Funds transfer method and system including payment enabled invoices

• Main Authors: RUDENSTINE AARON, PANTHAKI BEHRAM, SATTAR AZEEM, SOKOLIC JEREMY, DHEER SANJEEV
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.01.2008
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Embodiments described herein include a financial management system that transfers funds on behalf of a user. Embodiments further include a payment enabled invoice method and system including a payment application and payment hubs through which invoicing entities may create and modify invoices, and through which a payer may view and pay the invoices. The invoicing entity and the payer do not exchange financial account information, which is confidentially held by the payment enabled invoice system. Invoices are paid according to funds transfer embodiments, wherein a transfer comprises the financial management system executing a debit transaction from a first financial institution, holding the debited funds in an intermediary account owned by the financial management system at a second financial institution, and executing a credit transaction to credit the funds to an account at a third financial institution.