Recurring ACH/electronic payment through Bill Pay

LazyBear

I signed up for Quicken Bill Pay a couple of days ago.

Historically, I have scheduled my payments to various payees online through my bank. I'd like to start using Quicken to do this so that I can have everything in one place. I typically pay bills on the 1st and 15th of the month. Is it possible to set up payees and then schedule electron (or check if the payee is not available in Quicken) bill payments to them in such a manner? I am seeing very conflicting information online as to whether this is possible or not. I see articles on scheduling reminders, invoices and other things else but it does not seem that Quicken can accomplish this in a similar manner as my bank.

If it is possible, are there any articles/videos as to how to accomplish this? I can't seem to find a one that does.

Boatnmaniac

I do not use Quicken Bill Manager (Bill Pay, Quick Pay) so I cannot answer your question. But some banks support Direct Connect Bank Bill Pay so Quicken Bill Manager is not needed. These banks will connect directly with our Quicken installations and we can send bill payment commands directly to those banks from within Quicken.

DC Bank Bill Pay is faster and IMO more reliable than Bill Manager is. The biggest drawback is that some banks will charge a monthly fee for DC connections but in most cases those monthly fees are pretty small and are generally in the $2-$6/month range. There are many, however, that will not charge a monthly fee which means DC Bank Bill Pay is 100% free.

If your bank is on the list shown on this Support Article you might be able to take that path instead: https://www.quicken.com/support/list-banks-support-bank-bill-pay-quicken/ . If your bank is on this list and you are interested in going this path, let me know who that is and I can help you look into what it will take to get your connection method set up with DC and what you need to do to start using their DC Bank Bill Pay service.