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Cheques are still the #1 payment used by business, large and small. This means it is taking longer for businesses to get paid. For micro and small businesses, this could have a significant impact to money management, making it tight to invest in new products and services to grow the business.<\/p>\n

While Interac e-Transfer continues to provide the easiest way for millions of Canadians to send money to each other and to the businesses and organizations they deal with, the service\u2019s most recent features have been gaining a loyal user base as well \u2013 not only among individuals, but among small and medium-sized businesses too.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take a look at Request Money to see why. (We looked at our other recently-added feature, Autodeposit<\/a>, in a previous post). Request Money allows a user to send a digital request for money from their online banking site or app to any individual or business with a Canadian bank account. The user can include a message, an invoice number*, or a due date*, and when the notification reaches the recipient (by email or text), they need only log-in to their own online banking in order to review and accept the request.<\/strong> Based on the same \u201cgood funds\u201d model as e-Transfer itself, a fulfilled money request will trigger the immediate deposit of funds into the requestor\u2019s selected account.<\/p>\n