Bank of America Corporation
REAL-TIME NET SETTLEMENT BY DISTRIBUTED LEDGER SYSTEM

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present invention provide a system operatively connected with a block chain distributed network and for using the block chain distributed network for providing aggregate tracking and threshold triggering. Embodiments receive, at a node of a blockchain distributed network, a transaction record associated with a transaction between a payor and a payee; accesses a distributed ledger; determines, from the distributed ledger, a net position between the entity and a third party; and, if the entity is the payor bank and the third party is the payee bank, debit the net position in the amount of the transaction; and, if the entity is the payee bank and the third party is the payor bank, credit the net position in the amount of the transaction, thereby resulting in an updated net position between the entity and the third party; and records the updated net position on the distributed ledger.