U.S. Treasury bills, notes, bonds and TIPS are eligible for electronic transfer from Treasury Direct to your IBKR account via the commercial book-entry system. The transfer process requires that you first provide instructions authorizing the transfer to Treasury Direct (see website). IBKR routing information you may be required to provide includes the following:
Government Securities
- Contracts (FICC): GSD Account # 9594
Fedwire / Broker-to-Broker
- IBKR Custodian Bank - BMO Harris
- Custodian Bank routing number (ABA) - 071000288
- Custodian Bank Fed account number - 1040
- Account Reference Transfers: 1013029661
- Reference: Interactive Brokers LLC
Then, complete a Free of Payment (FOP) Transfer of Global Securities in the Client Portal under Transfer & Pay → Transfer Positions → Other Regions → Free of Payment to facilitate the coordination of the delivery.
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