Providing on-line financial services via the Internet and/or other interactive electronic media, namely, providing a database for storing, in the nature of tracking, monitoring, and generating reports on, financial trade transaction information according to regulatory reporting requirements; providing electronic processing of financial trade transaction information to include data relating to events occurring after the initial execution or trade date of one or more financial trade transactions; providing financial information in the form of web-based financial reports of financial trade transactions consummated via an exchange, an electronic trading platform, an over-the-counter venue, through voice brokers, and/or directly between counter parties for global regulators and service participants; financial calculation services, namely, calculating a value associated open financial positions for others; analyzing and classifying financial trade transaction information and associated trade records; providing a database for tracking, monitoring, and generating reports on information and statistics about financial transactions involving commodities, derivatives, futures, options, and other financial instruments; financial reporting services in the nature of providing real-time or delayed reporting services for financial trade transaction information; tracking, monitoring, and financial reporting of financial trade transaction information related to physically and financially settled financial trade transactions involving global energy products, agriculture products, precious metals, and/or base metals; providing financial information relating to commodities, derivatives, futures, and/or options; and financial evaluation, tracking, analysis, forecasting, consultancy, advisory and research services relating to commodities, derivatives, futures, options, and other financial instruments