Patent ID: 7974897

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for providing collateral management service for tri-party hybrid repo transactions, the method comprising: receiving, at a repo service provider, instructions specifying a tri-party hybrid repo transaction as well as a payable date for the tri-party hybrid repo transaction; on or prior to the payable date, the repo service provider provides confirmation to a buyer/investor for the tri-party hybrid repo transaction that collateral that is the subject of the tri-party hybrid repo transaction has been received in the buyer/investor's Securities Account at the Federal Reserve Bank via the Fedwire Securities Service and free of payment or versus payment; and on or prior to the payable date, the repo service provider provides confirmation to the buyer/investor that collateral has been returned to a broker/dealer/seller for the tri- party hybrid repo transaction via the repo service provider versus payment via the Fedwire Securities Service, wherein said instructions are received in a computer processor over a computer network connection, wherein an indication of said receipt of said collateral that is the subject of the tri-party hybrid repo transaction is stored in a database arranged in a memory coupled to the computer processor, and wherein an indication of said return of said collateral to the broker/dealer/seller for the tri-party hybrid repo transaction via the repo service provider is stored in the database.