What is the cut off time for payments and how long does it take for the money to reach the biller?
Cut off time is 5.30pm (AEST), 7 days/week. If you instruct us to make a BPAY payment before the time specified, it will in most cases be treated as having been made on the same day. However, if you instruct us to make a BPAY payment on a Saturday, Sunday or a public holiday or if another participant in the BPAY Scheme does not process a BPAY payment as soon as they receive the details, the payment may take longer to be credited to the biller. BPAY payments require additional processing times due to the processes involved. Regardless of whether the payment is made to a St.George account or another financial institution, we require at least one day to process our side of the transaction. In addition, St.George cannot control when a participant in the BPAY Scheme processes their side of the transfer/payment. Therefore we advise you to allow up to two working days for your transfer/payment to process. Rest asured St.George will always endeavour to process all transactions in a timely mann
