Paying bills has never been so simple. Long gone are the days of writing checks, stamping and addressing envelopes and taking them to the post office to make sure they’re received in time so you don’t get charged a late fee. Now you can use online bill pay through your own bank so it’s just a direct debit or withdrawal from the account of your choice. The banking system makes it easy as they send it directly to the billing agent’s account and you don’t have to deal with anything beyond typing in the amount and clicking "send payment."

StarReviews Top 3 Online Bill Pay Websites

1) Quicken

2) Quickbooks

3) MyCheckFree

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Choose a Bank That Has Online Bill Pay
Make sure your bank offers free online bill pay service. Then set up an online account and enter all your payee information for each company (water, gas, electricity, etc.). This is the easiest way to pay your bills online because you can rest assure it’s secure and the payments come straight out of your selected account.

Set Up Automatic Payments
If you have bills that are always the same month to month such as an internet bill, cable bill or monthly service fee on something then set up automatic payments so you don’t even have to think about paying the bill. With online bill pay it is just automatically deducted from your account on the selected day and sent to the payee.

Go Paperless and Get Email Statements
Get your bill statements sent to your email inbox so you can go online and pay them instantly and don’t forget or lose the paper statement. This will help prevent you from forgetting to pay a bill on time and helps the environment with less paper consumption.

Track Your Spending Online
When done through your banks you can track all your spending month to month so you can see where your money goes.

Print Out Monthly Statements
Track your bills and make sure you paid all your bills by printing out a monthly statement.

Use Only Secured Sites
When paying bills with a credit card or outside of your banking system make sure the site is very secure and has an active security certificate.

Print Out Receipts
Print a receipt for each transaction if you want to keep proof of payment. This is really only needed if you pay bills outside your online bank but you can do it with each bill if you so choose.