Why did my payment process on a different date than I expected?

A few possibilities, depending on how you pay and when you scheduled.

First, which kind of payment is yours?

  • Direct payments — you scheduled the payment yourself in Split Pay, and Split Pay sends it to your landlord. Our scheduling and processing cutoffs decide when it runs.

  • Portal payments — you pay through a resident portal, lender, or servicer using your Split Pay account and routing numbers. That system decides when to pull the payment, not Split Pay.

For direct payments — the two most common reasons:

  1. Next-business-day processing. Bank transfers move on business days only, so payments scheduled on a weekend or bank holiday process the next business day. So a payment you set up on Saturday likely ran Monday.

  2. The 4pm ET daily cutoff. ACH payments process at 4pm ET each business day. If you submitted at 5pm ET on a Wednesday, it processes Thursday — not Wednesday evening.

For portal payments:

  • Your portal, lender, or servicer controls when payment is requested from us — not the other way around.

  • Sometimes they pull payment days before the actual due date, sometimes the same day.

  • If your payment came out earlier than you expected, that's a decision on their side.

  • Card charges can run on weekends and holidays, so keep your card funded from your scheduled date — most weekend-adjacent payments run Monday.

For second Split Pay payments (whichever way you pay):

  • Your second payment is due 14 days after your first payment is complete — for portal, mortgage, car and student-loan payments that's 14 days after the first charge to your card; for direct rent it's 14 days after the payment reaches your landlord.

  • So for direct rent, if your first payment took 3 business days to reach your landlord, your second payment is due 14 days after that — not 14 days after you paid.

Quick way to check:

  • Open the Split Pay app

  • Look at your transaction history — every payment shows the exact date and amount

  • Compare what you see in the app to your bank statement

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