Receiving financial paperwork and bills online

[firecat]

Do you choose online delivery for bills and financial paperwork?

If so, what arrangements do you have set up for having those bills paid and that paperwork reviewed if you have a long illness and can't do it yourself? Or if you die?

This message brought to you by Wells Fargo, which informed me when I logged on today that it had changed my statement delivery option to "online only." I was able to change it back, but it pissed me off that they did it in an "opt out" manner like that.

I don't LIKE paperwork and would prefer to use online delivery for such things, but even though I would trust my partners to take good care of me if I got sick, that doesn't mean I want to give them full access to my email.

Comments

[silveradept]

In our situation, both partners have the passwords to the various financial obligations. Which could spell absolute disaster if acrimonious events happen, but should provide in case of illness.

[firecat]

That sounds good. So do the bills come to a separate email address? Or do the partners have the passwords to each other's email accounts?

[silveradept]

Bills go to one address or the other. Most are set for some form of automatic payment. The ones that do not, we both have the passwords for. So, potential disasters, sure, but for the most part, there should be no serious issues until the money runs out.

[ironed_orchid]

One option would be to set up a filter so that mail from those senders gets forwarded to other members of the household.

[firecat]

Companies sometimes change their sending addresses without warning.