Using Business On Line for the first time

 
Before you can use Business On Line the person (or two persons) nominated as an Administrator will need to complete set-up and create Users. This will take approximately 30 minutes.

The role of the Administrator(s) – (maximum of two)

• Administrators are responsible for completing the initial setup and ongoing management of Users, authorisation limits and access levels.
• If a User changes their mobile device the Administrators will need to help them recomplete activation of the Approve app.
• Administrators cannot view accounts or make payments – to do so they will need to create and login to a separate User profile. Administrators should regularly monitor the audit log for signs of unauthorised or suspicious activity.

Please note: If you nominate two Administrators they will share a dual logon. Both will need to be available to access any Administrator functions and we therefore recommend that the persons you nominate are co-located and likely to be available at the same time.

Getting set up

Setup Checklist

To use Business On Line for the first time, the person(s) nominated as an Administrator will need the following items to get set up.

• Your Administrator Username contained in the welcome email we sent to you after processing your application. How to Apply
• Administrator set-up password which we sent in the post. Please contact the Business On Line Helpdesk on 0345 309 8123 (for Northern Ireland customers) or 0345 309 8124 (for Great Britain customers) if you don’t have these yet. If there are two Administrators both passwords will be required.
• Download the Approve app to your smart device
• A compatible internet browser and computer operating system to check the device requirements, please click here.

Administrator Setup

Once you have everything in the checklist, follow the steps below to access your profile:
 

• Step 1

  Visit businessonline-boi.com and use your Username and set-up password to sign in

  If you have two Administrators both will need to enter their set-up password

• Step 2

  Complete setup and activation of the Approve App

  The Approve App is linked to each Administrator’s Username

• Step 3

  You’re all set – log in using your Username and Approve App
  

  If you have two Administrators, they’ll both need to input their password from Approve

User Setup

Once Administrator setup is complete, you will need to decide how many Users you wish access your Business On Line profile.

• Users can access Business On Line day-to-day and by assigning them to a User Group, Administrators can determine what accounts they can view and whether they can make payments from them.
• Administrators can also decide on the authorisation limits for the company and the payment limit for each User. For example you may choose one User to authorise payments under £100 and require two Users to authorise payments over £100.
• Each User in your business should be set up with their own Business On Line login details. Follow the steps below to set up a User.

 

• Step 1

  Administrator logs in to Business On Line

  Using your username and Approve app

• Step 2

  Use the Business On Line Setup Wizard

  The Setup Wizard is one of the ‘Quick Actions’ available at the bottom left of the Administrator Dashboard.

• Step 3

  Initiate setup of the Approve app for each user

  This is to enable the Users you have created to log in to Business On Line.

• Step 4

  User set-up complete

  Users can log in using their Username and Approve app.

For more information you can access our Business On Line Training Portal here.

Remember: Bank of Ireland will never ask for account information or any of your security credentials, including one-time codes you generate. One time codes are provided to protect you from fraud, so do not give codes to anyone, no matter who they say they are or why they say they need it. We will never send you a text message or email containing a direct link to a logon page.