{"id":6682,"date":"2021-09-29T17:23:26","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T11:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2025-03-25T15:04:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:34:24","slug":"positive-banking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/business-banking\/positive-banking\/","title":{"rendered":"The Power of Positive Banking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Tuesday, August 31. 6.00 am.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You rub your eyes and get out of bed. It\u2019s going to be a busy day.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>8.00 am. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You gear up for work. Calls, emails, messages and reminders start flowing in.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>11.00 am.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Meetings. And more meetings. Then, a reminder that a few <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/what-is-invoice\/\">invoices<\/a> need to be dealt with. Sigh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>1.00 pm.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The day seems to be flying by. You\u2019ve been hunting down invoices on excel workbooks with a hundred sheets for hours while running meetings. You\u2019re trying to make sense of payroll calculations and compliance payments. And that\u2019s not even it &#8211; your CA is on your tail for one thing or another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>5.00 pm<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Back to meetings.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your CA, however, has other plans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur business teams have made good progress -\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ping! 289379.<br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs I was saying, the -\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ping! 828743.<br \/>\n<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHang on folks; I just need a minut-\u201d<br \/>\n<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ping! 334880.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, it\u2019s exhausting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>8.00 pm. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019re back at your desk. You\u2019re tired and stressed but happy to have found some time to work in peace &#8211; finally.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You open your laptop and get started when your phone rings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s your CA. Again.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A payment got overlooked, apparently.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You heave a defeated sigh. You hate all of this more than you care to let on (after all, this isn\u2019t exactly why you started up!) But you do it because it needs to be done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only, that\u2019s not the case.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is, the way you manage your money is taking a toll on you.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bigger problem, is that you\u2019ve accepted it.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The root cause<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Banking. Period.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s where your problems are coming from.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traditionally<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a bank is supposed to accept and make payments for you as directed and give you a handful of other services. Right? Right.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The trouble is, yours isn\u2019t a \u201ctraditional\u201d organisation &#8211; yours is, in fact, as far from a traditional organisation as it gets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yours is a futuristic, tech-first startup being bogged down by backward banking solutions. And that is frustrating. Annoying. Vexing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You see? That\u2019s what old-school banking solutions do to you. Have you ever, once, thought of banking positively? Has banking ever evoked all those cheery emotions in you?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m sure traditional solutions haven\u2019t. I\u2019m sure what I&#8217;m about to tell you, will.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder, you deserve better.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You deserve <strong>Positive Banking<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive Banking &#8211; a revolution, not an oxymoron<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can already hear you snickering. Frustrating, slow, outdated &#8211; yes; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">positive? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How could banking <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">possibly <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hold that thought. Hear me out.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have a not-so-little something for you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something that<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gives you a smooth-as-heck banking experience,<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">takes care of more (like WAY MORE) than just banking, and<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lets you sleep in peace and puts a spring in your step.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That \u201csomething\u201d is <\/span><b>Positive Banking<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More on that, presently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Basic banking, redefined<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive Banking, first of all, does what your \u201cfriendly\u201d neighbourhood bank does, only better. Think savvy portals, intuitive interfaces, easy access to credit, and a fantastic banking experience, over and above all your basic banking features.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This part of Positive Banking is the first step that makes banking a non-vexing affair. But, there\u2019s more.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"border-radius: 3px; background: #528FF0; padding: 15px; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: white;\" href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/x\/?r=blog_cta_business_banking_power_of_positive_banking&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=cta\">I&#8217;m ready.<\/a><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>One &#8211; no, ten steps further<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does paying anyone have to make you tear your hair out?<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The short answer (I hope, for the sake of your hair) is no.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paying your employees, vendors, and the government isn\u2019t the problem at all &#8211; after all, these stakeholders are the reason your organisation remains functional.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The thing that drives you (and hundreds of founders like you) up the wall is the <\/span><b><i>process of paying your stakeholders.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now for a more important question. Have you ever heard of a bank processing your payroll, fetching invoice details and paying your vendors, and calculating and paying your taxes?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My guess (an educated one) is that you haven\u2019t. That\u2019s expected; these things aren\u2019t something you\u2019d typically expect your bank to help with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>But what if your bank took care of them for you?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive Banking does just that.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It automates your payroll and compliance payments (yes, the ones you hate) end-to-end. It puts paying your vendors on autopilot &#8211; from fetching invoice details to scheduling payments, so you never miss a due date. It calculates and pays TDS in seconds &#8211; saving you the trouble of dealing with half a dozen portals.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s simple. Positive banking does what you don\u2019t want to, so you don\u2019t <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, enough about what Positive Banking can do for your business (in short, plenty). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s about time we talked about what it can do for YOU.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ve talked about \u201cbanking\u201d in Positive Banking. Now, let\u2019s talk about<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The \u201cpositive\u201d in Positive Banking<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s no easy way to say this &#8211; your money management woes have been going home with you lately, and that is not okay. It\u2019s actually worse than \u201cnot okay\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know what would be okay? Making moving money so easy for you that you start enjoying it &#8211; that managing your finances becomes a pleasurable, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">positive<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> experience.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The next, and very valid, question is &#8211; how?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Design<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s how.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive Banking, as a system, has been <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">designed to fit the needs of startups and their founders like a magical glove<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. From automation to an intuitive interface to a unified dashboard where your finances are tracked, everything in the Positive Banking ecosystem is built for founders like you.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fundamentals of Positive Banking are not just functional but also <em>psychological<\/em>. This means the system was built to make your money movement simpler, and also to make managing your finances a happy, positive affair.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think user access control, which kills the <a href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/founders-tale-on-otps-and-internal-screaming\/\">frustration of having to share OTPs<\/a>, and automated TDS payments, so you don\u2019t have to pay your taxes on five different portals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Roll all of that up, and you get easy usage, easy tracking, easy automation, easy reporting, easy access control, easy everything. And, most importantly, it\u2019s easy on your mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh, and that\u2019s not all.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>To err is human, to grow, startup-ly<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m sure you have, at some point, counted the number of hours you spend on financial operations. I\u2019m also sure that was A LOT of hours. A lot of hours that, you wish, you could spend growing your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Wish granted.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That it\u2019s built for startups also means Positive Banking cuts down a significant amount of time that you spend on managing your money, so you can spend it on growing your business instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Positive Banking = more time for growth = delight for you. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sweet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>S<\/strong><b style=\"font-weight: 400;\">uch is the Power of Positive Banking <\/b>&#8211; first, it takes away the frustration and stress that come with banking; second, it brings you an experience of sheer delight as you manage your money; and third, it gives you more freedom to do what you love &#8211; growing your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trumps basic banking big time, eh?<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The long and short of it<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to be stress-free and have ample time on your hands to do <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most important thing for your startup &#8211; growing it. And while all your stress cannot disappear in thin air, nor can you have all the time in the world for growth (oh, what a world that would be!), there\u2019s still hope.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That hope, my friend, is called Positive Banking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[bctt tweet=&#8221;Long story: you need the Power of Positive Banking behind you to fuel your growth and, at the same time, take care of your wellbeing. Short story: you need RazorpayX.&#8221; username=&#8221;Razorpay&#8221;]<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready when you are.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"border-radius: 3px; background: #528FF0; padding: 15px; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: none; color: white;\" href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/x\/?r=blog_cta_business_banking_power_of_positive_banking&amp;utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=cta\">I&#8217;m ready.<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" href=\"https:\/\/razorpay.com\/blog\/indian-startups-neobank\/\"><em><strong><span style=\"color: #48bcd9;\">No, I\u00a0need more convincing<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Has banking ever evoked happiness in you? I\u2019m sure traditional solutions haven\u2019t. I\u2019m sure what I&#8217;m about to tell you, will. 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