How to pay your bollettino postal payment slips online
Still paying your bills at the post office or a bank branch? Here’s how to pay your Italian postal payment slips online.
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Let’s say that a bollettino, or a postal payment slip, has arrived in the mail. Naturally, you may decide to head to a post office or a bank branch to pay, and carefully pick out a suitable time to avoid waiting in a long queue. But what if you could avoid the trip to the post office altogether, and pay your postal payment slips online without even leaving your home? As it turns out, paying your postal payment slips online is a quick, easy, and hassle-free process. Here’s your step-by-step guide to paying your postal payment slips online.
What are bollettino postal payment slips? Can I pay them online?
A postal payment slip, also known as bollettino in Italian, is essentially a form provided by Poste Italiane (Italian Postal Service) that is used to pay taxes and bills. The postal payment slip allows companies to receive money in their bank accounts from their customers. You can pay your postal payment slips online, without the need to visit a bank branch or stand in line at the post office.
What are bollettino postal payment slips used for?
With online postal payment slips, you can pay your:
Utility bills
Taxes and duties
Car tax
Subscriptions
Different types of bollettino postal payment slips
You can easily recognize which type of bollettino postal payment slip you’ve received by looking for the code printed on the bottom right corner of your form. There are 4 kinds of postal payment slips:
Pre-filled TD 896 slip
Partially pre-filled TD 674 slip
Customizable blank TD 451 slip
General blank TD 123 slip
The pre-filled TD 896 slip is a complete form that includes all details, such as the customer account number, name, amount due and other personal data related to you, the payer. These are issued in your name, and cannot be modified.Similarly, the partially pre-filled TD 674 slip includes pre-filled information about the details of your payment, except for the amount that’s due. These postal payment slips are often used for fines, or for situations where the amount you have to pay is not already known.On the other hand, the customizable blank TD 451 slip only includes your name and your account number, and is used when your personal details and the amount of payment due aren’t already known. These customizable blank TD 451 payment slips are used to request payments for things such as membership contributions, fines, fees and monthly payments.And as you may have already guessed, the general blank TD 123 slip is a blank postal payment slip without any pre-filled information on the form. You can use the general blank TD 123 slip to make payments in any capacity.
Where and how to pay bollettino postal payment slips online
If you fancy skipping the queue at the post office, you can pay any of your postal payment slips online. To do this, you can choose to pay via one of the following options:
The Poste Italiane website
Internet banking, with extra charges to your bank account
Your bank’s app
The good news is that you don’t need to have a bank account with Poste Italiane to pay via the Poste Italiane website. All you’ll need to do is register for a customer account on the Poste Italiane website, and have a debit or credit card that allows you to make payments online. Once you’ve logged into your Poste Italiane account, you’ll need to enter the information on your postal payment slip, including the bank account number of the recipient, your customer number, and your first and last name. Then simply choose your payment method, and that’s it!
What are the benefits of paying bollettino postal payment slips online?
Paying your postal payment slips online is quick and convenient. By skipping long queues at the post office or the bank, you’ll save time as you comfortably pay your postal payment slips online from your smartphone or your laptop, all in a matter of seconds. All you need is an internet connection, a login to your Poste Italiane account, and your bank details or your debit or credit card. Besides, you don’t need to have a bank account with Poste Italiane in order to be able to use their online payment services.
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How to pay bollettino postal payment slips online with N26
With the option to pay your bollettino postal payment slips online, you can finally wave goodbye to being stuck in long queues to make routine payments. And for customers of N26, the 100% mobile bank, the process is even quicker. Simply open your N26 app, and go to the “Actions” tab, then tap on “Send money” and select “Other Payments.” When you choose “Postal Payment Slips,” you’ll be redirected to the service provider’s website, where you can make your payment directly from your smartphone—and that’s it! Want to know how else N26 can simplify your everyday in Italy? Discover how to manage your payments in Italy with N26 here.
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