Quicken Bill Manager: How To Make Payments Using Quick Pay and Check Pay
Overview
Quicken has moved to a new Bill Pay platform to improve your experience. Quicken Bill Manager offers two ways to easily pay your bills with Quicken:
- Quick Pay: Send electronic payments to billers (payees) who have online accounts accessible by Quicken. This includes over 11,000 billers.
- Check Pay: Send a check to anyone in the United States with an address. The check is sent through a Quicken service. You will no longer need to print or mail checks.
Follow the instructions below if you have set up Quicken Bill Manager and are ready to start making payments.
If you have not set up Quicken Bill Manager yet and would like instructions, click here.
Instructions
Paying with Quick Pay from the Main Menu
- Go to Bill Pay > Quick Pay > Pay with Quick Pay.
- Follow the steps to pay the bill.
Paying with Quick Pay from the Bills & Income tab
Quick Pay only works with eBills. By default, your eBills will have the Pay with Quick Pay button.
- In the Bills & Income tab, go to the Payees section.
- Select Pay with Quick Pay.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the payment.
Paying with Check Pay from the Main Menu
- Go to Bill Pay > Check Pay > Pay with Check Pay.
- Follow the steps to pay the bill.
- If this is the first time paying this bill with Check Pay, you will need to enter and verify the address information. When completed, click Next.
- In the Verify Recipient Address screen, confirm the address information is correct and click Next.
Paying with Check Pay from the Bills & Income tab
For manual bills, Quicken doesn’t know if you want to make this payment using Check Pay or another method so you’ll have to select the Pay with Check Pay option from the Advanced menu. To do this:
- In the Bills & Income tab, go to the Bills section.
- Select Pay with Check Pay.
- Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the payment.
Payments FAQs
Can I schedule payments with Quicken Bill Manager?
Yes, you can. For more information and instructions, click here.
What's the difference between "Entered" and "Paid"?
A bill showing as "Entered" in the Bills dashboard indicates that a transaction for that bill has been entered into the register. "Paid" indicates a payment has been made for that bill.
What if I accidentally paid too much or submitted the payment twice?
Quick Pay: There is a processing period for Quick Pay payments during which they can still be cancelled. If the Cancel option is still available for the payment(s) in question, click it to cancel. If the Cancel option is no longer available, you will need to contact your bank to request stop payment.
Check Pay: You need to contact your bank to request stop payment.
What if I don't see the Bills & Income tab?
You will use the Bills & Income tab to set up and use Quicken Bill Manager. If you do not see the Bills & Income tab, you just need to add it to your tabs to show.
To do this:
- Go to View > Tabs to show.
- Select the Bills & Income tab from the list.
What will be the number on the check sent by Check Pay?
Check numbers start at 90101.
How long does a payment sent through Check Pay take to arrive?
A Check Pay payment is sent via USPS and can generally take about three to five business days to arrive.