Expand to include payments made to utilities companies including but not limited to electric, gas, water, cable, phone and Internet bills, insurance payments, medical bills, rent and other payments where there is limited choice of provider, the service is mandatory or medically necessary for the payor.
Fees average $5.00 per payment at an average of 7 payments per month are costing payors in excess of $400 each year.
Enforce banning the fees that are currently prohibited by the Card Act of 2009 are still being assessed and disguised as expidited payment fees.
The ability to pay in person, get money from the bank or use the postal service to send checks limited by the payors work schedule and sometimes also assessed a counter fee.
Accepting payment is the cost of doing business.