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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:
Transaction Limits:
http://www.evolvemoney.com/transaction-limits/
Daily dollar limits include:
Individual bill pay dollar limits include:
Monthly payment limits include:
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
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]
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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#2912
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Upper Sternistan
Posts: 10,060
They're letting MSers debug? We aren't their target audience.
What we do and what we want does not extrapolate to what they should want as an ideal customer.
That's what I was implying: companies who ignore us are busy making money - they have bigger ideas. We're just the cost of doing business.
#2913
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Chicago Burbs
Programs: SPG Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 223
#2914
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 766
Edit: now that I see ST is a no go on miles, this all sucks bad......
#2915
Join Date: Aug 2013
Posts: 1,207
easy if you had access to reloadits. Ive been paying my 2000+ mortgage with evolve with reloadits for a long time now.
#2916
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: ANC
Programs: AS, UA, IHG, HH,
Posts: 171
#2917
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 108
A couple of 529 plan has been removed. I got an letter from evolve money:
Hello,
The payment on 03/05/2015 cannot be made to Biller New Yorks 529 College Savings Program because: Biller New Yorks 529 College Savings Program is no longer available.
Please login to your account to delete this biller.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 1-866-972-6137.
Thanks,
The Evolve Money Service Team
I login into my account, it looked like Utah 529 plan was removed also. There are still a few 529 plans on the list. Not sure if any other 529 plans are affected. Interest thing: New York 529 College Savings Program Advisor still exists while New York 529 College Savings Program was removed.
Hello,
The payment on 03/05/2015 cannot be made to Biller New Yorks 529 College Savings Program because: Biller New Yorks 529 College Savings Program is no longer available.
Please login to your account to delete this biller.
If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected] or 1-866-972-6137.
Thanks,
The Evolve Money Service Team
I login into my account, it looked like Utah 529 plan was removed also. There are still a few 529 plans on the list. Not sure if any other 529 plans are affected. Interest thing: New York 529 College Savings Program Advisor still exists while New York 529 College Savings Program was removed.
Last edited by wuchien6401; Feb 27, 2015 at 5:37 am
#2918
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 227
#2920
Join Date: May 2014
Posts: 62
A friend looked into their web page code...there's a random embedded list of BIN's they are using on whether to charge the 3%. Friend was unsuccessful at trying to get access to that secret list.
#2921
Moderator: Manufactured Spending
Join Date: Jul 2011
Posts: 6,583
http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymen...-standards.htm
#2922
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: So Cal
Programs: UA Gold/0.744MM, WN AL, Hyatt Diamond, MR Scum, Hertz PC, National Exec, Avis PC
Posts: 5,563
If they are using the Durbin Amendment list, it might be the same as what the Fed has published.
http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymen...-standards.htm
http://www.federalreserve.gov/paymen...-standards.htm
#2925
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 7,907
No. Spend the $20. (Most grocery stores for example will drain the card and let you pay the remainder another way.)