Handy tools

Direct Debit is easy and convenient – but that hasn’t stopped us creating this set of handy tools to make your Direct Debit experiences as smooth as possible.

Handy tools	Description
	A quick and easy budget calculator tool will help you manage your finances by calculating your monthly disposable income.
	You don’t have to worry about transferring your Direct Debit payments if you choose to switch bank accounts. Follow this simple account switching guide.
	The FAQs section will make your Direct Debit experience trouble free.
	If you are heading off to college or university and are facing the financial facts of life for the first time, then you must read our student guide.
	The Direct Debit Guarantee protects you in the rare event that there is an error in the payment of your Direct Debit.
	Follow these few  simple steps to ensure your Direct Debits are trouble free.
	This checklist is a great reminder of all the arrangements that need to be made - especially if your Direct Debits are going to carry on looking after you in your new home.
	Stay effortlessly on top of your your finances with the Direct Debit Control Centre, an easy-to-use iPhone app which puts you in control of your bill payments.
	The Payments Council has created an online sort code checker enabling you to check that the sort code you are sending a Bacs Direct Credit payment to, or collecting a Direct Debit from, can accept these payment types. It also includes information for other UK payment schemes.