Method and system for transferring funds from an account to an individual
Methods and system for transferring funds supports funds transfers from a source account to a cash access file which can be accessed virtually twenty-four hours a day by both customers and non-customers. Cash may be transferred across international borders and dispensed in a currency different than that of the sender's source account and is made available to a recipient virtually as soon as the requested transfer is approved and confirmed by the sender. A subset of payees that is uniquely associated with the sender and includes a payee and a destination account for the payee is presented in a payee list database. Thereafter, a payee list is displayed for the sender at a terminal in response to entry of a request by the sender for a transfer of funds, and upon selection by the sender of a payee from the payee list and entry of a requested transfer amount, the requested amount is transferred e.g. to a branch of the sender's bank located in a different country via the network switch and, for example, thereafter routed to the payee's destination account in a different bank for withdrawal by the payee.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computer, an entry of data by a sender at a first electronic terminal, the entry of data comprising a name of at least one payee, a requested transfer amount, and an expiration date for a transfer of funds from a sender's source account to at least one payee's destination account;
generating, by the computer, a transaction code;
receiving, by the computer, an input of a code word from the sender at the first electronic terminal;
upon generating the transaction code and receiving the code word, generating, by the computer, a transfer initiation file based on the entry of data by the sender;
transmitting, by the computer, the transaction code and the code word to the at least one payee;
transmitting, by the computer, the transfer initiation file to a second electronic terminal in communication with a destination host server computer;
upon an input of the transaction code, the code word, and an amount of currency of no more than the requested transfer amount by the at least one payee in the second electronic terminal:
converting, by a network switch computer, the requested transfer amount to a second transfer amount within a destination file accessible to the destination host server computer;
routing, by the destination host server computer, the second transfer amount within the destination file to the at least one payee's destination account;
causing, by the destination host server computer, the at least one payee activated second electronic terminal to dispense the amount of currency of no more than the second transfer amount;
dispensing, by the at least one payee activated second electronic terminal, the amount of currency of no more than the second transfer amount; and
updating, by the computer, the transaction initiation file based on the amount of currency dispensed at the at least one payee activated second electronic terminal.
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing data in a payee list database consisting at least in part of a transfer method and a transfer currency.
3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
storing data in the payee list database consisting at least in part of a last transfer amount, a last transfer reference number, and a last transfer secret code.
4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:
storing data in the payee list database consisting at least in part of a recipient business and a third party.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an entry of data in a payee list database from the sender during an online banking session with a home banking server.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving an entry of data in a payee list database from the sender in person at a blanch.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
storing data in a payee list database that is accessible only by customers and employees.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, by the computer, a payee list at the first electronic terminal, wherein displaying the payee list for the sender at the first electronic terminal further comprises displaying the payee list for the sender at a self-service financial transaction terminal.
9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
displaying, by, the computer, a payee list at the first electronic terminal, wherein displaying the payee list for the sender at the first electronic terminal further comprises displaying the payee list for the sender at a computing device serving as an banking terminal.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein routing the second transfer amount from the destination file to the at least one payee's destination account further comprises routing the second transfer amount to the at least one payee's destination account via a destination location clearing house network.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein routing the second transfer amount from the destination file to the at least one pay′ee's destination account further comprises routing the second transfer amount to the at least one payee's destination account via a financial messaging system.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein routing the second transfer amount from the destination file to the at least one payee's destination account further comprises allowing the at least one payee to access the second transfer amount in the at least one payee's destination account.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein allowing the at least one payee to access the second transfer amount in the at least one payee's destination account further comprises allowing the at least one payee to withdraw the second transfer amount from the at least one payee's destination account at a third electronic terminal.
14. The method of claim 12 , wherein allowing the at least one payee to access the second transfer amount in the at least one payee's destination account further comprises allowing the at least one payee to withdraw the second transfer amount from the at least one payee's destination account via a withdrawal at an automated teller machine.
15. A system comprising:
a computer configured to:
receive an entry of data by a sender at a first electronic terminal, the entry of data comprising a name of at least one payee, a requested transfer amount, and an expiration date for a transfer of funds from a sender's source account to a payee's destination account;
generate a transaction code;
receive an input of a code word from the sender at the first electronic terminal;
upon generating the transaction code and receiving the code word, generate a transfer initiation file based on the entry of data by the sender;
transmit the transaction code and the code word to the at least one payee; and
transmit the transfer initiation file to a second electronic terminal in communication with a destination host server computer;
a network switch computer configured, upon an input of the transaction code, the code word, and an amount of currency of no more than the requested transfer amount by the at least one payee in the second electronic terminal, to:
convert the requested transfer amount to a second transfer amount within a destination file accessible to the destination host server computer;
the destination host server computer configured to:
route the second transfer amount within the destination file to the at least one payee's destination account; and
cause the at least one payee activated second electronic terminal to dispense the amount of currency of no more than the second transfer amount;
the at least one payee activated second electronic terminal configured to:
dispense the amount of currency of no more than the second transfer amount; and
the computer configured to:
update the transaction initiation file based on the amount of currency dispensed at the at least one payee activated second electronic terminal.