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PayTrust Online Bill Pay: Paper Bills Are a Thing of the Past

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PayTrust is an online bill payment service with more features than other online bill pay choices.

PayTrust Online Bill Pay / Intuit

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PayTrust Offers More Features:

PayTrust is an online bill payment service from Intuit, the company behind Quicken and Mint personal finance software, and TurboTax tax software. PayTrust has a monthly fee, but it has more features than other online bill pay choices.

Cost and Records Retention:

PayTrust stores bill and payment history for 2 years online, and archived off line for 7 years. This means that 2 years of financial history is available immediately, and if you need records that go further back, it will take a few minutes to get the data.

PayTrust costs $12.95/month for up to 25 transactions, and $0.65 each for additional transaction.

PayTrust Features:

  • Scans paper bills and saves images from bills.
  • Pays U.S. businesses and individuals.
  • Pays full bill, make partial payments, or set up recurring payments.
  • Email alerts when bills arrive, are due or when a bill doesn't arrive on time.
  • Pay from up to 10 accounts at multiple banks and view your banking account balances.
  • Reports by payee, expense category, amount or date.
  • End of year CD (additional cost) with bill and payment history along with image of your bills.
  • Make notes about bills.
  • Export data via CSV to analyze with a spreadsheet.
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