You’ll also be notified if your direct debit amount is going to differ from the previous month ahead of the money being taken.
Not so useful for American Express, but as you can imagine it’s useful for things like phone bills which you’d normally expect to be a consistent amount.
Yeah, this is definitely something that I like about the software, not aware that any other bank (Of the traditional kind) that does this.
Also, the early notification of BACS payments coming in, whether you take the opportunity for early payment or not, is also excellent as you can be more aware of needing to take mitigating actions if required.
I avoided the temptation to take my ESA payment earlier yesterday thinking I would let it go in while I was asleep…little did I know I wouldn’t sleep until 3am anyway…not that the last bit is particularly releveant.