New Business Offer

Get up to $1,250 for your business

Open your Business Checking and Payment Processing account with a bank that understands your business is more than just a business.

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Choose your bonus

Step 1: Earn $500

When you open one of the below Business Checking accounts and meet requirements, you'll earn $500.1

Most Popular

Essential Checking

Ideal for new businesses, sole proprietors, or other business types with low monthly transaction volumes and balances.

  • No monthly service charge
  • Cash deposits up to $5,000 per month*
  • 100 combined monthly items included*

Premium

Preferred Checking

Ideal for established and growing businesses with moderate transaction activity and balances.

  • $18 monthly service charge waived to $0 with qualifying activities2
  • Cash deposits up to $30,000 per month*
  • 750 combined monthly items included*

Earning

Interest
Checking

Ideal for businesses with higher account balances, which can earn Interest at a competitive rate.

  • $25 monthly service charge waived to $0 with qualifying activities3
  • Cash deposits up to $20,000 per month*
  • 500 combined monthly items included*

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Step 2: Earn up to $750


Receive up to $7504 when you open a Hancock Whitney Payment Processing account and meet requirements. Learn more about Hancock Whitney Merchant Services.

Your up to $1,250 combined bonus is yours to use as you wish, whether you offset business start up costs or purchase needed payment processing equipment, the credit goes directly into your checking account.

 

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Step 3: Get started

  1. Open Your Accounts

    Complete the form at the top to have a banker contact you for an appointment. Or stop by one of your local financial centers. This offer expires 7/31/2026.

    Click here for a checklist of items you'll need for account opening. Please use the promo code that corresponds to the offer you choose:

    Business Checking Only: 2034SBCK26
    Merchant Services & Combo: 2034SBPO1

    It is essential you provide this code when speaking to our bankers in order to qualify for your bonuses.

     
  2. Complete Offer Requirements

    $500 offer for small business checking: Set up and make $5,000 or more in deposits within 30 days of opening and maintain a minimum daily balance of $5,000 or more for 60 days. See details below.

    Up to $750 offer for Merchant Services:
    1. To earn $250 activate a Merchant Services account.
    2. To earn $500 process more than $5,000.
    3. To earn $750 process more than $7,500 and open a Pay Bills and/or Payroll account.

    See details below.

     
  3. Get Your Offer

    If you meet the qualifying activities, you will receive your $500 small business checking offer1 and/or up to $750 Payment Processing offer4 within 45 days after the requirements due date. 

     
  4. Remember, your promo code is required at account opening to qualify for this offer.

 
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Bank where you want, when you want.

Our new business banking mobile app is packed with powerful features designed to give you more control over your business's finances.

  • Get a clearer picture of your expenses with enhanced transaction display features
  • Break down every transaction detail
  • Create budgets and track spending with budgeting tools
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Why your neighbors trust Hancock Whitney

125
Years of Service

For more than a century, Hancock Whitney has been dedicated to the financial well-being of Gulf South communities.

4 Years
Forbes America's Best Banks

For the fourth consecutive year we’ve been named one of America’s Best Banks by Forbes.

$7.7M
Donated in 2024

We give back to our local communities because we're committed to the future of our region.

*Additional cash deposits and/or additional items will incur fees. See a banker for details.

1 $500 Business Checking Offer Requirements: Use the required promo code provided when opening a new Preferred Business Checking, Interest Business Checking, or Essential Business Checking account with new money not currently held by Hancock Whitney Bank before this offer expires on 7/31/2026. To meet requirements, you must enroll in online banking and make at least $5,000 in qualifying deposits within the first 30 days from opening your business checking account. You must continue to maintain the $5,000 or more balance for the next 60 days to receive the payout. If you meet the 90-day Requirements the Offer Payout will be deposited into your Business Checking Account within 45 days.

This offer is available to new-to-bank or existing Hancock Whitney checking clients who currently do not have a business or commercial checking account; have not closed a business or commercial checking account in the past 90 days; or did not have a checking account closed with a negative balance in the past three (3) years.

2Preferred Checking $18 monthly service charge waived with any of the following: $5,000 min. daily balance, combined deposit and loan balances for the month of $25,000 or more, $2,000 in monthly business credit card transactions, or an active Merchant Services payment processing account.

3Interest Checking $25 monthly service charge waived with any of the following: $25,000 min. daily balance, combined balances of loans and deposits for the month of $50,000 or more.

4 Up to $750 Payment Processing Bonus: To receive the Payment Processing Promotional Offer you must both apply and be approved for a new Merchant Services payment processing account and open a new business checking account1 before the offer expires on 7/31/2026. The following criteria will be used to determine your Payment Processing Promotional Payout amount:

To qualify for the $250 Payment Processing offer, you must (1) apply and be approved for a new Merchant Services payment processing account and, (2) activate the account by processing a minimum of $20 in total payment volume no later than the end of the second full calendar month after credit approval. If you meet all requirements within the two full month period, your $250 Bonus will be deposited into your eligible Hancock Whitney Business Checking account 30 days after the end of the two full month period during which the requirements were met. Example: If your account is approved on January 10, you must process at least $20 by March 31. Your $250 bonus will then be deposited within 30 days of March 31.

To qualify for the $500 Payment Processing offer, you must (1) apply and be approved for a new Merchant Services payment processing account and, (2) process between $5,000 and $7,499 in total payment volume no later than the end of the second full calendar month after credit approval. If you meet all requirements within the two full month period, your $500 Bonus will be deposited into your eligible Hancock Whitney Business Checking account 30 days after the end of the two full month period during which the requirements were met. Example: If your account is approved on January 10, you must process at least $5,000 by March 31. Your $500 bonus will then be deposited within 30 days of March 31.

To qualify for the $750 Payment Processing offer, you must (1) apply and be approved for a new Merchant Services payment processing account that operates on the Clover platform, and (2) process $7,500 or more in total payment volume no later than the end of the second full calendar month after credit approval, and (3) enroll in Melio Pay Bills and/or Clover Payroll by ADP via the Clover Dashboard after your Merchant Services account has been approved and Clover account activated. If you meet all requirements within the two full month period, your $750 Bonus will be deposited into your eligible Hancock Whitney Business Checking account 30 days after the end of the two full month period during which the requirements were met. Example: If your account is approved on January 10, you must process at least $7,500 by March 31. Your $750 bonus will then be deposited within 30 days of March 31.

The Merchant Services payment processing account must remain open and active until the bonus is paid after account activation. Merchant Services Early Termination Fee and Monthly Minimum Fee applies. The bonus will be deposited into your linked Hancock Business Checking account.

A new or existing Hancock Whitney Business Checking account is required for this offer and must be used to settle funds through the merchant services processing activities. The business checking account must remain open and active until the bonus is paid.

Based on the requirements you meet as defined above for the Merchant Services Payment Processing Bonus, your bonus will be posted to your Business Checking account.

The Merchant Services payment processing offer may be used in conjunction with the Business Checking offer1. A maximum of one Business Checking bonus and one Merchant Services bonus may be redeemed per tax ID and/or address within a calendar year.

Clover trademark and logo are owned by Clover Network, Inc., a First Data company.

Melio Pay Bills™ is a service provided by Melio Payments Inc. (“Melio”). Hancock Whitney Bank is not affiliated with Melio and does not provide, control, or guarantee Melio services. Enrollment in Melio Pay Bills™ is subject to Melio’s separate terms, conditions, and fees. Additional eligibility requirements may apply.

Clover Payroll by ADP® is a service provided by Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (“ADP”). Hancock Whitney Bank is not affiliated with ADP and does not provide, control, or guarantee ADP payroll services. Enrollment in Clover Payroll by ADP® is subject to ADP’s separate terms, conditions, and fees. Additional eligibility requirements may apply.

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