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What is the difference between personal and business bank accounts?
What is the difference between personal and business bank accounts?
Updated over 7 months ago

A business checking account can be used to manage business finances. For example, this may include:

  • Paying suppliers

  • Depositing payments from customers

  • Paying your employees

  • Making necessary purchases for the business

  • Covering operating expenses

  • Making tax payments

Personal checking accounts, on the other hand, are designed for personal use. In other words, this means things like:

  • Depositing your paychecks

  • Paying personal bills, such as the mortgage or utilities

  • Making purchases with a connected debit card

  • Transferring money to a linked personal savings account

  • Withdrawing cash at the ATM

  • Sending personal payments to friends and family

Not only do bank statements show lenders how you have managed your revenues and expenses, but they can also be used to predict future cash flows. They will be looking for expenses like recurring loan payments, rent checks, and operational costs to understand your monthly outgoing cash. Deposits will be used to define monthly incoming cash.

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