Business Advance Unsecured Business Overdraft
Benefits for your business
- Simple online application
- Up to $75,000 unsecured finance
- No asset security required (a personal guarantee is required if you are a sole director and secretary company)
- Choose a Westpac business transaction account to link the overdraft to.
Fast unsecured business overdrafts
"It was easy! All I had to do was go through the quick application process and then I was granted my business overdraft in no time at all. I kept thinking it couldn’t be this easy and was expecting a call asking for additional documentation, but it never happened."
Michelle M, Avoca Accounting Services, NSW*
*Westpac customer with existing conditional loan approval. Applications from other customers require additional steps.
Your Unsecured Business Overdraft at a glance
Variable interest rate applied only to the money you’ve used (calculated daily and charged monthly). Monthly line fee1 calculated based on total limit.
Other fees and charges may apply.
Borrow:
$5k - $75k
Monthly line fee1:
1.50% p.a. of total limit
Variable rate:
9.46% p.a.
Establishment fee:
$250
Customer eligibility
To apply online for an unsecured business overdraft you must meet one of the following criteria:
- A Westpac business customer with current conditional approval for a lending product, which is indicated on your online banking dashboard, OR
- A Westpac business customer who also has a business account with ANZ, Bank of Melbourne, BankSA, Bankwest, Commonwealth Bank, NAB or St.George and who uses Xero cloud accounting software. Please note, you’ll be asked to provide 12 months’ worth of statements during the online application process.
Other eligibility requirements
- Traded for at least 12 months with a valid ABN or ACN
- Registered for GST with an annual turnover more than $75,000
- Business must be a tax resident of Australia, that is based, registered and operating in Australia
- Operating as a sole trader (aged 18 years or over) or a sole director company (where the sole director is also the sole company secretary). For company borrowers, the sole director must provide a personal guarantee.
- Finance is only to be used for business purposes and will not be used to finance other lending, start a business, fund a property development or purchase residential property.
- Your business is not a franchise, self-managed super fund (SMSF), charity or trust
- Your business has less than $1m in existing business lending
- You do not foresee a decline in business revenue that would affect the payment of business liabilities
- All your ATO payments, loan repayments and employee entitlements (including super) are up to date.
Things you should know
Credit criteria, fees, charges, terms and conditions apply.