Five Regular Bills It Makes Sense To Schedule With BPAY

Convenience, ease of mind and financial control — and can even be good for your credit rating. Sound good? You can get it by simply scheduling you bill payments with BPAY®, and we can show you how.


1. Insurance


Your insurance premiums fluctuate very occasionally (if you’re lucky!), making it perfect to schedule. If it does go up, simply jump in and update it. Too easy!

2. Rent

Missing a rental payment has probably one of the biggest consequences of any bill you may have. Having it sorted to be automatically paid every month1will keep your track record with your landlord in the best possible shape.

3. Internet or phone

If you’re on any kind of fixed plan with very little variance, scheduling your monthly payment to your ISP or telco is probably the best way to take care of it1. And unlike direct debit, you can have control over when the money comes out of your account

4. Electricity


Here’s a handy trick to keeping on top of your quarterly electricity bill: work out what your monthly (or weekly, depending on your pay cycle) costs are, add a couple of dollars to round it up, and schedule to contribute part of the bill with every pay. You won’t miss it and it’ll protect you against major bill blow outs when you’ve been cranking the air con or heater.

5. Anything that is due just after pay day

You know what sucks? Getting to the pointy end of the month and realising there was a bill you probably should have taken care of weeks ago. Organise a payment to be scheduled the day after your pay hits so you feel it less.


With BPAY offered on over 44,000 different kinds of bill andby almost every Australian Financial Institution – there’s a good chance you can give yourself some free time and schedule payments up to 12 months in advance with BPAY* . Unlike direct debit, you can easily change a scheduled bill payment at any time and it’s easy to use BPAY to schedule your bill payments.

Just go into your online banking, enter the BPAY Biller Code, your reference number, the amount you’d like to pay, the payment date, and you’re done. It’s bill payment peace of mind, every time.

Find out more about scheduling your bill payments today.

*Subject to funds availability. BPAY® is a registered trademark of BPAY Pty Ltd ABN 69 079137 518. BPAY payments are offered by over 150 BAY Payer Institutions. Contact your Financial Institution to see if it offers BPAY and to get the terms and conditions. This is general advice – before using BPAY please review the terms and conditions and consider whether BPAY is appropriate for your personal circumstances.
1Subject to availability of funds


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