Accounting & Financial Ops

Step 3: Accountant set-up

This one-stop resource helps you streamline onboarding, explore partner perks, and confidently advocate for modern banking solutions.
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By: Mercury
May 15, 2025

Hit the ground running

Whether you’re supporting one client or fifty, this one-stop resource helps you streamline onboarding, explore partner perks, and confidently advocate for modern banking solutions.

1. Get Mercury Pro for free

mercury.com homepage

No branches, no paperwork, just streamlined digital banking built for modern companies. Get set up with a Mercury account in minutes — as a partner, you get a free Mercury Pro account. 

Start at mercury.com and click “Open Account”. Complete the application process to open a free account, then contact us at [email protected] to request your upgrade to Mercury Pro. If you already have an account and need to flip it to a free Mercury Pro account, you can contact the same email address and they'll be happy to help!

2. Set up your firm’s Advisor Portal

Access all your client accounts from one secure dashboard so you can advise with accuracy and save time. With the Portal, you can: 

  • Easily add, remove, and switch between multiple client accounts directly from your dashboard
  • Configure access levels for each accountant in your firm and assign them to specific clients
  • Get statements for all your clients in a single file
  • Track your referrals and refer new clients to Mercury

Learn more about the Advisor Portal and how to set it up here

3. Start referring clients 

Accounting referrals dashboard

Use your custom referral link to invite clients and track referrals — and earn rewards for growing with us.

4. Mercury for Accountants

Want help reaching your goals, or your firm’s goals? Let’s work together. As a Mercury for Accountants partner, you’ll get dedicated onboarding and ongoing support for your firm and clients, as well as perks like:

Talk to a member of our Accounting Partnerships team at [email protected].

5. Explore our Partner perks

Enjoy exclusive perks on tools and software designed to help you and your clients grow faster. Learn more at our Partner Perks page.

6. How Partner Banks Work & What to Expect

Mercury partners with FDIC-insured banks to deliver a modern banking experience. Working with regulated partner banks allows us to unlock secure access to the U.S. banking system and focus on building innovative products for businesses and firms like yours. Read more about how we select partner banks, and what it means for your clients.

7. Try it yourself

Explore Mercury’s demo account to see firsthand how intuitive, accountant-friendly, and client-ready it is.

Need help? 

Browse the Mercury Help Center for accountants for FAQs, your go-to resource for all support in technical and workflow questions. Alternatively, reach out directly to [email protected].

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Disclaimers and footnotes

    Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust, Members FDIC. Deposit insurance covers the failure of an insured bank.