Process: Manage payment batches
Flow
Objective
Manage payment batches, thereby performing edit actions to balance a settlement or maintaining the contents of a batch manually.
Description
A batch is a collection of deposits (captures) and refunds that are to be processed together for settlement. The process of managing payment batches consists of editing actions to balance the settlement or possibly controlling the batch process manually. Payment batching is usually done to save on transaction fees.
Features
- Payment life cycle
- Payment batch settlement
Edition
Professional, Enterprise
Tasks
| Task | Description | Role |
|---|---|---|
| List open batches |
This can be a task performed by the Payments Administrator when manually administering batch settlement, or it can be an automated task as part of a scheduled job to settle open batches. |
Payment administrator |
| Resolve batch issues with acquirer (external) |
This is an external task where the Payment Administrator resolves an out-of-balance batch. Note: It makes no difference whether the output is a closed batch or a "non-closed" batch as the process would behave correctly either way. When it is not closed (shown in the process), the batch is directed back through the process again. |
Payment administrator |
| Settle batch |
This is the process of balancing a group of deposits and credits. If the batch balances, the settlement is successful and the batch is closed. |
Payment administrator |
| Time to execute |
This process is initiated as a scheduled task. A scheduled task starts asynchronously when the scheduler has determined that it is time to execute. |
System |
Business artifacts
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