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What Autopay Lock means

  • Parent
  • Needs: Billing
  • School setting: Parent billing
  • School setting: Autopay Lock
  • Phone
  • Desktop
  • Draft

With Autopay Lock, your school requires autopay for tuition. The autopay sheet shows "Your school requires autopay to be turned on" in red.

The autopay sheet at an Autopay Lock school

What changes for you​

  • Action Required shows "Your school requires autopay. Tap to Set" until you choose a card or bank account. You may also get an Autopay Required email.
  • Disable Autopay is hidden.
  • You cannot delete the card or bank account autopay uses, or untick a child autopay already covers. The app shows "Your school requires autopay to be turned on".
  • When autopay is turned on for you, you get an Automatic Payments Turned On email naming the payment method.

Steps to set it up​

  1. Tap the Autopay item in Action Required, or open Tuition and tap the autopay icon.
  2. Choose or add a card or bank account.
  3. Tap Save.

Changing your card​

Add the new card, select it in the autopay sheet and tap Save. The old card can be deleted once autopay no longer uses it.

FAQ​

  • How do I stop autopay? Contact your school. Only the school can cancel your billing schedule.
  • What if a bank payment is returned? Autopay turns off and bank payments may be blocked. Set autopay up again with a card. See Why a bank payment failed days later.