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Paying bills online-safely.(up front)(Brief article)
This year, for the first time, consumers in households with Internet access are paying more bills online than by check--39 percent electronic vs. 34 percent paper, according to a survey conducted by Harris Interactive and The Marketing Workshop. If you're already paying online or are thinking about it, here's how to best protect yourself and your money:
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* Try to pay bills online through the bank where you have a checking account, rather than through a third-party bill-paying service or directly at the biller's Web site. That reduces the number of entities that can lose your financial information to hackers or thieves, or through carelessness. At most big banks, online bill-paying is free.
* Use a bank that guarantees to pay any hefty credit-card late fees if the bank fails to send your monthly payment to the card issuer by the designated date. (Check the fine print to see when the transfer will actually be made.)
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