System and method for funding a collective account
A system and method for funding a collective account such as a charitable account includes issuing a plurality of financial instruments, linking the financial instruments to the collective account, aggregating individual financial instrument usage, calculating a bonus or other reward based on the aggregate financial instrument usage and funding or distributing the reward to the collective account. According to the invention, members of a civic, charitable, political or other entity may generate collective rewards or other benefits which may be attributed to the designated organization.
1. A computer-implemented method for allocating rewards among reward accounts, the method comprising:
providing, by a computer processor, one or more interfaces that perform the operations of,
presenting an option for a user to link a plurality of user accounts associated with separate and independent financial instrument accounts to a reward account;
receiving an indication to link one or more of the plurality of user accounts to the reward account;
presenting an option for a user to link the reward account to one or more sub-reward accounts; and
presenting an option for a user to adjust an allocation of rewards among the one or more sub-reward accounts, and
providing a reward calculation unit that performs, by a computer processor, the operations of,
monitoring the plurality of user accounts for indications of rewardable transactions;
calculating a reward based on an aggregate of a plurality of indications of rewardable transactions associated with two or more of the plurality of user accounts; and
allocating the reward to the reward account according to the adjusted allocations.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interfaces further perform the operation of presenting an option to change link the plurality of user accounts to a second reward account.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interfaces further perform the operation of presenting an option to de-link the plurality of user accounts from the reward account.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reward is based on a percentage of balances accrued by the two or more of the plurality of user accounts associated with the indications of rewardable transactions.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interfaces further perform the operation of presenting an option to increase a reward balance of the reward account.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rewards comprise a bonus, a rebate, frequent flier miles, credits, money, or combinations thereof.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reward account comprises a charitable account, member activities account, civic account, political account, religious account, educational account, savings account, investment account, tax free account, tax deferred account, or combinations thereof.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interfaces are communications ports.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the one or more interfaces is a reading device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reward comprises a bonus, rebate, frequent flier miles, and combinations thereof.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reward comprises a discount, a coupon, and combinations thereof.
12. A system for allocating rewards among reward accounts, the system comprising:
one or more interfaces that perform, by a computer processor, the operations of,
presenting an option for a user to link a plurality of user accounts associated with separate and independent financial instrument accounts to a reward account;
receiving an indication to link one or more of the plurality of user accounts to the reward account;
presenting an option for a user to link the reward account to one or more sub-reward accounts; and
presenting an option for a user to adjust an allocation of rewards among the one or more sub-reward accounts, and
a reward calculation unit that performs, by a computer processor, the operations of,
monitoring the plurality of user accounts for indications of rewardable transactions;
calculating a reward based on an aggregate of a plurality of indications of rewardable transactions associated with two or more of the plurality of user accounts; and
allocating the reward to the reward account according to the adjusted allocations.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more interfaces further perform the operation of presenting an option to change link the plurality of user accounts to a second reward account.
14. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more interfaces further perform the operation of presenting an option to de-link the plurality of user accounts from the reward account.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein the reward is based on a percentage of balances accrued by the two or more of the plurality of user accounts associated with the indications of rewardable transactions.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more interfaces further perform the operation of presenting an option to increase a reward balance of the reward account.
17. The system of claim 12 , wherein the rewards comprise a bonus, a rebate, frequent flier miles, credits, money, or combinations thereof.
18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the reward account comprises a charitable account, member activities account, civic account, political account, religious account, educational account, savings account, investment account, tax free account, tax deferred account, or combinations thereof.
19. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more interfaces are communications ports.
20. The system of claim 12 , wherein one of the one or more interfaces is a reading device.
21. The system of claim 12 , wherein the reward comprises a bonus, rebate, frequent flier miles, and combinations thereof.
22. The system of claim 12 , wherein the reward comprises a discount, a coupon, and combinations thereof.