以小企业支付系统闻名的Square公司开始为用户提供支票和储蓄账户业务,正在成为一家全面发展的新型银行。
由于在今年早些时候,Square拿到了银行执照,所以从7月20日开始,这家公司向用户提供免费支票和储蓄账户服务。Square银行(Square Banking)的产品主管克里斯蒂娜•瑞切斯表示,公司在2019年推出了借记卡,新的支票服务Square Checking是其自然延伸。
现有的Square借记卡用户将自动开设支票账户,由美国联邦存款保险公司(FDIC)担保。Square将继续和萨顿银行(Sutton Bank)合作,作为账户开户行。
新客户开设的账户没有传统银行最低存款额的要求,也无需支付每月8到12美元的管理费。此外,Square账户还有一个优势:不限制用户每月的交易数,也不允许透支。在一些大银行,超额交易的费用每笔可以高达75美分,而透支每次可能要花费近40美元。
在使用ATM机时,Square本身并不收取任何费用,但客户可能需要支付一小笔运营费。Square没有自己的ATM机,但该公司表示,它的借记卡能够在任何接受万事达卡(Mastercard)借记卡的ATM机上使用。Square还在计划,用户应该很快就可以用Square Point of Sale的应用程序来存支票了,像美国银行(Bank of America)和摩根大通(JPMorgan Chase)等传统银行一般都提供这项服务。
有了新的支票账户,用户就能够即时访问他们通过Square收取的销售收入。通过Square借记卡,用户可以立即使用这些资金,也能够进行ACH转账,或使用Square Payroll服务直接给员工发工资。
这项新的Square金融服务(Square Financial Services)还将提供另一种新服务——储蓄业务Square Savings。储蓄账户同样免费,存款年收益为0.5%,这是目前商业储蓄账户提供的最高利率之一。0.5%的利率将持续到2021年12月31日,Square称之后的利率可能会发生变化。
现有客户可以注册新储蓄账户(由美国联邦存款保险公司担保),账户有自动储蓄功能。商户能够根据不同的需求设置多个钱包,例如季度税或未来设备采购等,为每个钱包设定储蓄目标,这样销售额就可以按比例(比如说,1%)自动存入特定钱包。
与Square的支票账户一样,客户开设储蓄账户没有最低存款要求,也没有月度管理费和余额要求。
“Square的储蓄账户和支票账户不收取任何费用,这个决定比我们之前预想的还要重要。”瑞切斯说,她曾经和商户们聊过,费用是让他们使用个人支票账户而非商业银行账户的一大原因。
Square进军银行业之际,正值该公司在小企业中的使用率上升。该公司称,去年活跃的Square借记卡商户数量同比增长了140%。此外,这些商户账户的总余额同期增加了250%。
除了新的支票账户和储蓄账户,Square还将其贷款部门更名为Square 贷款(Square Loans,以前叫Square资本)。瑞切斯称,贷款业务“没有发生根本变化”,但将成为Square银行产品套件的一部分。这样商户打开自己的银行业务界面时,就能够看到是否有可以申请的贷款。
瑞切斯说:“得益于公司的支付业务打下的坚实基础,我们不仅能够为商户提供一些非常特别的服务,还可以继续完成我们经济赋权的使命,同时也能够为更多的中小企业提供服务。”(财富中文网)
译者:Agatha
以小企业支付系统闻名的Square公司开始为用户提供支票和储蓄账户业务,正在成为一家全面发展的新型银行。
由于在今年早些时候,Square拿到了银行执照,所以从7月20日开始,这家公司向用户提供免费支票和储蓄账户服务。Square银行(Square Banking)的产品主管克里斯蒂娜•瑞切斯表示,公司在2019年推出了借记卡,新的支票服务Square Checking是其自然延伸。
现有的Square借记卡用户将自动开设支票账户,由美国联邦存款保险公司(FDIC)担保。Square将继续和萨顿银行(Sutton Bank)合作,作为账户开户行。
新客户开设的账户没有传统银行最低存款额的要求,也无需支付每月8到12美元的管理费。此外,Square账户还有一个优势:不限制用户每月的交易数,也不允许透支。在一些大银行,超额交易的费用每笔可以高达75美分,而透支每次可能要花费近40美元。
在使用ATM机时,Square本身并不收取任何费用,但客户可能需要支付一小笔运营费。Square没有自己的ATM机,但该公司表示,它的借记卡能够在任何接受万事达卡(Mastercard)借记卡的ATM机上使用。Square还在计划,用户应该很快就可以用Square Point of Sale的应用程序来存支票了,像美国银行(Bank of America)和摩根大通(JPMorgan Chase)等传统银行一般都提供这项服务。
有了新的支票账户,用户就能够即时访问他们通过Square收取的销售收入。通过Square借记卡,用户可以立即使用这些资金,也能够进行ACH转账,或使用Square Payroll服务直接给员工发工资。
这项新的Square金融服务(Square Financial Services)还将提供另一种新服务——储蓄业务Square Savings。储蓄账户同样免费,存款年收益为0.5%,这是目前商业储蓄账户提供的最高利率之一。0.5%的利率将持续到2021年12月31日,Square称之后的利率可能会发生变化。
现有客户可以注册新储蓄账户(由美国联邦存款保险公司担保),账户有自动储蓄功能。商户能够根据不同的需求设置多个钱包,例如季度税或未来设备采购等,为每个钱包设定储蓄目标,这样销售额就可以按比例(比如说,1%)自动存入特定钱包。
与Square的支票账户一样,客户开设储蓄账户没有最低存款要求,也没有月度管理费和余额要求。
“Square的储蓄账户和支票账户不收取任何费用,这个决定比我们之前预想的还要重要。”瑞切斯说,她曾经和商户们聊过,费用是让他们使用个人支票账户而非商业银行账户的一大原因。
Square进军银行业之际,正值该公司在小企业中的使用率上升。该公司称,去年活跃的Square借记卡商户数量同比增长了140%。此外,这些商户账户的总余额同期增加了250%。
除了新的支票账户和储蓄账户,Square还将其贷款部门更名为Square 贷款(Square Loans,以前叫Square资本)。瑞切斯称,贷款业务“没有发生根本变化”,但将成为Square银行产品套件的一部分。这样商户打开自己的银行业务界面时,就能够看到是否有可以申请的贷款。
瑞切斯说:“得益于公司的支付业务打下的坚实基础,我们不仅能够为商户提供一些非常特别的服务,还可以继续完成我们经济赋权的使命,同时也能够为更多的中小企业提供服务。”(财富中文网)
译者:Agatha
Square, best known for its small-business payment systems, is becoming a full-fledged neobank, offering checking and savings accounts to its users.
Starting from July 20, Square will start offering fee-free checking and savings accounts to users, after obtaining a banking charter earlier this year. The new checking service, Square Checking, is a natural extension of the company’s debit card, which launched in 2019, says Christina Riechers, Square Banking’s head of product.
Existing Square debit card users will be automatically rolled into the new FDIC-insured checking account. Square is continuing to use Sutton Bank as its partner to provide this account.
New customers can open an account without any of the traditional minimum deposits or monthly maintenance fees that can typically run $8 to $12 a month. Another bonus: Square doesn’t limit the number of transactions users can process each month or allow overdrafts. At some of the biggest banks, fees for excess transactions range up to 75¢ each, while overdraft fees can set customers back nearly $40 per occurrence.
When it comes to ATM fees, Square itself doesn’t levy any, but customers may have to pay a small operator fee. Square doesn’t operate any of its own ATMs, but the company says its debit card can be used at any ATM that accepts Mastercard debit cards. Square is also planning to soon allow users to deposit checks—a commonplace feature at traditional banks like Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase—using the Square Point of Sale app.
The new checking account will provide users with instant access to the credit card sales they process via Square. Users can immediately use those funds via the Square debit card, make ACH transfers, or directly pay employees using Square Payroll.
The other new service, Square Savings, will be offered under the new Square Financial Services. It is also a fee-free account and offers a flat 0.5% APY, which is among the highest interest rates currently being offered in a business savings account. The 0.5% interest rate will run through Dec. 31, 2021, after which Square says the rates will be subject to change.
Existing customers will be able to enroll in the new FDIC-insured account, which does offer some automated savings functions. Sellers can design multiple folders for different needs, such as quarterly taxes or future equipment purchases, and then set up savings goals for each that will automatically direct, for example, 1% of sales toward a specific goal.
As with Square’s checking options, customers can open a savings account with no minimum deposit, and there are no ongoing monthly maintenance fees or balance requirements.
“The fact that Square savings and checking accounts don’t have any fees with them ends up being a bigger deal than we might have even realized,” Riechers says, adding that when she’s previously spoken with sellers, one of the big things that has kept them using a personal checking account rather than opening a business bank account has been the fees.
Square’s latest foray into banking comes at a time when the company has seen increased usage among small businesses. Last year, the number of active Square debit card sellers increased 140% year over year, according to the company. Additionally, total balances among these sellers increased 250% in the same time period.
Along with the new checking and savings accounts, Square is rebranding its lending arm as Square Loans (previously called Square Capital). Riechers says that there are “no fundamental changes” to these loans but that this unit will now be part of Square’s banking suite of products. So if a seller goes to their banking dashboard, they will be able to see if they have a loan offer, for example.
“Being connected to payments just gives us a really strong base to offer something quite special to our sellers,” says Riechers, “and to continue on this mission of economic empowerment; to continue expanding access to small-business owners.”