Yes, to better protect users from inadvertent overdrafts, there will be a change to when funds are deducted from your account to pay bills in the new Bill Center — but only for electronic bill payments. Bill Center will deduct funds from your account for electronic bill payments at the end of the day on the Send Date. The Send Date is the date you indicate a payment should be sent to the payee.
There will be no change to when funds are deducted from your account to pay a bill by check in Bill Center compared with our current bill pay service. Bill Center will deduct funds from your account for a check payment when the payee receives the payment and cashes or deposits the check. The Send Date for a check payment is the date it will be mailed to your payee.
The new Bill Center will also provide the Estimated Delivery Date for payments. The Estimated Delivery Date is the date your payee is expected to receive the payment and is dependent on the Send Date you select and whether it is an electronic payment or payment by check. For check payments, the actual delivery date is dependent upon the U.S. Postal Service.
To help you easily identify how a payee will receive payment, Bill Center displays the following icons: an icon of a paper check and pen shows those paid by check, and an E inside a circle for electronic payments.