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MANAGEABLE

Reporting and Cash Flow

Municipal finance requires transparency, precision, and a partner who understands the stakes. Canal Bank brings steady support and modern tools to simplify daily workflows.

Elevate Your Financial Management

  • Streamline collections and payments
  • Improve reporting clarity across funds
  • Reduce manual steps and branch visits

Financial Solutions for Municipalities

  • Operating Accounts
  • Positive Pay Services: Ensure the checks you send are the checks cashed
  • Lockbox for tax collection and accounting
  • Debt Management: Bond trustee services and escrow administration
  • Merchant Services: Accept payments at town hall, recreation centers, or online.
  • Remote Deposit Capture: Process checks without having to go to the Bank
  • ACH Originations: Payroll, vendor payment, and direct deposit services
  • Collaterization & Compliance
    • Full collateralization available for deposits exceeding FDIC limits, ensuring 100% public fund protection
Traditional Method
Canal Bank Method

Convenient Management
(Open separate accounts for each client.)

No.
(One master account, unlimited sub accounts.)

Yes.

Easy Set Up
(30+ minutes per account setup.)

No.
(Minutes to create digital sub accounts.)

Yes.

INTRODUCING

EscrowEdge

A Secure Digital Platform for Separating and Managing Your Municipal Funds

  • Offering sophisticated enterprise-wide sub-accounting for all departments
  • Faster Setup: Create digital sub-account in minutes – no traditional account opening paperwork required
  • Detailed Teporting: Generate compliance reports within a couple of clicks
  • Secure Multiple Users: Role-based permissions for different users
  • Transparency: Historical records and audit trails at your fingertips

A Clearer, More Structured Escrow Experience.

  • Online sub-account opening/closing
  • Real-time transfers
  • Reporting down to the sub-account level
  • Configurable compliance workflows and transparency support

With EscrowEdge, you can:

  • Access the platform 24/7 from anywhere
  • Manage online sub-account opening, closing, and transfers
  • Organize funds with a clear foldering structure
  • Generate reports to the sub-account level
  • Split, track, and allocate interest with accuracy
  • Configure compliance workflows to meet any requirement
  • Administer FEMA funds and Surety Bonds

Manage Municipal Funds
with EscrowEdge

EscrowEdge Offers Your Organization:

  • 24/7 online access
  • Online sub-account opening, closing, and transfers
  • Clear foldering structure
  • Reporting to the sub-account level
  • Split, track, and allocate interest
  • Configurable compliance workflows to meet any requirement

The Right Banking Partner Chemung Canal Trust Company + EscrowEdge

  • Minimal visits to the branch
  • Reduction in cash handling
  • Training support for staff
  • Online banking tools
  • Managing compliance and public transparency
  • Easy to access reporting
  • Clear delineation between sub-accounts
  • Manage interest
  • Help with FEMA funds and surety bonds

Talk with a Municipal Banking Specialist.

Municipality banking at Canal Bank. Our services work as hard as you do.

Let's Connect

Zachary Knapp

Assistant Vice President
Municipal Relationship Manager II

5529 Main Street

Williamsville, NY 14221

Cell: 607.731.2432

[email protected]

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