U.S. Bank Partners with Viewpost to Provide Small Business Owners with Fast and Secure Electronic Invoices and Payments
November 05 2014 - 12:15PM
Business Wire
Viewpost North America (Viewpost) today announced a partnership
with U.S. Bank, lead bank of U.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB). Guided by a
co-branded microsite hosted on the U.S. Bank website
(usbank.com/viewpost), small business customers can easily connect
their bank accounts to the Viewpost® network where they can also
connect to their trading partners to exchange electronic invoices
and payments with unprecedented speed and efficiency. This
partnership aligns with Viewpost’s commitment to making everyday
business simple, fast and secure.
“We're honored to become an integral part of U.S. Bank small
business offering,” said Max Eliscu, Founder and CEO of Viewpost.
“We believe this partnership will benefit the day-to-day operations
of small business owners and greatly improve the way small
businesses send and receive electronic payments.”
U.S. Bank has made this solution available to all 1.3 million
existing small business customers. The Viewpost network is free to
join, and enables any size company to securely connect with any
trading partner to send, receive and manage electronic invoices and
payments.
“U.S. Bank continues to look for innovative solutions that help
small business customers not only improve their day to day banking,
but also their day to day business,” said Jeff Parker, SVP of Small
Business Product and Strategy at U.S. Bank. “Viewpost presents a
transparent and unified approach to electronic payments and invoice
management, and we are pleased to be one of the first banks to
partner with Viewpost.”
Viewpost offers a secure network that's free to join,
eliminating the usual barriers to adoption, such as cost
complexity, incentive and lack of technological sophistication.
Connecting to the network and using the service requires no
purchase of new software or hardware, no consumption of IT
resources, and no change to existing business processes.
U.S. Bank is one of the top small business banks in the United
States, consistently ranking among the top banks nationally for
Small Business Administration (SBA) lending. In addition to its
products and services, U.S. Bank provides advice and networking
opportunities to business owners of varying sizes and stages of
their business life through U.S. Bank Connect™
www.usbankconnect.com. The company also produces an annual report
of small business owners’ views on the economy and their business
in the U.S. Bank Annual Small Business Survey. For more information
on U.S. Bank’s full service offering to small businesses visit
www.usbank.com/smallbusiness.
About ViewpostViewpost North America believes time is
precious and irreplaceable. Viewpost brings visibility, efficiency
and simplicity to the everyday exchange of invoices and payments
through a secure business network of opportunities designed to
empower any size business. Founded in 2011, Viewpost is
headquartered in Maitland, Fla., with additional offices in
Minneapolis and Seattle. Visit them online at Viewpost.com.
About U.S. BankU.S. Bancorp (NYSE: USB), with $391
billion in assets as of Sept. 30, 2014, is the parent company of
U.S. Bank, the fifth-largest commercial bank in the United States.
The company operates 3,177 banking offices in 25 states and 5,026
ATMs and provides a comprehensive line of banking, brokerage,
insurance, investment, mortgage, trust and payment services
products to consumers, businesses and institutions. Visit U.S.
Bancorp on the web at usbank.com.
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Media contacts:Teri Charest, 612-303-0732U.S. Bank
Corporate Communicationsteri.charest@usbank.comorRuss Stark,
612-325-3969Viewpost Director of Brandrstark@viewpost.comorBill
Porter, 415-601-7993Fleishman Hillard Vice
Presidentbill.porter@fleishman.com
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