Stripe
This document details how to connect the Stripe payment gateway to accept payments and how our integration works.
Capabilities
The Stripe payment gateway on Invoiced supports the following features:
Capability | Supported |
✓ | |
✓ | |
Vaulting cards | ✓ |
Vaulting bank accounts | ✓ |
AutoPay | ✓ |
Level 3 Processing | — |
Apple Pay | ✓ |
Multi-currency | ✓ |
Refunds | ✓ |
ACH payment status | ✓ |
Setup
Connecting Stripe is a straightforward process. Follow these steps to start accepting payments through Stripe in minutes. These steps assume you already have a Stripe account.
- First contact Invoiced Support to request that the Stripe payment gateway is added to your Invoiced account.
- Once activated go to Settings → Payments → Payment Gateways in the Invoiced web application.
- Click Edit on the payment gateway you want to setup.
- Click Connect With Stripe. You will be taken to Stripe's website where you can sign into your Stripe account and grant Invoiced access.
- After you've connected your Stripe account then the payment method you selected should be enabled.
Client Workflow
Credit Cards
Paying with credit or debit card is fairly straightforward for customers. They simply enter in their cardholder information and click Pay. We give receipts to your customers after a successful payment.
ACH
When a customer decides to pay with ACH they must first connect a bank account and verify it. The verification process depends on where they bank.
Your Stripe account might have a dollar limit for individual ACH transactions, i.e. customers cannot submit payments greater than $2,000. We recommend checking with Stripe support to confirm if there are any ACH limits for your account and if it needs to be raised to accommodate the size of your transactions. This should be done before you allow customers to pay with ACH.
Bank Account Verification
In order to use any bank account for ACH payments, Stripe requires that your customer verify it using micro-deposit verification. The micro-deposit verification process makes two small, random deposits to your customer's bank account. Your customer will be asked to confirm the deposit amounts to prove ownership of the account. It generally takes 2 business days for the deposits to appear on the customer's bank statement.
Paying with ACH
Once a bank account has been verified then your customer can now use it to pay any invoice from you by returning to the invoice payment page and selecting their bank account as the payment method.
New ACH payments will have a pending status. ACH payments generally take 3-5 business days to complete. Once the transaction succeeds or fails we will update the invoice and send the customer a receipt. In the event of a failure we will create an event in the dashboard.
Subsequent payments will not require the customer to go through the verification process again
Support
Need help with your Stripe account? Please contact Stripe Support for assistance.