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Money makes the world go round, but the way money works has changed so fast that it will make your head spin. Cash is no longer king, the cloud connects everything, and the line between traditional and e-commerce is thoroughly blurred.
If you have a small or medium-sized business, the administrative load of keeping your accounts straight and tracking the flow of trade throughout your business can be a significant burden, but QuickBooks offers a three-pronged strategy to help you spend more time making money than managing it.
QuickBooks GoPayments + TapToPay Make It Dead Easy to Get Paid
QuickBooks’ Tap to Pay and GoPayment solutions make it easy for small businesses to accept in-person payments on the go. With Tap to Pay on iPhone, you can take contactless payments directly on your iPhone—no extra hardware needed. For broader payment options, the GoPayment app pairs with a Bluetooth QuickBooks Card Reader to accept chip, tap, swipe, and manual entries. Both tools sync seamlessly with QuickBooks Online, helping you track sales in real-time, manage cash flow, and get paid faster—whether you’re on-site, at a market, or in the field.
The easier it is for a customer or client to pay you, the more likely you’ll be paid on time and with a smile. That’s why QuickBooks GoPayments + TapToPay is a revolution that lets you collect payments from your clients and customers wherever they are, face-to-face.
If you have an iPhone XS or later, running the latest version of iOS, you can accept tapped card payments right on your phone using the GoPayment app with no additional hardware needed.
It’s never been easier to get your small business going, and, best of all, every sale you make using TapToPay on the GoPayments app will automatically register the sale with your QuickBooks account, saving all that administrative work in one fell swoop!
The GoPayment app works with physical debit and credit cards, Apple Pay, and other digital wallets. So there’s no friction at all between delivering your goods or services and getting paid for them on-site.
Don’t have a phone with the right capabilities? No problem at all. Simply purchase the QuickBooks card reader and connect it to the app using Bluetooth. This makes it easy to enable any of your employees to collect payments with their phones, all for only $49 per card reader.
To top it all off, if you use GoPayment’s TapToPay feature, you’ll pay only 2.5% in processing fees. Significantly less than competing solutions. You can’t afford not to! Access GoPayment and TapToPay as part of QuickBooks Solopreneur or QuickBooks Simple Start for as little as $2 and $3.80 a month, respectively.
QuickBooks Capital Loans Let Your Business Grow When You Need It Most
Every business goes through ups and downs. Sometimes there’s a temporary break in cash flow, but your payroll is impacted. At other times, you’re handed a life-changing order, but you don’t have enough cash on hand to buy the materials needed to produce stock.
Getting access to credit, especially at short notice, to help your business survive speed bumps or grow to its next stage of evolution, can be a challenge. This is why QuickBooks has designed several credit solutions that target these specific business needs and will help you grow and survive during sometimes volatile situations.
You can apply for a QuickBooks Term Loan right from your QuickBooks account and have it paid out within as little as 1–2 days following approval. Amounts between $1.5K and $200K, with terms of 6–24 months, though there is no prepayment penalty, no origination fees, and highly competitive interest rates.
Best of all, your QuickBooks account keeps precise track of your loan status, making it easy to manage the loan and see what you’ve used the funds for.
For expenses that are smaller and less predictable, you can apply to open a line of credit. You only pay interest on the amount you loan, and thanks to integration with your QuickBooks account, you can make use of innovative features such as getting an advance against eligible invoices or the option to draw cash from your credit limit.
QuickBooks also offers access to lending partners for financial needs not covered by QuickBooks Capital loans.
QuickBooks Money Is the Business Banking Solution You Never Knew You Needed
In addition to allowing for easy payment from your customers and offering credit when your business needs it, QuickBooks is bringing it all in-house with QuickBooks Money. A business-focused banking solution that integrates everything QuickBooks into a strong financial services foundation.
Sign up for a free business bank account that’s FDIC-insured up to $5 million, and you’ll enjoy:
- No monthly fees.
- No minimum balances.
- Payments that go straight to your bank account if eligible.
- Same-day access to funds at no additional cost.
- Earn 3.00% APY on money you put away in savings envelopes.
- Draw cash at over 19K ATMs nationwide.
QuickBooks Money is the perfect starting point for your QuickBooks journey, and it’s free! There’s no need or obligation to sign up for any additional products, but if you need them, they’ll be ready to help you move to the next phase of your journey.
QuickBooks Makes Your Business Its Business
Built on a foundation of helping businesses of all sizes easily meet their accounting needs, QuickBooks has grown from a desktop accounting software provider to a true end-to-end financial ecosystem, helping thousands of businesses reach their potential.
Whatever your needs, there’s a QuickBooks product or service that caters to them, so become part of the fintech revolution and join QuickBooks today.