# Installments Learn about credit card payments using installments. Installments are a type of credit card payment that allows customers to split purchases over multiple billing statements. ## Get started [Mastercard Installments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/mastercard-installments.md): Customers who have a Mastercard Installments virtual card can pay in 4 interest-free installments during checkout. [Mexico installments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/mx-installments.md): Installments (meses sin intereses) is a feature of consumer credit cards in Mexico that allows customers to split purchases over multiple billing statements. [Japan installments](https://docs.stripe.com/payments/jp-installments.md): Japanese customers can use installments (分割払い) to pay in a fixed number of payments, a revolving credit plan, or at the time of their company bonus.