Patent ID: 7848983

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for structuring a financial transaction, comprising: associating, by a computer system, a first senior holder and a first subordinate holder with a first credit having a first obligation to make at least one payment, including holding in a first sub-pool a first subordinate obligation of the first obligation to pay the first subordinate holder from the first credit; associating, by the computer system, a second senior holder and a second subordinate holder with a second credit having a second obligation to make at least one payment, including holding in a second sub-pool a second subordinate obligation of the second obligation to pay the second subordinate holder from the second credit; and structuring in at least one computer memory, payments from the second subordinate holder financial instrument to perform the obligation of the first credit for the benefit of the first senior holder to the extent that the first credit enters a default state and payments due the first senior holder from all obligations in the first sub-pool to make the payments are not available.