The Bank of Nova Scotia
COMPUTING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING FINANCIAL DEPOSITS AND INTEREST

Abstract:

A computing system for tracking financial deposits and interest earned by financial deposits that may include a server having a storage device, the server may be configured to communicate with client computing devices by way of a network. A database may be stored on said storage device. The database may include a first table defining one or more master accounts and one or more paired commitment periods and commitment period accounts corresponding to said master accounts; and a second table comprising interest fields corresponding to each of said commitment period accounts, for tracking contingent interest accrued by said commitment period accounts; a processor at said server, configured under control of software to: periodically compute a contingent interest amount for each said commitment period account and increment the corresponding interest field by said contingent interest amount; and in response to completion of one of said commitment periods, increment the value of the paired commitment period account by a contingent interest value stored in the corresponding interest field.