I am not too sure about that but they did tell me that whenever they receive the retainer fee, they will start contacting the creditors that same afternoon, so my guess is that it's possible for them to have arrangements set up before Friday. Because I am with a credit union, what I did was put my money into the savings account and told the bank not to allow the savings to be overdraft protection...this way everything will bounce from the checking account. Of course I am getting fees, but that's until I get a new account elsewhere.