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Fixing up a reconciled but never cashed online payment Bernie Cosell 05-12-2007
Posted by Charlie K on May 14, 2007, 5:11 pm
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> I now understand (more clearly) that the funds for online payments are
> immediately debited [and so the bank gets the 'float', same as with
> travelers's checks!] and I also understand that Wachovia, at least, is dead
> serious about the 90-days drop-dead-timer.
>

That's not necessarily true. Sometimes you get the float.

When you pay a bill using CheckFree, it travels one of three ways:

-Electronic Payment. CheckFree uses ACH or similar methods to ensure
that the payment is received by the payee on or before the due date.
Funds for the bill payment are generally withdrawn from your account
on the Payment Date.

-Laser Check from Payer Payment. CheckFree sends Payee a check by US
mail in the name of the account holder with the account holder's
account number. As with a conventional check, funds are withdrawn
when the payee cashes the check.

-"Guaranteed Funds" Check from CheckFree. CheckFree sends a check in
it's OWN name to the payee. On the day that the recipient is to
receive the payment, funds are withdrawn from the account.

CheckFree doesn't say how it chooses which method it uses. Only that
it's dependent on your amount of useage and credit rating.


Posted by John Pollard on May 14, 2007, 6:47 pm
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Bernie Cosell wrote:

> I now understand (more clearly) that the funds for online
> payments are immediately debited

As already noted by another, this is not always true; depends on
the billpayer.

With BofA (All Other States), my account is debited "no earlier
than the Delivery Date". The Process Date can be anywhere from,
the same as the Delivery Date, to 6 days (or so) before the
Delivery Date ... depending on the method of delivery, and the
timing of weekends and holidays.

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Posted by Bernie Cosell on May 17, 2007, 12:00 pm
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} Bernie Cosell wrote:
}
} > I now understand (more clearly) that the funds for online
} > payments are immediately debited

} With BofA (All Other States), my account is debited "no earlier
} than the Delivery Date". The Process Date can be anywhere from,
} the same as the Delivery Date, to 6 days (or so) before the
} Delivery Date ... depending on the method of delivery, and the
} timing of weekends and holidays.

I see that also in my register, this from Wachovia. But the one thing I
can't find is the *actual*date* the check was cashed, if it was at all.
The "status" seems only to include the processing info, not the actual
when-it-was-presented date.. Maybe I should try sending myself a check [so
I can know exactly when it went from nothing to 'c' to 'R', when I actually
received the check, and when I cash it, what happens in my register].

/Bernie
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Posted by John Pollard on May 17, 2007, 12:35 pm
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Bernie Cosell wrote:
>
> } Bernie Cosell wrote:
> }
> } > I now understand (more clearly) that the funds for
> online } > payments are immediately debited
>
> } With BofA (All Other States), my account is debited "no
> earlier } than the Delivery Date". The Process Date can
> be anywhere from, } the same as the Delivery Date, to 6
> days (or so) before the } Delivery Date ... depending on
> the method of delivery, and the } timing of weekends and
> holidays.
>
> I see that also in my register, this from Wachovia.

> But
> the one thing I can't find is the *actual*date* the check
> was cashed, if it was at all.

The way I'm interpreting this is: you won't ever see the date
the check is actually cashed; when it is actually cashed, I
think it's going to clear the *bank's* account, not yours. The
check has already cleared your account (on the Delivery Date)
and the money went from your account to the bank's account: from
your perspective, the check was cashed on the Delivery Date.

> The "status" seems only to
> include the processing info, not the actual
> when-it-was-presented date.. Maybe I should try sending
> myself a check [so I can know exactly when it went from
> nothing to 'c' to 'R', when I actually received the
> check, and when I cash it, what happens in my register].

That would be interesting; let us know what happens if you
decide to do this. I would wait a few days after receiving the
check (after the Delivery Date, actually) before you "cash" it.

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