If you are a small business and you are not using online banking yet you may be wasting a lot of money unnecessarily. Most banks offer electronic banking services for free, and even offer some advantages to encourage their business customers to move to this greener and more efficient form of marketing. If you are not yet convinced, take a look at the advantages of e-banking for small businesses.

Stay Always On Top of Your Accounts

As a small business, it’s vital that you always stay on top of your cash-flow, and e-banking makes it easy. Instead of having to go to the bank in person or spend hours on the phone, you can access your bank statements and check out your balance (including whether a client has actually paid you yet or not) from anywhere with an Internet connection and this also includes your mobile phone. This is also great for reviewing your expenses and income, as you can print or export your transactions to Excel or other spreadsheet software, analyse it and figure out where your hard earned money is going. This is especially useful if you pay a lot of expenses using your business debit card, as sometimes keeping track of what has been paid is difficult and having to go to the bank or request a statement makes it even worse.

Make Instant Payments As You Need It

With e-banking you can make payments from your computer, at any time. And what is even more useful, you can schedule them to be paid at a future date. What this means is that you can set up payments for invoices that you receive, mark them as processed and forget about them. No more writing checks and fearing they can get lost in the post, and no more having to run to the bank to pay an overdue invoice that was forgotten due to your busy business schedule.

E-Banking Saves You Time

Think of all the things you could do if you weren’t wasting valuable business time queuing at your bank’s office, chasing a cheque or statement that got lost on the post or listening to waiting music while hoping that an operator becomes available on your telephone banking services. Many banks allow you to do a lot of things electronically, from making payments to requesting cards or applying for loans and debit cards, and in most cases you’ll get an answer right away without having to go to the office. As a small business owner, you probably are very aware of the fact that anything that saves you time does, in turn, save you money.