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Old Apr 9, 2014, 10:37 pm
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2/25/2015 - Single payment limit raised to $2999 when using credit or debit cards. Maximum payments per calendar month per individual biller account raised from 1 to 4.

2/18/2015 - Beginning next week, certain debit cards from smaller banks, as well as prepaid debit cards and gift cards will be subject to a 3 percent Bill Pay Fee on each payment.

Evolve now accepts Discover, Visa and Mastercard credit cards with 3% fee.


Debit Cards Not Charged the 3% Fee:
  • Insert here
  • US Bank (but not prepaid)



Transaction Limits:
http://www.evolvemoney.com/transaction-limits/

Daily dollar limits include:
  • $2,999.00 in payments funded by a debit card and/or credit card
  • $999.00 in payments funded by a cash load pack

Individual bill pay dollar limits include:
  • $2999.00 for a single bill funded by a debit card and/or credit card
  • $999.00 for a single bill funded by a cash load pack

Monthly payment limits include:
  • 4 payments per month using a credit or debit card within the dollar limits listed above.
  • Unlimited number of payments per month using a cash load pack within the dollar limits listed above.
  • Maximum of $10,000 total payments per month for credit, debit, and cash load packs combined.

The limits are based on charge date, not payment date.

There are currently no credit cards that can be paid via Evolve.


Tips for Using Evolve
  • No need to register your debit card
  • If your transaction does not go through, you will have to wait for the authorization to fall off your card
  • Using multiple Evolve accounts paying the same biller may lead to your biller being permanently blocked
  • If using GCs with the new scheduling feature, it is important to schedule in such a way that it says your card will be charged today (not on a future date) to prevent a decline; and if you want to avoid the Express Pay fee this also means typically scheduling a few days out (click each date to find one without the fee but still charges your card today).


Mortgages Section
Let us know if payments auto apply to principal or if you have to call

Bank of America: After making 4 payments over the weekend you MUST call (or use online banking messaging) to allocate funds to the regular payment - by default it goes to principal.

Central Mortgage: Appears to go to additional principal payment. YMMV

Chase: Payments with JPMorgan have to fall within a ~5-day window in order for them to be unallocated, otherwise they go to principal. Your window depends on the billing date (usually the 1st of the month). If so, the window is until the 5th, so using Evolve, you have to allow for the payment to post and have it post between ~the 1st and the 5th. PITA

Citi: Made two payments near the end of the month and these were originally "unapplied" and labeled as "additional funds received". A day or two afterwards they moved to principal payments. A quick call to Citi had the payments moved from principal to make up my monthly mortgage payment.

Nationstar Mortgage: Payment applied as an "Additional principal payment" if you sent before the 1st of the month. If you pay after the first, the payment is held until you submit the full payment amount, and then the whole thing is applied to your monthly payment.

PNC: Partial payments will be held aside until payment in full is made. They will send a letter.

Provident Funding: Does not accept partial payments. After month's mortgage is paid, accepts Evolve a additional principal payments.

US Bank: Made 4 payments in June; after a couple of days, payments moved from principal payment to applying to monthly payment w/o a call

Wells Fargo: Two $500 payments day 1, One $500 payment day 2 going over the actual mortgage payment amount due. The payment automatically combined itself to pay the exact amount due once the Third hit. Any amount that was overpaid subsequently went towards principal. Nice to not have to send in the Exact amount, if you don't mind paying some extra principal.


"If you have any problems with gift cards please send us an email at support [at] evolvemoney.com" [Source: AlexAtEvolveMoney]
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 3:03 pm
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Yes, please keep us posted. I will update when I call back after I wait 3 to 5 business days per the customer service rep. Hopefully, this is a fluke and not a (bad) sign of things to come regarding Evolve.
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 3:14 pm
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Originally Posted by concuss
Just an FYI if anyone here is looking to use Evolve to pay anything timely and/or important. Towards the end of last month I used Evolve to pay on my student loans. My loan servicer is "Fedloan Servicing." I chose "Dept. of Education Student Loans -- All Servicers" from Evolve, based on others' experience. I entered my account number, but was never prompted to enter any additional information regarding the recipient.

Meanwhile my lender never receives the payment. After calling Evolve, setting up a support ticket, and waiting "5-7 business days," I called back and was told that the payment was sent to the wrong address, and they are requesting a refund back from recipient. At that point, I can call and have my funds refunded back to me. (Meanwhile I'm told that I must keep calling back for updates, as Evolve will apparently not initiate communication with me).

So basically Evolve is holding my money hostage, for bill payments that it failed to deliver, due to no fault of my own.

Anyway, YMMV, but just a "heads-up" for everyone else.
Why didn't you test with a $1 payment? I don't trust Evolve or any other financial institution's bill pay without a $1 payment. I also don't trust myself enough with respect to typing in the account number correctly.
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 3:15 pm
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Originally Posted by jmw
Why didn't you test with a $1 payment? I don't trust Evolve or any other financial institution's bill pay without a $1 payment. I also don't trust myself enough with respect to typing in the account number correctly.
That $1 payment would be it for the month with the new rules. Unless you are using RL.
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 3:24 pm
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Anyone having problems with using RLs today? I tried several and they all give a "cannot process, please call RL" message.
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 3:36 pm
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Originally Posted by subdawg
Anyone having problems with using RLs today? I tried several and they all give a "cannot process, please call RL" message.
I bought 2 RLs today, loaded it immediately to Serve I and succeeded. Try it again, sometimes the website is busy.
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 4:43 pm
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Originally Posted by jmw
Why didn't you test with a $1 payment? I don't trust Evolve or any other financial institution's bill pay without a $1 payment. I also don't trust myself enough with respect to typing in the account number correctly.
Yeah, well, build me a time machine and I'll give it a shot... Seriously though the thing is that I've used Evolve for months now w/out any problems, until now. I realize that sh!t happens but Evolve's response to the issue is confounding and frustrating.
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 9:23 pm
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Novice question...what are RLs?
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Old Sep 9, 2014, 9:25 pm
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Originally Posted by psykopath515
Novice question...what are RLs?
Ralph Lauren gift cards.
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Old Sep 10, 2014, 12:45 am
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That's just mean. Now he's going to go buy thousands of dollars of those gift cards and only end up with a bunch of polos.
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Old Sep 10, 2014, 12:52 am
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Originally Posted by 22calbr
That's just mean. Now he's going to go buy thousands of dollars of those gift cards and only end up with a bunch of polos.
If he buys the Polos in large I'll buy them off him for 25 cents on the dollar so he's not at a total loss.
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Old Sep 10, 2014, 1:48 am
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Has anyone used Chime to pay Evolve (although Chime will be almost useless after October 8th)? Have a balance I'd like to get rid of before then
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Old Sep 10, 2014, 7:11 am
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Originally Posted by Aleriem
Has anyone used Chime to pay Evolve (although Chime will be almost useless after October 8th)? Have a balance I'd like to get rid of before then
Yes, no problem with Chime on evolve. fyi - Citibank accepts Chime for payment on credit cards. Bets way to unload.
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Old Sep 10, 2014, 9:26 am
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Originally Posted by psykopath515
Novice question...what are RLs?
re load it debit cards sold mainly at grocery stores
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Old Sep 10, 2014, 9:34 am
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Originally Posted by Brugge
re load it debit cards sold mainly at grocery stores
Clarification: RLs are *not* debit cards. They are like "money pack" cards that you load to other reloadable debit cards. They don't have PINs. You can't use a RLit to buy anything itself, unless a biller specifically allows them (Evolve allows you to make payments with a RLit card).
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Old Sep 11, 2014, 10:10 am
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Is Evolve down for anyone right now? Every time I try to log in today i get "System Error: 500." It still logs me in, but when I search for bills to pay, there are none available.
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