Citizens Bank Announces New Internet Banking Services for Business Clients -- Business Express Offers Fast and Easy Access.Business Editors FLINT flint, mineral flint, variety of quartz that commonly occurs in rounded nodules and whose crystal structure is not visible to the naked eye. Flint is dark gray, smoky brown, or black in color; pale gray flint is called chert. , Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 14, 2000 Citizens Bank today announced a new service that will enable small and mid-sized business clients to access their account information and perform banking transactions over the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . Called Business Express(R) Internet Banking, the service is designed to provide flexibility, convenience and easy access for business clients. The service is located on Citizens Bank's Web site, www.cbClientsFirst.com. "With Business Express, our business clients can now do their banking anytime, anywhere. All they need is a PC with Internet access See how to access the Internet. . No separate software is required," said Tony Finney, Vice President, Corporate Cash Management. Business owners can perform a number of banking functions using Business Express, including the following: -- Establish security levels to protect data -- Examine check details -- Reconcile accounts in minutes -- Request stop payments -- Transfer funds -- Pay employees through Direct Deposit -- Pay bills -- Verify deposits and transfers -- View account balances "Business Express offers many important advantages. It improves productivity by enabling business owners to bank at their convenience, 24 hours a day. The service can reduce administrative time and costs by providing immediate access to bank services through the Internet. And most important, Business Express can improve cash management by providing companies with virtually instant access to account balances, which is essential to effective cash management." added Mr. Finney. Business Express was tested with business owners prior to introduction by Citizens Bank; the service received high ratings for ease, convenience and flexibility. "Business Express is a powerful solution for small to mid-sized business owners," says Mr. Finney. "As Citizens Bank continues to expand its financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. and products, Business Express Internet Banking will allow our clients to have more control of their business. Clients can use the time they save to concentrate on other critical areas of their business." Information regarding Business Express is available through Citizens Bank's Commercial Client Services Call Center, 1-800-946-2264. Citizens Bank is a subsidiary of Citizens Banking Corporation, a diversified financial The diversified financial services segment includes a range of consumer and commercially-oriented companies offering a wide variety of products and services, including various lending products (such as home equity loans and credit cards), insurance, and securities and investment services company, providing a wide range of commercial, consumer, mortgage banking, trust, investment and financial planning Financial planning Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against services to a broad client base. With a long standing tradition of community banking, Citizens Banking Corporation serves markets through Citizens Bank in Michigan Michigan (mĭsh`ĭgən), upper midwestern state of the United States. It consists of two peninsulas thrusting into the Great Lakes and has borders with Ohio and Indiana (S), Wisconsin (W), and the Canadian province of Ontario (N,E). , suburban Chicago, Illinois Illinois, river, United States Illinois, river, 273 mi (439 km) long, formed by the confluence of the Des Plaines and Kankakee rivers, NE Ill., and flowing SW to the Mississippi at Grafton, Ill. It is an important commercial and recreational waterway. , and through F&M Bank in Wisconsin Wisconsin, state, United States Wisconsin (wĭskŏn`sən, –sĭn), upper midwestern state of the United States. It is bounded by Lake Superior and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, from which it is divided by the Menominee , Minnesota, and Iowa with 203 banking offices and 241 ATMs. Citizens has banking assets of $8.3 billion. Total trust assets are $3.6 billion. For more news and information about Citizens Bank visit www.cbClientsFirst.com. |
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