Our Business Essentials Package gives you a host of benefits that include online banking, 30 monthly electronic payments, plus unlimited POS, Inter-account transfers, intertal debit orders and prepaid transactions.

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Keep your business costs under control

Our packaged pricing helps you save and control your banking fees.

Cash transactions

Ten cash transactions capped at R50 000 per month.

Access ED Centres

Get the help you need from our Enterprise Development Centres to help grow your business.

Get 30 free monthly electronic payments

Current account with 30 free monthly electronic payments and transfers.

We make business banking easy

  • Let’s switch your debit orders

    Whether you’re an existing customer or new Absa business customer, you can switch your debit orders.

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  • Account features

    • Thirty free electronic transactions 
    • Absa Online
    • Unlimited POS transactions
    • Unlimited prepaid airtime transactions
    • Unlimited inter-account transfers and internal debit orders 
    • Transactions in addition to bundled electronic transactions charged at a premium fee of R23.00
    • Other transactions charged at normal pay-as-you-transact rate

    *Download our business client agreement

How to get it and what you need

  • Qualifying criteria

    • Any registered business entity with an annual turnover below R10 million.
    • Sole proprietors (an affidavit must be presented if proof of address or business registration number is not available).
    • Anybody who wants to be registered as a private company (for online customer).

  • Documents required

    • Copy of ID (per business member/individual member and or director).
    • Proof of address (per business member/individual member and or director).
    • Proof of physical address of business (if absent, an affidavit required for a sole proprietor).
    • Bank statements: last three months (not applicable for start-up businesses and sole proprietors).
    • Business member/owner to submit three months' bank account statements on a personal account.
    • Company registration documents (not required for sole proprietors).
    • Company resolution (where more than one signatory is applicable).

  • What it costs

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Need more help?

Let one of our consultants assist you.

For more information on opening a business account online, call us on:

0861 000 734

If you’re a new customer or you don’t bank with us, call us on:

0860 040 302