What’s Driving Online Bill Pay Growth?

April 21st, 2011

by Mark Kacer

Online bill pay has increasingly become a preferred payment option for more and more customers. Right now what’s jet-fueling this trend is unmistakable – the economy.

A recently released Fiserv study (2010 Household Billing Survey) said it best; in the current economic climate “consumers value control and flexibility particularly when they are experiencing cash flow difficulty.” When in a bind, consumers want to hold on to their cash as long as possible and head to a service provider’s Website at the last acceptable moment to pay their bill.

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Accept Customer Driven Payments through our “Online Bill Pay” Service

June 24th, 2010

United Tranz*Actions (UTA) now offers subscribers the ability to receive payments from their customers by credit card or ACH via its “Online Bill Pay” service (OBP).

This all-inclusive OBP service will ensure that your customers get their monthly payments to you in a timely manner. Online payments are easy and convenient.  In fact, it’s likely that many of your customers are probably already using this simple method of payment for their other bills.

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Online Banking and Bill Payment Usage Survey

June 9th, 2010

Fiserv has released the results of its most recent Consumer Billing and Payment Trends survey which has tracked online consumer bill payment habits since 2001.

According to the company, the 2010 survey shows online banking, bill payment and e-bill usage continues to grow, and that the online bill payment population has changed significantly during the last decade. Between 2000 and 2010, the number of households that use online banking increased more than six-fold (to 72.5 million), and the number that use online bill payment increased nearly eight-fold (to 36.4 million).

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National Check Trust and American Check Management Merge to Form United Tranz*Actions

May 6th, 2010


UTA-logoNational Check Trust, Inc. and American Check Management, Inc. two Leading Payment processing and Check Guarantee Companies announce merger to create one of the largest one stop solutions in the financial services market.

In January 2010 National Check Trust, Inc. (NCT) merged with – American Check Management, Inc. (ACM) another leader in check guarantee and payment processing solutions.

National Check Trust, Inc. (NCT), and American Check Management (ACM) united to create United Tranz*Actions, LLC. This merger represents the coming together of two companies with the expertise and technology to become the national leader in both check guarantee and payment processing solutions. The official name change will become effective on May 1, 2010.

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