This tab is only available when there is a not external payment system configured in the system and assigned to the customer’s currency.
It is available for credit accounts that have individual credit limits and debit accounts. Additionally, e-commerce must be enabled for the account. (To enable e-commerce for the account, go to the Additional Info tab, select E-Commerce enabled, and click Save.)
On this tab you can define the account's preferred payment method and configure auto payments.
To set a preferred payment method:
The number of available payment options may change, depending on the payment system settings. Options appear on the list only when there is a payment system configured to use them. This system must also be configured to maintain payments in the customer’s currency.
To remove a saved payment method, select Not Set option in the Saved Payment Method section, and then click Save.
NOTE: The payment data remains in the database until it is explicitly removed or replaced with new payment data. For example, if you have saved the end user’s payment data and then reconfigured PortaBilling® to use the other payment system – the one that doesn’t support the saved payment method, you will still be able to review stored payment information under this tab’s Saved Payment Method.
If you want to charge an end user whenever their balance crosses a specified threshold, select the Pay... when the balance exceeds (for credit accounts) or Pay ... when the balance drops below (for debit accounts) check box, and when the end user’s balance crosses the threshold specified in the when the balance exceeds / when the balance drops below field, their credit card will be charged for the amount specified in the Pay field.
In case the auto payment functionality has been disabled by the system, a corresponding message appears in the auto payments section.
Review the payment system and the end user’s saved payment method configuration, and then click the Enable it again button in the auto payments section to re-enable auto payments.
This section is available only when a suitable payment processor is set up in the system, and an end user has an online payment method configured as their preferred one.
Auto payments can be set up for not external payment systems that:
support tokenization for payment processing; or
do not support tokenization and do not require the CVV code.
If the payment system is configured to use tokens for payments, this section appears only once a token has been returned by the payment processor and saved by PortaBilling®. Since the payment processor returns a token upon the first successful transaction with a new credit card (or other supported payment method), at least one manual transaction must be successfully completed for the auto payments section to become available.
For how to set up a payment system, please see the Payments page.
IMPORTANT! A merchant may not use account and
transaction information for any purpose other than assisting the completion
of a payment card transaction, or as specifically required by law. Merchants
may collect a payment card number and expiration date independently of
a payment card transaction only with the express consent of the cardholder.
A merchant may only retain this information for the sole purpose of facilitating
future payment transactions. A merchant must not provide this information
to any other person, except for the sole purpose of assisting the completion
of a payment card transaction.