I am currently using a Bank of America checking account for paying most of my monthly bills. For a variety of reasons I am looking at replacing BOA with an online checking account, like Discover Checking or Capital One 360. That being said, one thing that is holding me back is how I pay rent. Each month I pay my girlfriend $XXX in rent. She has a BOA checking account as well. All I have to do is "transfer to a persons using their BOA account number". The money leaves my account, goes into hers. All is well. She does not have do do ANYTHING, the money is just there.
Looking into online checking, it appears that if I want to pay her rent from the account, they are going to mail her a check. This is not a good answer. So the question is, what is the best way to send a person $XXX every month, with minimal to no effort on their part?
Thanks.