Anyone use the e-bill system for their bills and payments?

Seems like a good balance between direct debit and manual payment slip entry and meanwhile many of our providers are on the system.

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It is great, but people still need to remember to pay their bills by going into the ebill section of their internet banking and 'clicking' bills to pay each bill.

I find a pile of payment slips easier

The slips make great reminders, and, as my wife and I keep our budget on a separate spreadsheet, handy receipts for documenting and categorizing expenses.

Great thanks.

I guess a recurring diary entry every 14 days or so is needed then...

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I use e-bills with ZKB without problems for recurring items - electric, Krankenkase etc. It saves completing payment details online, but you must be in the habit of checking your online banking a couple of times a month...

I think most companies allow you 30 days to pay their invoices, so most people look at the pile at the end of the month and pay them. However there are a few that demand payment within 10 days. So be careful, or you might get a small fine. Swisscom makes extra charges if you are often late in paying.

I use e bills. but I am always waiting until I get the second notice....They can work a bit extra for the prices they are charging

And the rest of us who pay on time can pay a bit more to finance the extra cost of collecting your over-due debts...

I find eBills great, it's my preferred form of bill. You can choose the payment date - any working day between the current and last allowed payment date.

Personally I'd prefer to check the ebills section of my account every week rather than have to enter the 20 digit payment reference number...

Thanks for all this positive stuff.

Meanwhile I think I accidentally deleted e-bill from my UBS e-banking, so will have to contact the advisor to set it up again!

I guess key point is to go and look regularly enough. But I like to regularly check the money is still in UBS anyhow so that shouldn't be a problem ;-)

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Use e-bills for all those suppliers who offer this. It generally works very well. I have it setup to receive an e-mail notification whenever a new bill comes in.

E-bills work great for me especially as I have the online only set with Post Finance. I wish more companies gave that option.

I use them, very useful, and less wasteful, I'm down to only a couple of paper bills every quarter or so.

I have used them for over one year and they are great. Compared to direct debit they give you the possibility to check the bill before paying it and with Postfinance the payment is just one click away.
I think the system is also environmental friendly as it saves the paper of the envelope and also the transport costs and relative CO2 emissions.

Hi

Just wanted to know one info on e-Bill.

Is any service charge charged for using this service?

Thanks for the info.

Rgs
Checkoutmails.

not with the post there isn't

They only charge you a bit when your account goes under 7500 chf

Good idea, I can the use outlook to quickly transform them to a dated task for example.

Hello all

Any idea if UBS charges a service charge for using e-bill service?

Thanks in advance for the info.
Rgs.

Don't know about UBS, but I can confirm that Credit Suisse do not charge anything for the service.

I was always missing payments until e-bills came my way. So now no forgotten bills and a lot of time saved - brilliant