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Why opening balances matter on the Accounts page

Updated 8 May 2026
Understand how opening balances affect Cash, M-PESA and Bank totals.

Opening balances are the starting amounts Bizwazi uses to calculate your running account position.

What to check

  • Cash opening balance is the cash amount you started with.
  • M-PESA opening balance is the mobile money amount you started with.
  • Bank opening balance is the bank/card amount you started with.
  • Bizwazi adds money in and subtracts money out from those opening balances.
  • If opening balances are wrong, the account balances can also look wrong.

Useful tips

  • Set opening balances before using Bizwazi seriously.
  • Use Edit opening balances if the starting values were entered wrongly.
  • Changing opening balances can affect how historical account positions appear.

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