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5 Reasons Why Manually Paying Bills Is Better Than Using Auto-Pay

March 27, 2025
A woman gets work done on her laptop. Next to her laptop is a mug of coffee and a notebook.

Sometimes it’s easier to just put your bills on auto-pay instead of manually paying them each month. But putting your bills on auto-pay can negatively change your relationship to money and can make saving money harder than it should be. Here are five reasons why ditching auto-pay improves your relationship to money and puts you … Read more

Categories Money management Tags Paying bills, Saving more

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