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We equip dynamic companies from launch to enterprise.

Purpose-built tools to help get you started quickly, a comprehensive product suite to meet your evolving needs in lockstep and expert guidance at every milestone for you to leverage.

Launch Lay the groundwork

Financial tools to help you efficiently move and manage money while you prove your concept.

Dashboard

Monitor your cash positions with real-time data, custom alerts and critical metrics on any device.

Payments

Send payments domestically or internationally in over 90 currencies from the same screen.

Reporting

Generate dozens of report types in seconds and search for transactions as easily as you talk.

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Commercial Cards

Maximize efficiency and control

A card for every stage of growth—from startups to scaling venture-funded companies.D

  • Drive growth with scalable credit and no personal liability
  • Increase efficiency with AI-powered spend management
  • Save time with no annual fee and no fees for unlimited cards
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Spend Management

Control expenses and automate reporting

Automate expenses and auto-sync to your accounting system or ERP.

  • AI-powered mobile expense reporting
  • Create and auto-enforce spending policies
  • Book airfare, hotels and rental cars right in the platform

Start with the essentials

Our complete startup banking package for pre-seed and seed stage companies.

  • Business checking account
  • Money market account
  • Domestic plus international wires
  • Business credit card
  • Expense management platform

Build Optimize operations

Automate recurring tasks and build a sustainable routine while you gain traction.

Integrations Connect the systems you already have

Automate recurring tasks and build a sustainable routine while you gain traction.

Connect your accounting software to automatically import your balances and transactions each night so you can match and clear entries in a single system.

Integrate corporate cards to track all your non-payroll expenses in real-time, reimburse employees and automate approval workflows.

Connect your accounting software to automatically import your balances and transactions each night so you can match and clear entries in a single system.

Enable your customers to link their bank accounts to your platform instantly through Plaid, then process their payments through First Citizens' ACH API.

Scale your payment operations using Modern Treasury's API to process transactions, track statuses and automate reconciliation in real-time.

ERP Plugin

Bank directly from your ERP

View balances, initiate payments and reconcile accounts – all without leaving your ERP.

  • Compatible with NetSuite, Sage Intacct and Microsoft Dynamics
  • Implement in as little as two weeks
  • Starting at $100 per month

Automations Put your recurring tasks on autopilot

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Simplify your invoice process

Invoices emailed from your vendors are automatically captured, routed for approval and scheduled for payment.

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Pay in bulk

Bulk import more than 50 payments at a time from your spreadsheet, ERP or accounting software.

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Get paper checks mailed directly to the bank

Skip the manual work with end-to-end processing, automated remittance, HIPAA-compliant options and direct accounting integration.

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Accept payments on your website, mobile app and in-store

Process credit cards across every sales channel in more than 140 currencies, with next-day funding to a linked deposit account, built-in fraud protection and automatic syncing to your accounting software.

Multimillion-dollar FDIC protection, zero waiting

Multimillion-dollar FDIC protection, zero waiting

Insured Cash SweepD lets you spread deposits across our trusted bank network, with full control and visibility through your dashboard.

Smart cash management on autopilot

Smart cash management on autopilot

With Cash SweepD, automatically sweep extra funds into AAA-rated money market funds daily.

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Simplify your bank stack

Too many vendors? Our all-in-one digital banking platform delivers a single experience to get more done with fewer moving parts.

Scale Accelerate expansion

Access growth capital and infrastructure to support rapid scaling.

Lending

Fuel your growth with tailored capital solutions

For forty years, the most iconic companies have made us their lender of choice. Join the ranks and manage your financing from a modern platform.

Expertise

Leverage the expertise of a seasoned team to develop a credit solution from the ground up, aligned with your business goals.

Digital application

Apply for venture debt online and close in as few as 30 days with our streamlined documentation.

Automated reporting

Connect your accounting software once to automatically pull your financials each month.

Intuitive management

Request advances, organize loans by facility and make payments from a single dashboard.

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Foreign Exchange

Move beyond your borders

Each new currency introduces a new risk to your business model. Our foreign exchange experts help you manage it to unlock opportunities wherever you find them.

  • Accept international payments from customers in 90+ local currencies and lock in predictable revenue in USD at pre-negotiated rates.
  • Pay international suppliers and employees in multiple local currencies from a single account for predictable expenses from wherever you source.
  • Leverage best-in-class support from a dedicated FX advisor to devise your strategy, with 24/7 access to view and book trades on our platform.

API Payments at any volume

Process hundreds of thousands of payments monthly without sacrificing control or efficiency.

File transmission

Upload payment files directly from your accounting system for secure batch processing—ideal for payroll, vendor payments and mass disbursements.

Best for entreprise teams using ERP systems

  • Secure SFTP file transmission
  • Support for NACHA, ISO 20022 formats
  • Integration with major ERP systems
  • Automated file validation and error checking
  • Multiple format support, including CSV, XML and fixed-width

API

Build payments directly into your product or automate your treasury operations with real-time processing and instant status updates.

Best for in-house development teams

  • Send ACH payments with same-day settlement
  • Initiate domestic and international wires
  • Check balances in real time
  • Issue and manage virtual cards
  • Automate payment reconciliation

Enterprise Lead your market

Strengthen your market position with enterprise-grade controls and security.

Admin Controls Take command of your platform

Set granular permissions, access levels and transaction limits to maintain visibility and control across your growing headcount.

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Fine-grained permissions

Use more than 40 dimensions to grant internal and external users precise access and transfer limits.

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Card controls

Get real-time transaction tracking, custom spend limits and complete line of sight into corporate card usage.

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Enterprise-wide visibility

Use facility-level loan grouping, custom account sets and advanced filtering options.

Security

Stay ahead of risk

Automated fraud detection, instant alerts and customizable approval flows to safeguard every transaction.

Approval workflows

Enable multi-step authorizations, set amount thresholds and designate backup approvers.

Positive pay

Automatically compare checks for clearing with your submitted records to help detect and prevent unauthorized payments.

User authentication

Select from five best-in-class options to authenticate your users including biometric and security key.

Enhanced fraud prevention

Automated ACH payment verification, with instant alerts for suspicious activity.

Check controls

Automated check verification, with instant alerts for suspicious activity.

Stop payment controls

Block and monitor specific transaction types at the account level, with customizable rules for real-time prevention.

Asset Management Enhanced transparency for corporate cash investment strategy

Custom strategies

Get asset managementD account balances directly in the platform and a complete view of banking and investment relationships through single sign-on.

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Investment advisory

Partner with a dedicated investment team that understands the unique objectives and cash flow patterns of high-growth tech and healthcare companies.

Reporting and oversight

Track performance and receive timely reports and perspectives through a centralized digital dashboard.

Start with a strong foundation

Cash Sweep is a product of First Citizens Bank. Additional terms and conditions apply. Please refer to the Cash Sweep Program Account Agreement for additional details. Investors in a money market fund should consider carefully the information contained in the prospectus of the fund, including investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. You can obtain a prospectus by clicking on specific fund companies at Cash Sweep or by calling your relationship advisor. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing. Shares in money market funds are not deposits within the meaning of 12 U.S.C. § 1813(l) and are not insured by the FDIC. Although money market funds seek to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in a money market fund.

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All credit products and loans are subject to underwriting, credit, and collateral approval. All information contained herein is for informational purposes only and no guarantee is expressed or implied. Rates, terms, programs and underwriting policies subject to change without notice. This is not a commitment to lend. Certain terms, conditions, exclusions, and limitations apply, including a limit on cash advance capabilities. Additional fees include: Cash Advance—3% of each Cash Advance amount, but not less than $3 or more than $50; Late Payment—$32 or 2.5% of the charges that have been billed on the periodic statement and remain unpaid for one or more billing cycles, whichever is greater.

Insured Cash Sweep and ICS are registered service marks of IntraFi Network LLC.

Deposits placed by First Citizens Bank pursuant to the ICS Program are not deposits of or guaranteed by First Citizens Bank and are subject to the terms thereof. Deposit placement through ICS is subject to the terms, conditions, and disclosures in applicable agreements. Although deposits are placed in increments that do not exceed the FDIC standard maximum deposit insurance amount (“SMDIA”) at any one destination bank, a depositor’s balances at the institution that places deposits may exceed the SMDIA (e.g., before settlement for deposits or after settlement for withdrawals) or be uninsured (if the placing institution is not an insured bank). The depositor must make any necessary arrangements to protect such balances consistent with applicable law and must determine whether placement through ICS satisfies any restrictions on its deposits. A list identifying IntraFi network banks appears at https://www.intrafi.com/network-banks. The depositor may exclude banks from eligibility to receive its funds. Funds are swept based on triggering events set forth in the IntraFi Deposit Placement Agreement between First Citizens Bank and the depositor.

Investment products and services offered by SVB Asset Management:

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Third parties mentioned are not affiliated with First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company.

This material, including without limitation the statistical information herein, is provided for informational purposes only. The material is based in part upon information from third-party sources that we believe to be reliable, but which has not been independently verified by us and, as such, we do not represent that the information is accurate or complete. This information should not be viewed as tax, investment, legal or other advice nor is it to be relied on in making an investment or other decision. You should obtain relevant and specific professional advice before making any investment decision. Nothing relating to the material should be construed as a solicitation, offer, or recommendation to acquire or dispose of any investment or to engage in any other transaction. None of this material, its content, nor any copy of it, may be altered in any way, copied, transmitted or distributed to any other party, without the prior express written permission of SVB Asset Management. SVB Asset Management is an investment adviser registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Registration with the SEC does not in any way constitute an endorsement by the SEC of an investment adviser’s skill or expertise. Moreover, registration does not imply that a registered adviser has achieved a certain level of skill, competency, sophistication, expertise, or training in providing advisory services to its clients. For institutional purposes only.

SVB Asset Management is a wholly owned, non-bank subsidiary of First-Citizens Banks & Trust Company.

Banking and lending products or services are offered by First Citizens Bank. Accounts are subject to credit approval. Restrictions and limitations may apply.

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