December 26, 2005

Automatic Bill Payment from American Express

Automatic bill payment is a convenience service by which any American Express Card can be used for automatic payment of regular bills. It doers away with the need for multiple checks to pay bills, with the charges being directly billed to the card.

To get started, search according to state, industry or alphabetically for a service provider. Get in touch with them requesting the facility of automatic bill payment on your card. Keep the customer account number for the service provider and card information at hand. Also keep a record of all charges on monthly card statements.

There is no extra fee that American Express charges for the convenience of automatic bill payment service.

After applying for the automatic bill payment service, it can take upto three billing cycles for the charges to take effect. It may be advisable to continue paying the invoices until you are informed by your service provider that your bill has been charged to your card. Once the service takes effect, many service providers may nevertheless continue to send bills but with the instruction not to pay or Paid. Credit card info.com reports:

Q: What is Automatic Bill Payment?

A: Automatic Bill Payment is a convenient way to automatically pay your recurring bills using any American Express® Card. Rather than writing multiple checks to pay your bills, you can have the charges for these and other services billed directly to your American Express Card.

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