said analyzing includes calculating in real-time said credit limit based on a risk category of said eligible collateral types.

14. The method of claim 1 wherein said analyzing includes identifying whether said eligible collateral types is restricted by any regulations.

15. The method of claim 1 further comprising real-time monitoring said secured collateral account.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein said real-time monitoring includes obtaining daily market prices for each security and account types in said secured collateral account and calculating a value of said secured collateral account based on said daily market prices.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising adjusting said credit limit based on said market value of said collateral account, wherein said collateral account is capable of decreasing in market value.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising funding said secured collateral account when a total amount borrowed from said loan account exceeds said credit limit.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein said funding includes depositing money into said secured collateral account.

20. The method of claim 18 wherein said funding includes pledging an additional collateral account to said loan account.

21. The method of claim 18 wherein said funding includes liquidating a portion of said secured collateral account when the total amount borrowed from said loan account exceeds said credit limit.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein analyzing the collateral account in real time to determine the market value of the collateral account comprises analyzing the collateral account in response to a request for the loan account.

23. A method for electronically establishing a loan account at a financial institution, the method comprising:

analyzing a collateral account at the financial institution to determine a market value of the collateral account using a computer, wherein the computer performs the analysis of the collateral account;

determining an initial credit limit of a loan account secured by the collateral account based on the determined market value of the collateral account by the computer in real time;

periodically recalculating, by the computer, the market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established;

adjusting, by the computer, the credit limit of the loan account based on the periodically recalculated market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established; and

interfacing the collateral account with the loan account within the financial institution, such that funds at or under the credit limit are automatically available for withdrawal from the loan account,

wherein the collateral account includes a brokerage account at the financial institution, and the loan account includes a banking account at the financial institution, wherein the banking account is separate from the collateral account, and wherein the collateral account includes at least one of an equity, a commercial paper, a real estate investment trust, a corporate instrument, a treasury debt instrument, a municipal debt instrument or a derivative instrument.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein said loan account includes at least one of a revolving line of credit, a term loan, or a letter of credit.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein an interest rate of said revolving line of credit is based on a LIBOR rate.

26. The method of claim 23 further comprising selecting the loan account as an overdraft account for said secured collateral account.

27. The method of claim 23 further comprising accessing said collateral account and the loan account through an integrated portal with a network of computers.

28. The method of claim 23 further comprising accessing said collateral account and the loan account through an integrated portal via telephone.

29. The method of claim 23 further comprising obtaining a credit report and a credit score of an owner of said collateral account.

30. The method of claim 29 further comprising determining a credit limit for said loan account based on said analyzing and said credit report and credit score.

31. The method of claim 23 wherein said analyzing includes classifying said collateral account by product type.

32. The method of claim 31 wherein said analyzing includes determining eligible account types from said classifying.

33. The method of claim 32 wherein said analyzing includes determining eligible collateral types from said eligible account types.

34. The method of claim 33 wherein said analyzing includes calculating said credit limit based on said eligible collateral types and a predetermined set of advance percentage, and requirements percentage.

35. The method of claim 33 wherein said analyzing includes calculating said credit limit based on a risk category of said eligible collateral types.

36. The method of claim 23 wherein said analyzing includes identifying whether said eligible collateral types is restricted by any regulations.

37. The method of claim 23, wherein analyzing the collateral account at the financial institution using a computer comprises analyzing the collateral account in response to a request for the loan account.

38. A method for real-time managing a loan account at a financial institution, the method performed in electronically and comprising:

determining in real-time a market value of a collateral account pledged against a loan account using a computer;

adjusting in real-time, after the loan account has been established, a credit limit of the loan account based on the determined market value using the computer; and

interfacing in real-time the collateral account with the loan account within the financial institution using the computer, wherein funds at or under the credit limit are automatically available for withdrawal from the loan account,

wherein the loan account is a bank account at the financial institution, and the collateral account is a brokerage account at the financial institution, wherein the bank account is separate from the collateral account, and wherein the collateral includes at least one of an equity, a commercial paper, a real estate investment trust, a corporate instrument, a treasury debt instrument, a municipal debt instrument or a derivative instrument.

39. The method of claim 38 further comprising issuing a collateral call when a borrowed amount drawn from the loan account exceeds said credit limit.

40. The method of claim 39 further comprising funding said collateral account upon said issuing of said collateral call.

41. The method of claim 40 wherein said funding includes depositing money into said collateral account.

42. The method of claim 40 wherein said funding includes pledging an additional collateral account to the loan account.

43. The method of claim 40 wherein said funding includes liquidating a portion of said collateral account upon said issuing of said collateral call.

44. The method of claim 38 wherein said determining includes obtaining in real-time daily market prices for each security and account types held in said collateral account and calculating said market value of said collateral account based on said daily market prices.

45. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing financial accounts, the method comprising:

electronically accessing a collateral account held at a financial institution;

analyzing the collateral account in real time to determine a market value of the collateral account;

establishing a loan account secured by the collateral account with the financial institution;

determining an initial credit limit of the loan account based on the determined market value of the collateral account;

periodically recalculating the market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established;

adjusting the credit limit of the loan account based on the periodically recalculated market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established; and

interfacing the collateral account with the loan account within the financial institution, such that funds at or under the credit limit are automatically available for withdrawal from the loan account,

wherein the collateral account includes a brokerage account at the financial institution and the loan account includes a bank account at the financial institution, wherein the bank account is separate from the collateral account, and wherein the collateral account includes at least one of an equity, a commercial paper, a real estate investment trust, a corporate instrument, a treasury debt instrument, a municipal debt instrument or a derivative instrument.

46. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for establishing a loan account at a financial institution, the method comprising:

analyzing a collateral account at the financial institution to determine a market value of the collateral account, wherein the computer performs the analysis of the collateral account;

determining an initial credit limit of a loan account secured by the collateral account based on the determined market value of the collateral account in real time;

periodically recalculating, by the computer, the market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established;

adjusting, by the computer, the credit limit of the loan account based on the periodically recalculated market value of the collateral account after the loan account has been established; and

interfacing the collateral account with the loan account within the financial institution, such that funds at or under the credit limit are automatically available for withdrawal from the loan account,

wherein the collateral account includes a brokerage account at the financial institution, and the loan account includes a banking account at the financial institution, wherein the banking account is separate from the collateral account, and wherein the collateral account includes at least one of an equity, a commercial paper, a real estate investment trust, a corporate instrument, a treasury debt instrument, a municipal debt instrument or a derivative instrument.

47. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for managing a loan account at a financial institution, the method comprising:

determining in real-time a market value of a collateral account pledged against the loan account;

adjusting in real-time, after the loan account has been established, a credit limit of the loan account based on the determined market value; and

interfacing in real-time the collateral account with the loan account within the financial institution, wherein funds at or under the credit limit are automatically available for withdrawal from the loan account,

wherein the loan account is a bank account at the financial institution, and the collateral account is a brokerage account at the financial institution, wherein the bank account is separate form the collateral account, and wherein the collateral account includes at least one of an equity, a commercial paper, a real estate investment trust, a corporate instrument, a treasury debt instrument, a municipal debt instrument or a derivative instrument.