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msongs

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1. how does one get this function you describe...

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Mon Feb 22, 2021, 08:21 PM

Feb 2021

"I get the statement online and when I hit “pay now” the funds are withdrawn"

ez to know it appears on statement after withdrawal but how do u get it on the statement as a request that has to be approved.

Im thinking about doing various utilities as auto-pay, bills that are different each month instead of a fixed expense

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One more good reason to not allow anyone to withdraw funds from the bank [View all] question everything Feb 2021 OP

how does one get this function you describe... msongs Feb 2021 #1

All the utilities company offered to put the statements online. question everything Feb 2021 #8

My business banking is set up that way for all bills. Blue_true Feb 2021 #17

I never allow automatic withdrawals, no matter what bill it is. You have to maintain... brush Feb 2021 #2

I use autopay but ONLY to pay via Amex. I'm protected. NO ONE needs to know my bank shit. CurtEastPoint Feb 2021 #6

Agreed, I never do autopay. sarcasmo Feb 2021 #32

I'm only on autopay for some bills that stay the same amount each month. Not for the ones sprinkleeninow Feb 2021 #34

I refuse autopay XanaDUer2 Feb 2021 #3

omg we have all our bills on auto pay.....but I have a generator.. samnsara Feb 2021 #4

Millions of people use auto pay without problems. BannonsLiver Feb 2021 #47

i agree. barbtries Feb 2021 #5

I've never had a problem with automatic bank drafting Shermann Feb 2021 #7

I have never had an issue with it. Blue_true Feb 2021 #18

Same here- the actual withdrawal always occurs a couple of weeks after notification wishstar Feb 2021 #19

Yep. Why I get the bill and then logon & pay from my bank's website. Captain Zero Feb 2021 #9

They shouldn't get another damned cent from anyone. 2naSalit Feb 2021 #10

I have a handful of bills that are auto pay. PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #11

This is what the Texans thought until the "once in 500 years" event happened, again question everything Feb 2021 #14

Very specifically, my auto-pay accounts PoindexterOglethorpe Feb 2021 #49

I think Comcast gives me a 5 dollar discount to autopay jimfields33 Feb 2021 #12

Yes, that's my question too. luvtheGWN Feb 2021 #39

My bank will only pay pure auto-debits of the amount that I designate, Blue_true Feb 2021 #13

Some pensions plans and social security will withdraw auto deposited funds in the event of death Auggie Feb 2021 #15

you will have to pay back the amt just the same nt msongs Feb 2021 #20

How will they get it if someone is deceased and broke? Auggie Feb 2021 #24

file claims against the estate. ss is feds and they have their ways nt msongs Feb 2021 #27

Better to dummy up. Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2021 #29

And here's yet another good reason: Tanuki Feb 2021 #16

We don't have to autopay for utilities... brooklynite Feb 2021 #21

Automatic bill pay--it's never a problem, until there's a problem. Baked Potato Feb 2021 #22

Old traditionalist here as far as banking is concerned.... northoftheborder Feb 2021 #23

We pay our mortgage, car insurance, and a credit card by check. Baked Potato Feb 2021 #25

Except when last month the car insurance check never cleared the bank. The office never received it question everything Feb 2021 #35

"Anyone else this antique?" Maybe... yonder Feb 2021 #42

No, no, and no. Joinfortmill Feb 2021 #26

Not sure if anything has changed but its damned hard to stop payment also jcgoldie Feb 2021 #28

Groan.. I think that all financial institution prefer to operate electronically and on the Cloud, question everything Feb 2021 #37

Wait until one of these excessive auto pays overdraws your bank account Patterson Feb 2021 #30

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Feb 2021 #31

Set up auto pay via a credit card. roamer65 Feb 2021 #33

THIS! Excellent point A HERETIC I AM Feb 2021 #41

It's always been my policy to initiate any and all payments of bills. patphil Feb 2021 #36

Give em A Check Mopar151 Feb 2021 #45

That is a disgrace! How DARE they do what they're doing? BobTheSubgenius Feb 2021 #38

His Lights Stayed on During Texas' Storm. Now He Owes $16,752. question everything Feb 2021 #40

Sickening. SunSeeker Feb 2021 #46

Large amounts of money don't belong in personal checking accounts used to pay bills. Ziggysmom Feb 2021 #43

For sure! My electric bill is automatically drafted but ecstatic Feb 2021 #44

2 auto-pays here, but they're charged to the credit card. Talitha Feb 2021 #48

Ten years ago, an officer at our Credit Union had me delete all direct pay Greybnk48 Feb 2021 #50

I always pay on the biller's web site each month using a cash-back credit card. Klaralven Feb 2021 #51