Charge a customer credit card

Collect invoice payments in Wave by sending an invoice for online payment or by manually charging a customer's credit card.

You can use a customer's credit card issued outside your business’s country. The customer's bank processes the payment in the invoice currency and handles any currency conversion.

Send an invoice for online payment

Charge a customer's credit card manually via a web browser

Charge a customer's credit card manually in the Wave mobile app

Send an invoice for online payment

After you set up online payments, customers can pay directly through invoices using major credit cards, Apple Pay, and bank transfers. You can also customize which payment types you accept on invoices.

Learn how to send an invoice.

Charge a customer's credit card manually via a web browser

To manually process a credit card payment when you have your customer's information:

1. Log in at waveapps.com.
2. On the left-side menu, select Sales & Payments > Invoices.
3. Click the invoice you want to process a payment for.
4. Click Charge a credit card under the Manage Payments section.
5. Enter the customer's credit card details.
6. To save the card for future use, check the box next to Save this card.
7. Click Submit Payment.

To manage stored cards without processing a payment, view instructions to save and delete customer credit card information.

Charge a customer's credit card manually in the Wave mobile app

To manually process a credit card payment in the mobile app:

1. Log in to the Wave mobile app.
2. Tap Sales > Invoices on the bottom menu.
3. Tap the invoice you want to charge.
4. Tap Apply payment.
5. Optional: Tap the Amount field to edit the payment amount and tap Update amount.
6. To enter a new card's details, tap Charge a new card. To save this card, toggle Add to customer’s name’s cards to On. 
7. To use a saved card, select it from the Card to charge list.
8. Tap Charge $.

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