Earn a $400 Cash Reward

$400 special cash offer when you open a qualifying PNC Business Checking account by 9/30/26 and meet certain requirements. View Offer Details

Open a Business Checking Account Online

Ideal for small businesses and startups

Features & Benefits

You need a basic business checking account, plus the convenience to bank on your terms, whether day or night.

Easily Waive the Monthly Account Maintenance Fee

Choose one of three ways to avoid the fee.

Get Cash Rewards

PNC Purchase Payback®[1]means your everyday debit card purchases earn you cash.

Pay & Get Paid

Take payments, make deposits, and pay – all from your phone or tablet.


  • No charge for up to 150 transactions per month based on the combined volume of deposits, deposited items, paid items, and ACH credits and debits received.
  • $5,000 cash deposited per month over-the-counter, at the night depository or via Quick Deposit at no charge.[2]
  • Cash Flow Insight®:[3] Spend Analysis, Timeline, Trend, Cash In, Cash Out - tools and insights to help operate your business confidently. Cash Flow Insight is enabled for all eligible business checking account customers enrolling in Online Banking.
  • No charge for Online Statements, or get Paper Statements for a small fee.
  • No ATM transaction fees at PNC Bank ATMs.
  • Free PNC Bank Visa® Business Debit Card.
  • No set-up fee for Overdraft Protection.
  • Free Online Banking[4] and Bill Pay.
  • Use our Quick Switch Kit to help you complete your transfer of checking related services to PNC Bank.

Waive the Monthly Fee

3 options to avoid the Monthly Account Maintenance Fee

$12 or $0 Monthly Account Maintenance Fee
Waive fee if you meet ONE of the requirements:

  • Maintain a $500 average collected monthly balance, OR
  • $500 or more in purchases on a linked PNC Business Credit Card,[5][6][7]OR
  • $500 or more in eligible linked Merchant Account deposits monthly[6][8][9][10]


The first three months are on us - There is No Monthly Account Maintenance Fee for the first three statement cycles.

Account Services & Fees

Cash Flow Solutions

Take control over what’s in, what’s out and what’s possible for your business.

Monitor and Project Cash

  • Online Banking & Bill Pay: Free online access to deposit and loan account balances, activity and recent history, paid check and deposit ticket images, transfer funds between PNC deposit and loan accounts, and pay or receive business bills electronically.[4]
  • Cash Flow Insight[3]®: Tools and insights to help operate your business confidently. Monitor, plan and budget your spending with business transaction categorization in Expense and Income Report, get a calendar view of your posted and upcoming transactions with Calendar, plan for the future by comparing it to past performance with Trend, and forecast the money your expect to receive and payments you expect to make with Pay and Get Paid. Cash Flow Insight is included with all eligible business checking accounts.
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Improve Payment Practices and Accelerate Receivables

  • Payables: Approve, pay, schedule and archive bills faster and more efficiently. Create placeholder payables, make payments to vendors electronically.[11]
  • Receivables: Create branded invoices online. Track the money you expect to receive (including new and placeholder transactions), view payment activity and schedule reminders.[11]
  • Accounting Software Sync: Save time by syncing vendor, customer, bill, invoice and payment information between Cash Flow Insight and your accounting software like QuickBooks®, Xero®, Intacct®, NetSuite® and more.[11][12]
  • PNC Bank Visa® Business Debit Card: Save money when you reduce the number of checks you need to buy and write.
  • Visa® Business Credit Card:[7] No Annual Fee. Use your card to make payments and better track your expenses.
  • PNC Merchant Services®:[8] Next business day funding[9] on payment processing transactions when deposited to your PNC business checking account[10].

How to Apply

Open your account online, by phone or at a branch.

Online

Share your information and
we'll review your application.

Call

Mon - Fri:
8:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. ET

At a Branch

Connect with a banker and apply at a branch. An appointment is recommended, but not required.


Choose Your Business Entity Type

Determine which documents you may need to provide to verify your business registration and your authority to act on behalf of the business:

You may also want to review our current (PDF) Service charges & fees before applying.

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