Current Services
For regional Australia customers, you'll find the online banking from Bendigo Bank suitable for most of your needs. There is a business section incorporated into its site with a range of financial services available.
You can access all your Bendigo Bank accounts, check balances and view historical transactions. You can transfer funds between you accounts, and pay anyone at another Australian bank. For transfers, you can set up scheduled transfers for those recurring payments.
Pay anyone is limited to either AU$1,000 or $5,000 and there is feedback on screen for how much is left, and small business can request an increase. Unfortunately, you can't store payees, or set up batched payments - this limits its usefulness.
Searches allow you to find transactions within a date range, dollar value range or reference number, however, you can't search for transaction types, which would be useful. You can get access to a minimum of 11 months' history, mainly based on Bendigo's movement to an online service.
BPay is also available for one-off or scheduled payments.
Like the other banks, you can order statements, chequebooks, and send secure e-mails to the bank.
Bendigo Bank also offers notification services for when your balance falls below, or rises above specific amounts. Notification is by fax or e-mail.
Unfortunately, you can't export your details to your own finance package.
Bendigo Bank is not online everywhere yet. And not in the City of Bayswater, Perth, Western Australia.