My lender has made it so difficult to access the payment system that this is an active attempt to prevent people from paying their mortgage. They use a CAPTCHA system that frequently cuts off the verification string so it can not be entered correctly. On top of that, they permanently lock your account after XXXX failed attempts, forcing you to call customer service and hold for lengthy amounts of time for a representative to unlock it. They do not allow you to verify before they rush you off the call and, on more than XXXX occasion, they did not actually unlock my account, forcing me to repeat the process. I 've complained to the company and they simply do not care. This is a punitive system to force people into paying late fees or even default. 
