Cash Management
for Small Business

Helping Make It Easier to Pay and Get Paid

What is Treasury Management?

Harness the Strength of Our Cash Flow Solutions.

We know that there is no such thing as “one size fits all.” That’s where a cash flow conversation comes in for businesses under $5 million in revenue.

Let's learn more about your situation – how your business operates, where you want to take it, the opportunities and challenges you face, your aspirations and what drives you – to fulfill your everyday cash flow needs.


For businesses over $5 million in revenue
Treasury Management helps commercial businesses make the most of their cash flow.

Treasury Management Solutions

Take control of incoming cash and make payments convenient for your customers, while mitigating risk.

Cash Flow Insight® Receivables

Help you to monitor and plan your cash flow, send invoices via email, get paid online and digitally manage receivables.

PNC Remote Deposit

You can now deposit checks securely 24/7 from your office using a desktop scanner. With an included scanner you can now save time, enhance cash flow, and streamline bookkeeping processes.


Integrated Receivables

Reduce the time and labor involved with check payments from your clients. You can conveniently see all customer payments via an online portal. No need to make trips to the bank to deposit checks.[1]

ACH Debit

Use electronic debit to initiate transactions to collect funds from your customer and supplier accounts.[1]

Gain more control over your cash flow which can improve payment terms and reduce risks.

Cash Flow Insight® Payables

Monitor and manage your cash outflow through digital payout options.

ACH Credit

ACH credit allows you to initiate secure electronic payments to employees and suppliers.[1]


Wire Transfer Services

Wire Transfer Services allows you to pay expenses securely in both US and foreign currency.[1]

PNC BusinessOptions® Visa® Signature Card

Get account options to control employee spending and manage cash flow. It’s a convenient all-in-one card program for purchasing, fleet, travel and entertainment spending, with the added benefits of a Visa Signature card.

Gain insight and access anytime – it’s available when you want, where you want it.

PINACLE®

The all-in payment solution for your business puts you in control of your finances with automated billing. Pay electronically and fight fraud to ensure money stays with the business that earned it.

Cash Flow Insight®

Get more from your PNC Online experience by using Cash Flow Insight to help forecast and plan cash flow decisions. Send invoices, manage bills, pay and get paid electronically by enhancing with Payables, Receivables and automatically sync with your account software. Spend less time managing your finances and more time growing your business.

With a variety of accounts, get competitive rates on a variety of short-term investment opportunities.

Money Market Deposit Account

Our Premium Business Money Market Account offers interest-earning potential in one convenient account.

Certificates of Deposit (CD)

PNC offers CDs with a variety of maturity terms, ranging from several days to several years, to match the time your cash is investable.

Sweep Accounts

Link your checking account to a variety of investment fund options to generate returns on idle cash balances.

Fraud Mitigation Tools

Our comprehensive approach combines advanced technologies and security tools designed to help you identify and thwart attempts to compromise your financial accounts, including fraudulent checks and electronic transactions if presented for payment. 

Help you protect your account from unauthorized activity, whether initiated electronically via ACH, or manually via paper check.

Stop Fraud in its Tracks

Mask and protect your information with UPIC.

Universal Payment Identification Code® (UPIC) masks your PNC bank account information so you can offer your customers the option of sending ACH payments, while protecting your sensitive bank account information from being displayed on customer-facing billing material or documents.

Helping Your Business

  • Accelerate funds availability
  • Reduce check processing costs
  • Eliminate returned checks and stop payment
Helping Your Customers
  • Eliminate check printing and mailing costs
  • Know the timing of cash flows
  • Protect sensitive account information that would be printed on a check and mailed

PNC offers fraud protection tools for checks and electronic payments, enabling you to choose the detection tool that’s right for your business’.

Positive Pay Solution

With Check Positive Pay, you provide PNC with the details of your checks you have issued, so PNC can match it against the checks presented for payment. The checks that match will automatically clear your account.[1]


 

ACH Debit Authorization Solutions

ACH Debit Block prevents all ACH debits from posting to your account. You may also decide whether checks that are converted to ACH debits should be automatically returned.[1]

ACH Debit Authorization allows you to establish rules for filtering only those ACH items you want to post (e.g., known trading partners), while returning any suspect items to the originator as unauthorized.[1]


PINACLE®

With PINACLE, you’ll gain access to:

  • Information reporting
  • Account transfer
  • Stop payments and check inquiry
  • Image On-Demand
  • Event Notification
  • Online client support

In addition, optional services include Online Statements, Transaction initiation (ACH, Wire), Integrated Receivables and Fraud Mitigation Tools.

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Stop Fraud in its Tracks

Universal Payment Identification Code (UPIC) masks your checking account number so you can accept ACH credits without having to provide your PNC account number to the payment sender.

This service can help your customers

  • Eliminate check printing and mailing costs
  • Know the timing of cash flows
  • Protect sensitive account information that would be printed on a check and mailed

This service can help your business

  • Reduce check processing costs
  • Eliminate returned checks and stop payments
  • Accelerate funds availability

Frequently Asked Questions

Payment solutions help small businesses send and receive funds securely with few delays or obstacles. They support everyday operations like paying vendors or collecting customer payments, and make it easier for businesses to manage cash flow. 

Small business payment solutions often focus on flexibility, offering apps for quick card payments or services for full point-of-sale systems. You’ll be set up to send and accept a wide range of payment types from taps to paper checks. These services include end-to-end encryption and fraud monitoring, which support convenience and enable small businesses to integrate payment systems with their existing financial suites.

Because of strong security capabilities, payment solutions are built for business certainty, not just convenience.

Compared with manual payment methods or informal peer-to-peer payments, PNC’s bank-supported payment solutions offer:

  • Guaranteed funds, so there’s no question about whether a payment will clear
  • Faster access to cash, improving short-term planning
  • More control over payment timing and approvals
  • Payment methods that may often be preferred by vendors and suppliers

Financial institutions like PNC provide these solutions to help businesses reduce delays and improve the overall reliability of their payments. This helps support the strong cash flow that small businesses need to continue operations.

Some services have associated fees, but PNC’s payment solutions are designed to help you reduce long-term costs. Rather than tallying only per-transaction costs, the real value lies in how well PNC payment solutions may help reduce hidden operational costs.

For example, our payment tools may help you avoid late payment penalties and provide more accuracy for cash forecasting. You might spend less time resolving cash challenges and capture early payment discounts thanks to user-friendly features.

PNC’s payment solutions may help shorten the time between when a payment is sent and when funds are available. You’ll have access to next-day funding for most deposits from card sales, and options to receive funds even faster in some cases. 

We also use intelligent routing to automatically select the best payment path for the fastest delivery of funds based on the criteria you provide. Additionally, automation tools, such as reconciliation and virtual payment card options, may help reduce manual tasks that stand in the way of payments. 

You can call to speak with a customer representative directly or email us to request that we contact you to begin the process. 

Small businesses work directly with PNC to review their payment needs and determine which solutions are appropriate. We provide guidance during setup, including access configuration, approval controls, and best practices for daily use, so that your small business gets started efficiently and confidently.

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