Abstract: Using a single source money management system customers may automate their committed spending. A money management account and a discretionary fund account are established in response to a customer's request to participate in the system. A financial institution receives money on a periodic basis from a customer's predictable payment system. The money is then deposited/transferred to the money management account, retained in the money management account as required for bill payment, and/or deposited/transferred into the discretionary fund account if it is “excess.” Bills are paid on a customer determined schedule directly from the money management account using the money retained in the money management account. A loan account may also be established in response to a customer's application for a loan account. A financial institution grants a loan for a loan purchase in response to a customer's application for a loan purchase.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for allowing an employee (100) to self-administer automatic payroll deductions from his gross pay (120) through a money management system (130). Preferably, the employee (130) self-registers in the money management system via the web. Then the employee (100) may submit at least one transaction request to facilitate a financial obligation to at least one vendor (104). The system (130) then arranges for payment of the financial obligation and directs the payroll system (116) to withdraw funds from the employee's gross pay (120) (using at least one automatic payroll deduction) and to transfer the withdrawn funds to the at least one vendor (104). In one preferred embodiment, the system (130) provides access to a lender-vendor (104a) to arrange financing for the financial obligation and to a credit-risk reducing feature (104b) such as insurance.