Z Escrow

Make Commercial Banking Easier with ZEscrow

Our easy to use interface allows financial institutions and your commercial customers to easily manage complex three-party accounts and sub-ledgers. You can attract new customers without increasing the internal workload.

Currently serving 6,800+ commercial partners

Currently managing 225,000+ subaccounts

Financial institutions can offer ZEscrow to a variety of organizations who need an escrow or subaccounting solution that is convenient, compliant, and full-featured. 

  • Anytime online access
  • Bulk import capability
  • Easy organization & subaccount creation,  configuration and closing
  • Interest configuration and calculation at the subaccount level
  • White-labeled dashboard display 
  • Document depository 
  • Automated statements 
  • Tax filing 
  • Docusign integration 
  • Reporting capabilities
  • Commercial customer and beneficiary access
  • Anytime online access 
  • Bulk import capability
  • Digital opening & closing of subaccounts
  • Beneficiary Access (optional)
  • Ability to invite beneficiary to Docusign W9
  • Interest configurations by subaccount
  • View accrued interest and rate for each subaccount 
  • Manage split interest in subaccount
  • Automated statements 
  • Reporting capabilities
"What ZSuite has now done is allowed our cash management salespeople to actively promote escrow as a service with the understanding that it really doesn't matter the size or the amount of money or the amount of accounts. If the system can support it, we can support it."
SVP, Deposit Operations

$3B Northeast Bank

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ZEscrow FAQ

Is there a native app?

We have a responsive and adaptive web-based application that can be viewed through any browser or on any device.  

Is it a SAAS platform? If it's a SAAS platform, where is it hosted?

Our platform is hosted by AWS and we spin up a separate instance for each client, so there is no interaction between client data or environments. 

Who can access the platform and how do they get access to the platform?

Within the platform there are three levels of access.  

  • First, financial institution employees can access the portal you see in the demo.  Employees can access all of the commercial organizations their institution has on the platform, and see the same information they see.  
  • Second, commercial customers can also log into the platform and access only their organization’s information, they can self-serve. They can open and close subaccounts, pull data, access statements, etc. 
  • Third, if there is a beneficiary attached to these accounts the organization can give them access to their own information. 
Can you do single sign on?

We currently have multiple SSO integrations available as an option. 

Where does the data sit and where do the dollars sit? Did the dollars sit at another bank or not?

Our system is the system of record for all of the subaccount data.  

The dollars within those subaccounts are in the holding account on your core. Our system comes on top of that account to be the system of record for the subaccounts. They never move to another bank or banking system based on actions in the ZEscrow platform. ZEscrow never holds dollars directly.  

Are they actually my accounts? Or are they your accounts?

All the accounts are your accounts. The subaccounts are created and tracked on our system. This means you do not have to open or manage additional subaccounts as accounts on your core. You can hold everything in a master account and open a holding account or shadow account to support it. All activity originated on our platform is reflected in movement between these accounts.  

Who has the relationship with the customer?

You always own the relationship with the customer. We can support you in training and special use cases, but you own the relationship. 

Who's in charge of compliance?

The financial institution is responsible for all compliance relating to their customers using this system. There’s no change in BSA or CIP policy when onboarding new clients.  

ZSuite handles all daily OFAC checks on every active beneficiary within the platform. Those beneficiaries are not clients of the financial institution.  

Is there a limit to the number of Subaccounts or Organizations?

No, there is no limit. 

How does the money move?

On the financial institution side, the money moves between the master account and the shadow account, as necessary. In the instances of opening and closing accounts money is moved by the bank into and out of the master account.  

 

On the ZEscrow side, the tracking for money movements in and out of different subaccounts takes place, so your financial institution, your corporate partner and their beneficiaries can all see the balances for each individual subaccount.  

 

Interest can be calculated by ZEscrow, and instructions to move from the GL account to the holding account are passed to the bank in the daily transaction file/transaction exchange. ZEscrow tracks the interest accrued for each beneficiary, including when there is a split between a beneficiary and a partner or IOLTA board.

How do you automate reconciliations versus us doing it?

Every subaccount is issued a unique account number. When funds are transferred in and out of the subaccount via the ZEscrow platform, we are able to auto reconcile those transactions within the UI based on that unique account number. 

Who's in charge of statements?

ZEscrow is the system of record therefore statements will be auto-generated by the ZSuite platform. The first day of the month statement PDFs will be delivered to the platform. Each organization will receive a summary statement and individual statements for each subaccount. 

Who's in charge of tax reporting?

ZEscrow is the system of record, therefore all tax reporting will be handled by the ZSuite Team. We work in partnership with your financial institution to review all organization and beneficiary annual interest postings, and then we file on your behalf. 

Who does the 1099’s?

ZEscrow is the system of record, therefore all tax reporting will be handled by the ZSuite Team. We work in partnership with your financial institution to review all organization and beneficiary annual interest postings, and then we file on your behalf. 

Who's going to report it to the IRS?

ZSuite handles all IRS reporting for organizations and beneficiaries on the ZSuite platform.

Who verifies the information that they typed in the W-9 document?

No verification is completed by ZSuite Tech on the W-9 document. The commercial customer is responsible for accurate W-9 reporting. We complete the 1099 filing at the end of the year. If we receive a mismatch we will utilize the W-9 to confirm the information, if that information is inaccurate we will work with the financial institution to correct it. 

 

The commercial customer accepts this pass-through responsibility in the Terms and Conditions that are required to use the platform. 

Can you do bulk uploads?

Yes! We can do bulk uploads of any size, and recommend it for any addition or migration over 10 subaccounts.  

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