Go paperless for Earth Day!

Each year on April 22, the world celebrates and recognizes the importance of our home – planet Earth –with organized efforts and acts to educate citizens across the world on how we can do our part to take care of our environment. By banking with us, you can do your part by signing up for e-statements (electronic bank statements) to reduce the amount of paper you use and the amount of paper that ends up in landfills.

By enrolling in e-statements, you can not only reduce your paper trail and carbon footprint, but also:

• receive your monthly or quarterly bank statements in online banking instead of a paper statement by mail.
• conveniently receive a notification via email when your paperless statement is ready to view online.
• reference your bank statements from the past 12 months or save your statements on your computer to view later.

It’s a convenient, secure and eco-friendly way of banking. Get started in 4 easy steps:

1) Sign Up for Online Banking (or log in if you already have an account)

2) Select Online Statements in the primary navigation menu of Online Banking

3) Select Sign Up/Changes

4) Finally, select the account(s) you wish to receive online statements for and Save your changes

Other ways you can Go Green with BankSouth?

• Online Account Opening. Ditch the paperwork by applying for personal checking and savings accounts online with BankSouth EasyOpen or apply for a mortgage online with ReadyLoan. All of your documents can be viewed electronically and saved on your device to reference later.
• BillPay. Online BillPay lets you schedule your bill payments monthly directly from your account in online banking to avoid mailing paper checks each month.
• Online Banking. Save on gas and reduce paper from teller transactions by doing your banking online. You can deposit checks, transfer money between accounts, pay family and friends and much more within online and mobile banking.

It’s that easy! How does going paperless help our environment? According to the Paper Recycling Coalition, when paper is not recycled, 80% of it ends up in landfills. The decomposition of paper in landfills produces methane, a greenhouse gas with 21 times the heat-trapping power of carbon dioxide. In addition, by cutting down trees to produce paper, we remove a natural process to absorb carbon from the air and reduce the impact of industrial carbon dioxide emissions. You can do your part to help reduce these impacts to Earth starting with one small act – go paperless! Happy Earth Day!