1.   Checkfree said that the patent did not apply to banks that offered bill payment services to their own customers.

2.   Like the Postal Service, most banks also contract out to CheckFree to operate their bill payment services.

3.   PayPal.com does not displace credit cards or electronic bill payment services.

4.   Users like to say that bill aggregation services cost less than the stamps they used to mail out payments each month.

5.   Q. What are the benefits of automatic bill payment services?

6.   Banks and other financial institutions in the past few years have rushed to develop their own online bill fulfillment services for consumers and businesses.

7.   The first phase includes driver licensing and summons services as well as Tenaga Nasional and Telekom utility bill payment services.

8.   Australia Post already provided bill paying services and money orders.