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Payments
Finance automation
Platforms and marketplaces
Money management
Overview
Billing
    Overview
    About the Billing APIs
    Subscriptions
    Invoicing
      Overview
      API quickstart
      Integrate with the API
      Invoicing without code
      Invoice lifecycle
      Preview invoices
      Edit invoices
      Schedule invoice finalization
      Status transitions and finalization
      Send customer emails
      Generate credit notes
      Invoice customers
      Customers
      Customer credit balance
      Customer tax IDs
      Invoice payments
      Hosted Invoice Page
      Create invoice payment plans
      Payment methods for invoices
      Automated collections
        Automatic invoice advancement
        Automatic reconciliation
        Automatic collection
        Automatic charging
      Invoice customization
      Customize invoices
      Invoice rendering templates
      Group invoice line items
      Summarize line items
      Global invoicing
      Best practices
      Multi-currency customers
      Other invoicing features
      Products and prices
      Manage bulk invoice line items
      Taxes
    Usage-based billing
    Connect and Billing
    Tax and Billing
    Quotes
    Revenue recovery
    Automations
    Scripts
    Revenue recognition
    Customer management
    Entitlements
    Test your integration
Tax
Reporting
Data
Startup incorporation
HomeFinance automationBillingInvoicingAutomated collections

Automatic charging

Have Stripe automatically charge a customer's stored payment method.

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Stripe can automatically attempt to pay an invoice if the customer has a payment method on file. You can automatically charge a customer when you’re creating an invoice or through the API. When you automatically charge a payment method on file, Stripe doesn’t notify the customer about the invoice. However, if you want to send an email receipt, make sure that you enable the Successful payments option in your Email settings and that you’ve added your customer’s email address.

Add a payment method

To add a payment method, go to the Customers page and select a customer. Select Add in the Payment methods section to add a card or an ACH debit bank account. You can also add a payment method during invoice creation. If your customer uses multiple payment methods, click the overflow menu () next to the card to make it the default.

See also

  • Use the Dashboard
  • Send email reminders
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