Bento for BusinessReviews of bentoforbusiness.com

Bento is a great system, although not without it's limitations, naturally. I'd recommend it to anyone with a small to mid-sized business, looking for a credit card-type solution for your employees.

Great program and easy to use..some frustration in setting it up where it works with my employees to our specific needs in our daily operation but once I got that done it has been easy

I love how fast it is to get new Debit Cards. We do not believe in using debt as a tool, so this was a great option to delineate transactions between employees. However, the integration into Quickbooks leaves a lot to be desired. The Credit Cards companies transfer transactions WAY BETTER into Quickbooks than Bento for Business.

The ease and convenience of transferring funds to a card which is not directly linked to our business bank account which prevents unauthorized access to said account is what we were looking for. The only drawback is the time it takes for funds to be transmitted when the request is submitted online. If this part of the process could be improved and shortened by a day or so, it would be a perfect service.

Love everything about the card but the time it takes to get funds.

Wonderful service. The features are thorough and the system is easy to use. Great job on design and execution. The only reason 4 versus 5 is the relatively slow money load time. 3 business days is just too slow in todays marketplace...I’d be willing to pay a fee for PayPal or credit card instant loads but wire transfers (which is the only “fast” option) are old school and way too cumbersome. This service would be more competive with faster load times. They are clearly holding the funds an extra day. Most of our similar employee finances is done by just getting different bank accounts and setting debit card controls. Most serious competitors have 1 business day ACH loads at this point and soon ACH will be same day (e.g. PayPal, Prepaid cards, etc. ).

It'd be nice to be able to initiate fund transfers on the go. Would be nice if the money moved a bit faster, but otherwise it'd nice

Everything has worked fine for us. We have foreign (Germany) volunteers working for us. We are only allowed to provide $400 per mo per diem...no salary. We issue each volunteer a card with a $400 limit per month. This allows us to easily provide the per diem without having to hand out cash (they do not have bank accounts as they are non-citizens) and they don't need to carry around cash. Bento also provides reports so I can easily track and book. The only hitch is common to all credit/debit cards and that is purchases made on the card late on the last day of the month not appearing until the next day (new month). But that is not a big deal. Also, loads may take a couple of days to post. That is not a big deal either but does prevent the app from being perfect. I do recommend the app if you think it will meet your requirements.