Methods and apparatus for funding transactions are presented herein. In
one embodiment, the apparatus includes an account information unit to
store information about an account, the account being associated with a
first financial institution. The apparatus can also include a transaction
processor to receive a request for a debit amount, to determine that the
account is associated with one or more funding sources, and to determine
if the one or more funding sources authorize the request for the debit
amount. The one or more funding sources are associated with one or more
financial institutions other than the first financial institution.