To add a new payee, select either the 'Add a New Company Payee' or the 'Add a New Person Payee' link.
When adding a Company Payee:
- Enter the name of the company you want to pay, and click 'Search', you will be presented with a list of potential matching companies
- Select the company you wish to pay
- Next, you will be presented with addresses associated with your company, selected the correct address, click next.
- The name and address information will be pre-filled out for you to verify.
When adding a Person Payee:
You are presented with the option for 'Mail a check' or 'Deposit funds into an account at People's United'.
- Mail a check requires the entry of name and address information.
- Deposit Funds into an account at People's United requires you to provide your payee's account number, his/her name, and zip code
To edit a payee, select a payee's hyperlinked name to edit the details of that payee. After making changes to a payee, you will receive a confirmation page before the changes are saved.
On the Manage Payees page, check the Active checkbox next to a payee to make that payee active, or uncheck the checkbox to make the payee inactive. At the bottom of the payees list, select Make Changes to save your changes, or select Cancel. To delete a payee, select the recycle bin icon next to a payee. You will receive a confirmation page before deleting the payee.
*Important Note* For your safety, People's United Online Banking is set up to automatically log you out of your People's United Online session if left idle for 10 minutes or more. So please have your merchant information ready prior to attempting to add or change a merchant.