Money 2006 and choosing Bill Pay Provider

#3 02-18-2006, 06:10 PM

"JonnieFoxPro" <someone[at]microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> I guess no need for me to ask how one sets up MSN Bill pay to pay directly
> from the Money Register. Correct?

Since you don't apparently have one already, correct. It supposedly will be
fixed in the next version.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

#2 02-18-2006, 05:43 PM

I guess no need for me to ask how one sets up MSN Bill pay to pay directly
from the Money Register. Correct?

Thanks
Jon

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> If you have not yet initiated use of MSN Bill Pay within Money, you can't,
> anyway. MSN and their provider, Checkfree, recently made some
> configuration changes that are incompatible with using MSN Billpay
> _within_ Money. Previous users are grandfathered in. New accounts can use
> only web access until the next version of Money.
> Even when MSN Billpay IS working, the design lately has required that it
> creates a separate account in Money. That account can then be MERGED to
> your current checking account (or vice versa?) but only if you have NO
> online banking on that account. So, if you want to download non-billpay
> transactions from your bank, you can't do that AND enter MSN Billpay bills
> directly into it.
> It's not pretty.
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL

#1 02-16-2006, 03:35 PM

A little clarification about the merge accounts feature:
Actually, the merge will only work between an online and and offline
account.
An MSN Bill Pay account is considered "offline" since it is not doing
statement import.
So, it could be merged with an online enabled account but not with a manual
only (offline) account. (You would need to do a QIF export of the manual
account and import it into the MSN Bill Pay account).

Also reference http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889926/en-us
and http://support.microsoft.com/kb/76976/en-us (if the account to merge was
an "offline" account)

-Mark
"Chris Cowles" <spam_magnet[at]remove-me-bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> "Bryce Fischer" <Bryce Fischer[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:3A6482D2-AB1B-4671-BE1D-823082C4A8CF[at]microsoft.com...
> > My bank provides bill pay, but I do not want to use it. Instead, I
prefer
> > to
> > use MSN Bill Pay. I cannot figure out how to either disable my bank's
bill
> > pay service, or specify I want to use MSN bill pay.
> You disable online bill pay by using Manage Online Services. But that only
> disables it within Money, not at the bank. So, if there are fees involved,
> you want to disable it through your bank, as well.
> If you have not yet initiated use of MSN Bill Pay within Money, you can't,
> anyway. MSN and their provider, Checkfree, recently made some
configuration
> changes that are incompatible with using MSN Billpay _within_ Money.
> Previous users are grandfathered in. New accounts can use only web access
> until the next version of Money.
> Even when MSN Billpay IS working, the design lately has required that it
> creates a separate account in Money. That account can then be MERGED to
your
> current checking account (or vice versa?) but only if you have NO online
> banking on that account. So, if you want to download non-billpay
> transactions from your bank, you can't do that AND enter MSN Billpay bills
> directly into it.
> It's not pretty.
> --
> Chris Cowles
> Gainesville, FL

02-16-2006, 12:43 AM

"Bryce Fischer" <Bryce Fischer[at]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3A6482D2-AB1B-4671-BE1D-823082C4A8CF[at]microsoft.com...
- quote -

> My bank provides bill pay, but I do not want to use it. Instead, I prefer
> to
> use MSN Bill Pay. I cannot figure out how to either disable my bank's bill
> pay service, or specify I want to use MSN bill pay.

You disable online bill pay by using Manage Online Services. But that only
disables it within Money, not at the bank. So, if there are fees involved,
you want to disable it through your bank, as well.

If you have not yet initiated use of MSN Bill Pay within Money, you can't,
anyway. MSN and their provider, Checkfree, recently made some configuration
changes that are incompatible with using MSN Billpay _within_ Money.
Previous users are grandfathered in. New accounts can use only web access
until the next version of Money.

Even when MSN Billpay IS working, the design lately has required that it
creates a separate account in Money. That account can then be MERGED to your
current checking account (or vice versa?) but only if you have NO online
banking on that account. So, if you want to download non-billpay
transactions from your bank, you can't do that AND enter MSN Billpay bills
directly into it.

It's not pretty.
--
Chris Cowles
Gainesville, FL

#-1 02-15-2006, 03:30 PM

My bank provides bill pay, but I do not want to use it. Instead, I prefer to
use MSN Bill Pay. I cannot figure out how to either disable my bank's bill
pay service, or specify I want to use MSN bill pay.

Any Ideas?

Using Money 2006.

Thanks

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