Deborah Is it through a card payment or via a direct debit? I will assume you mean a direct debit, but please correct me if that's wrong. First thing to do is to check if you have added them to your list of automatically accepted direct debits. To do this:
- Go to the Home tab
- Tap on Total button
- Open the Settings at the top right
- Go to Automatically accepted Payments, then choose Direct debits
- In that list, look for the merchant (Strea-Com). If they're in there, you can tap on the entry and choose the menu option at the bottom to remove them from the list.
Next setting you can check is the "Automatic Debits" setting. That is individual for each of your sub-accounts, so you'd have to go to the Home tab, then choose the affected sub-account, open the settings at the top right and then tap on Automatic Debits. You can choose between the following options:
- If you turn this Off: When a new direct debit comes into your account, you get a push notification and then you have 5 days to decide whether you want to pay it or not. If you do not respond, after 5 days it will automatically get declined.
- If you turn this On: When a new direct debit comes into your account, you get a push notification and then you have 5 days to decide whether you want to pay it or not. If you do not respond, after 5 days it will automatically get accepted.
So both options are fine if you look into your bunq app every few days, but if you're afraid of automatically accepting a direct debit that you forgot to respond to, you have the option to turn it off.
Of course, regardless of the options above, after you have paid via direct debit, you always have 8 weeks or so to claim back the money from the merchant - no questions asked. Just open the payment in your bunq app, and you will have the option to request a refund. More information about that can be found here → https://together.bunq.com/d/5873
If there's something unclear, feel free to ask.