Capture options
An overview of the available payment methods and related capture options relevant in the scope of your technical application.
You have the option to configure Accounting as a Service with different capture options for most of the payment methods. This has an impact on the necessity of issuing refunds in case of cancellations. If you need consulting about the payment methods to be used or about the configuration, please reach out to your sales contact or check out our payment methods section.
The following capture options exist:
- Capture before delivery: If you capture at the time of the order creation within your webshop/frontend, Accounting as a Service books and reconciles the incoming payment without performing the capture itself and takes over the refund process in case of returns / goodwills. In case of a cancellation, a refund needs to be triggered. Accounting as a Service takes over the refund when processing your request to cancel a webshop order.
- Capture after delivery (by merchant) If the capture is done as part of the fulfilment process of the service/goods, Accounting as a Service books and reconciles the incoming payment without performing the capture itself and takes over the refund process in case of returns / goodwills. In case of a cancellation, a refund is not required, as the cancellation can only be done as long as the order has not been fulfilled. You may decide to cancel the authorization for card payments.
- Capture by Accounting as a Service If Accounting as a Service shall manage the capture process, this option has to be selected in the onboarding questionnaire. In this case, creating a webshop order will trigger the capture as a second step after the creation of the invoice posting. A refund or any additional call in case of a cancellation is not required.
Available capture options per payment method
The following table provides you with an overview of the different capture options that are available per (group of) payment method.
| Payment method | Captured before delivery | Captured after delivery (by merchant) | Captured by Accounting as a Service |
|---|---|---|---|
| Card payments | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Wallet payments | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Online payments | Yes | No | No |
| Open Invoice (White Label) | No capture required | No capture required | No capture required |
| Direct Debit (White Label) | No | No | Yes |
| Open invoice (branded BNPL Solution) | No capture required | Yes | Yes |
| Direct Debit (branded BNPL Solution) | No capture required | Yes | Yes |
| Instalments (branded BNPL Solution) | No capture required | Yes | Yes |
| Cash on delivery | No capture required | No capture required | No capture required |
| Loyalty card | Yes | Yes | No |
| Giftcard | Yes | Yes | No |
| In-store payment (prepayment) | No capture required | No capture required | No capture required |
| In-store payment (open invoice) | No capture required | No capture required | No capture required |
| In-store payment (with pickup) | No capture required | No capture required | No capture required |
| In-App purchases | Yes | No | No |
| Prepayment | No capture required | No capture required | No capture required |