Patent ID: 7809636

Claim:
A system for receiving and processing funds transfer transactions from a customer of a first bank, the system being operated primarily by or for the first bank, the system comprising: an application server hosting an Internet site application processor, wherein a customer of the first bank is able to access the Internet site application processor through a standard Internet browser without any client-side banking software, the Internet site application processor further comprising a reporting application processor for receiving and storing at the first bank the customer's account information at a second bank, thereby allowing the customer to generate and view a report regarding the customer's accounts at both the first and the second banks without establishing a separate communication with the second bank; a plurality of user input screens contained in the Internet site application processor, the user input screens accepting input information with respect to at least one funds transfer transaction from the customer; a back office processor coupled to the application server, the back office processor receiving the input information from the application server, generating a funds transfer instruction in response to the received input information, the funds transfer instruction to be carried out by the second bank; and transferring the funds transfer instruction from the first bank to the second bank via a link between the first bank and a second bank, wherein a back office processor of the second bank executes the funds transfer instruction by transmitting the funds to a third bank.