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# Account Payment Methods Pane

Payment Methods are the means by which a customer pays for purchases or in other words the account covers its transactions. Defined Payment methods are listed in the order of their preferred use.

| Field | Guidance | Relevancy |
| - | - | - |
| **Editing Account Payment Methods Panel** | | |
| **Add Payment Method** | To add a new Payment Method, click the button. The first Payment method entered is designated the default Account Payment method. The following Payment methods can be added in the Portal: - Credit card - ECP - External Billing - Direct Debit - Carrier Billing - Merchant Accepted Payment - Military Star - Boleto | Optional |
| **Make Primary** | To make a Payment method the primary one to charge, click the 3 dot **Actions** menu to the right of the payment method entry and select **Make Primary**. The Payment Method entry becomes the primary one on the account. | Optional |
| **Edit** | To modify the Payment method, click the 3 dot **Actions** menu to the right of the payment method entry and select **Edit**. The Update Payment Method screen appears. If you are only making changes to Payment Method-related fields, the View mode of the Accounts screen appears when changes are successfully submitted. | Optional |
| **Duplicate** | To duplicate a Payment method, click the 3 dot **Actions** menu to the right of the payment method entry and select **Duplicate**. The Add Payment Method screen appears. | Optional |
| **Delete** | To remove a Payment method, click the 3 dot **Actions** menu to the right of the line and select **Delete**. The Payment Method entry is removed.**Note:** Payment Methods that are used in a subscription can't be deleted. | Optional |
| **Viewing the Payment Methods Pane** | | |
| **Payment Method** | Use the arrow to expand the Payment Method details. The payment Method attributes are displayed. Numbers are masked where required. | Optional |
| **Payment Method Custom Data** | Displays merchant-defined custom data (Name -Value pairs) originating from the API related to the payment method. | Read-only |
| **Primary** | Denotes whether payment method is the primary payment method with a value of Yes or No. | Read-only |
| **Credit Card** | - **Card Number**: the Masked credit card account number. - **Card Expiration**: Month and Year of card expiration. - **Billing Address**: The credit card holder billing name and address. - **Card Type**: The name of the credit card network. | Credit Cards can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| For Payment Method Type > Credit Card:**Account Updater** | - **Last Request**: Date when the last request was sent to Account Updater. - **Last Updated**: Date when the credit card was updated by Account Updater. - **Response Code**: Account Updater response code for the credit card. - **Message**: Message from Account Updater. When Account Updater information is not available, **No Account Updater Activity for this Card** appears. | Read-only |
| **ECP— (Electronic Check Payment)/ACH** | - **Account**: the bank account number, masked. - **Routing Number**: the Bank Routing Number. | ECP can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| **External Billing** | - **ID**: The payment method unique ID - **Bill Receiver**: The payment provider. - **Payment Channel**: The customer paymentChannelId in the billing system. - **Financial Account**: The customer financial Account ID in the External Billing system. | External Billing can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| **Direct Debit** | - **ID**: The payment method unique ID - **Account Number**: the customer's bank Account Number, masked. - **Country**: The country in which the related bank account is located. - **Billing Address**: The bank account holder billing name and address. | Direct Debit can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| **Military Star** | - **Account Number**: The MilitaryStar account number.. - **CID Number**: The Customer Identification Number, masked. | Military Star can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| **Boleto** | - **Fiscal Number**: The fiscal number that appears on the customer’s Boleto Bancário payment slip. This number is formally called Casadastro de Pessoas | Boleto can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| **Merchant Accepted Payment** | - **Payment ID**: The merchant's payment ID. Only digits are supported. - Last digits: The last digits of the account number. - **Billing Address**: The account holder billing name and address. | Merchant Accepted Payment can be viewed and added via the Portal |
| **PayPal** | - **ID**: The payment method unique ID - **PAYPAL Email**: Email address used by the customer for the Paypal account - **Paypal Payer ID**: PayerID for Paypal account - **Request Reference ID**: A field indicating whether the reference ID was requested. - **PAYPAL Reference ID**: Reference ID for payment, the Billing Agreement ID or Reference Transaction ID associated with a PayPal Billing Agreement. | Only available for viewing. Adding a PayPal payment method is available via API. |
| **Venmo** | - **Venmo Username**: The customer's Venmo username. - **Venmo Merchant Customer ID**: A unique merchant identification for the Venmo account. - **Venmo User ID**: Venmo's user id for the customer. | Only available for viewing. Adding a Venmo payment method is available via API. |
| **Apple Pay** | - **Payment Instrument Name**: The payment details for the payment method used in Apple Pay. - **ID**:The unique ID of the Apple Pay payment method. - **Expiration Date**: The expiration date of the credit card used for Apple Pay. | Only available for viewing. Adding an Apple Pay payment method is available via API. |
| **Hosted Page** | - **Payment Provider**: The payment provider selected for the Transaction. - **Country Code**: The country code where the payment is processed - **Return URL**: The redirect URL after a successful payment. - **Language**: The ISO 639-1 language matrix code for the payment pages. - **Payment Details**: Notes or details provided by the hosted page as part of the payment. - **Billing Agreement**: When supported, this is the token used to rebill the payment method in the future. | Only available for viewing. Adding a Hosted Page payment method is available via API. |
| **Amazon Pay** | - **ID**: The payment method unique ID - **Buyer Name**: The name Amazon associates with the billing agreement identifier. - **Buyer Email**: The email Amazon associates with the billing agreement identifier. - **Billing Agreement ID**: The Amazon billing agreement identifier. This value is returned by the OffAmazonPayments getAmazonBillingAgreementId API call - **Address**: The billing address Amazon associates with the buyer’s payment method. | Only available for viewing. Adding an Amazon Pay payment method is available via API. |
| **Google Pay** | - **ID**: The payment method unique ID - **Address**: The billing address associated with the Google Pay customer. | Only available for viewing. Adding a Google Pay payment method is available via API. |
| **Token** | - **Token Type**: This is the name of the token type for the payment method as defined in Catalog > Tokens - **Token Description**: This is the Token's detailed description. - **Token Balance**: The customer's Token amount. | Only available for viewing. Adding a Token payment method is available via API. |
| **Parent topic:**[Working with Accounts](../topics/accountWorking) | | |

**Parent topic:**[Viewing Account Info](../topics/accountViewing)


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