Yes, Direct Debits or similar are something that I would normally assume is commonplace in every developed country. However, I'm so aware of the American TV tro

Yes, Direct Debits or similar are something that I would normally assume is commonplace in every developed country. However, I'm so aware of the American TV trope of receiving "bills" in the mail and having to remember to pay them that I wonder if it's just something that has stuck as a cliché even if it's no longer the case, or whether it is still the ordinary way of handling these payments in North America.