Automatic payment of invoices from your balance
What the “Reîncărcare automată” (Automatic top-up) switch does, when it pays invoices and how to turn it on or off.
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The “Reîncărcare automată” (Automatic top-up) switch on the “Sold” (Balance) page (blackbox.md/account/balance, “Contul meu” (My account) → “Sold”) turns on automatic payment from your balance (autopay): invoices that reach their due date are paid automatically with the money you already have in your balance. The feature is optional and is off by default.
Available to: the holder of the blackbox.md account. The setting can be changed only on blackbox.md; it does not exist in the app.blackbox.md panel.
The blackbox.md website is available in Romanian and Russian; this article quotes the Romanian labels with their English meaning.
Important Despite its name, the switch does not charge your card and does not top up your balance. It automatically pays invoices that are due with the money that is already in your balance. It never pays for new orders: you pay for those on the payment page (see Paying for an order from your balance).
How to turn automatic payment on or off
- Sign in to blackbox.md, click “Cont client” (Customer account) in the top bar, then “Sold” (Balance) in the account menu. On a phone, you open the menu with “Meniu cont” (Account menu).
- Under the “Sold curent” (Current balance) card, find the “Reîncărcare automată” (Automatic top-up) card, with the text “Încarcă automat soldul la epuizarea fondurilor.” (Automatically tops up the balance when funds run out.)
- Click the switch on the right side of the card. When automatic payment is on, the switch is colored and its round knob is on the right; when it is off, the switch is gray.
- The setting is saved immediately. There is no save button and no confirmation message.
To turn automatic payment off, click the switch again. Invoices that have already been paid stay paid. You can turn the feature on or off at any time.
By turning the switch on, you agree that invoices that are due will be paid from your balance without a separate confirmation for each payment.
If “Nu am putut actualiza setarea. Încercați din nou.” (We could not update the setting. Please try again.) appears under the switch, the setting has not changed and the switch returns to its previous position. Reload the page (if your session has expired, sign in again) and try once more. If the error keeps appearing or the “Reîncărcare automată” card is missing from the page, write to us (How to contact BLACKBOX support).
Which invoices are paid automatically
An invoice is paid automatically only if it meets all of the conditions below.
| Condition | Where to check |
|---|---|
| The status is “Trimisă” (Sent) or “Restantă” (Overdue). | The “Status” column on the “Facturi” (Invoices) page. |
| The invoice is in MDL. | The “Total” column. |
| The due date has arrived: it is today or has already passed. An invoice without a due date (the column shows “—”) is not paid automatically. | The “Scadență” (Due date) column. |
| Your balance covers the full invoice total. There are no partial payments. | The “Sold curent” (Current balance) card on the “Sold” (Balance) page. |
Invoices are paid one at a time, starting with the earliest due date. An invoice that your balance cannot cover is skipped, and the next one can still be paid if your balance covers it.
For example, you have 600 MDL in your balance and two invoices that are due: 742 MDL (due October 1) and 578 MDL (due October 5). The first one is skipped, the second one is paid, and 22 MDL remains in your balance. The first invoice is paid after you top up your balance with the missing amount.
Automatic payment does not pay for new orders (status “Nou” (New)), invoices in a currency other than MDL, or invoices that are “Achitată” (Paid) or “Anulată” (Canceled). For an invoice in another currency, write to us.
When automatic payment runs
The system looks for invoices to pay at two moments:
- right after a successful top-up of your balance (see Topping up your balance);
- periodically, during automatic checks.
Turning the switch on does not trigger a payment by itself. Invoices that are already due are paid at the next periodic check or right after your next top-up.
Automatic payment is the simplest way to pay your monthly renewal invoices (number BT-…). These, too, are paid automatically only if the “Scadență” (Due date) column shows a date. Details: Monthly renewal and paying on time.
What you see after an automatic payment
- An email to your account's email address, with the subject “Factură plătită automat din cont — NUMBER” (Invoice paid automatically from your account — NUMBER), where NUMBER is the invoice number. The email shows the invoice number, “Sumă plătită” (Amount paid) and “Sold curent” (Current balance). The subject is always in Romanian, and the text is in your account's language (Language of the website, the panel and emails). In the email, amounts appear in whole MDL, without decimals; you can see the exact amounts on the “Sold” (Balance) page.
- “Istoricul operațiunilor” (Transaction history) on the “Sold” page: a “Factură NUMBER” (Invoice NUMBER) row, with the amount shown with a minus sign and the “Sold rămas” (Remaining balance) after the payment.
- “Facturi” (Invoices): the invoice changes to the “Achitată” (Paid) status, and under “Detalii” (Details) you see “Achitată la” (Paid on) with the payment date.
If an invoice is skipped because your balance is not enough, you do not receive an email.
Tip Top up your balance in advance, before your invoices are due, with at least their total amount. From time to time, check the “Facturi” page (so that no invoices with the status “Trimisă” (Sent) or “Restantă” (Overdue) are left unpaid) and “Istoricul operațiunilor” on the “Sold” page.
Frequently asked questions
Does the switch charge my card when my balance runs out? No. BLACKBOX does not store your card details and does not make recurring charges to your card. You top up your balance yourself, by card, whenever you choose: Topping up your balance.
Automatic payment is on, but the invoice is still “Trimisă” (Sent). Why? Check the conditions in the table above: the due date, the currency and whether your balance covers the full invoice amount. If all of them are met, the invoice is paid at the next periodic check or right after a top-up. If it still stays unpaid, write to us.
Can I pay an invoice from my balance manually? Not from the “Facturi” (Invoices) page: invoices that need to be paid show “Plata online — în curând” (Online payment — coming soon), which means online payment of invoices is not available. Use automatic payment, a bank transfer (Paying by bank transfer and BLACKBOX bank details) or write to us.
Can I turn on automatic payment from the panel or through an AI assistant?
No. The setting exists only on the “Sold” (Balance) page on blackbox.md. An AI assistant connected through MCP can only read its state (the get_balance tool, the autopay_enabled field); it cannot change it.