The first week of May is National Small Business Week. During this time, we celebrate and honor the entrepreneurs of our country, who have played their part in bringing new ideas to life and growing our economy. We understand that being a small business owner is no easy job. It takes long workdays, the ability to wear many hats, and be flexible and responsive amongst many other important qualities. We also understand, as a financial institution, our role in supporting and ensuring the success of a small business. Most importantly, we are aware of the need to be their digital-first bank to support they daily operations. Firstrust Bank supports those small business needs by offering lots of digital services! As an example, here are 5 digital tools that empower small businesses:

‍Business Bill Pay

‍Spend less time going through piles of bills, writing checks, or going between online portals to pay your bills. With bill pay, you can pay all your bills from a single online portal – Firstrust online banking or the mobile app. With this service, you can conveniently schedule reoccurring bills and have them paid automatically. You can also schedule one-time payments to a person or a company. Bill pay will make payments digitally when available or will send a check on your behalf, eliminating these time-consuming tasks from your to-do list. Never miss a payment with bill pay. Sign in to Firstrust online banking to start using this service today.

‍Mobile Deposit

‍Deposit checks with the convenience of your mobile device. Save gas and time when you – tap, snap, deposit! You can deposit your checks from anywhere at anytime using the Firstrust mobile app. To start using mobile deposit, click here to download the mobile banking app.

‍SecurLOCK Equip – Card Management Tool

‍Take control of your Firstrust debit and credit cards with SecurLOCK Equip card management solution. With this app, you can switch your Firstrust cards on/off, receive instant transaction alerts, set spending controls, mange transaction and location controls, view transaction history and add travel notices. SecurLOCK Equip app is available for Android and iOS devices.

‍User Management

‍We understand that it takes a team to run a business. Firstrust online banking makes it easy for business owners to add and manage online banking users to administer the business finances. With access controls and different user levels, you can rest assured that your team has the right access to your business online banking account, all while limiting their access rights to only do what is required by their roles.

‍Online Statements and Reports

‍No more shuffling papers, storing files, or waiting for the mail. Easily access up to 18 months of business documents online, anytime, anywhere. You can also create your own custom reports to be used one time or have them generate automatically on a reoccurring schedule.  Simply choose the type of report you’d like to generate from over a dozen available, select which account(s) you’d like to use, date/time ranges, and how often you’d like to receive them. To view your online statements or to generate a custom report, log in to Firstrust online banking.

These tools are just a few of many that are available to our business customers. We're proud to celebrate National Small Business Week, knowing that we deliver services that contribute to the success of our small business customers and our local economy!