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Payment Center


Payment Center is the central hub for managing payment activity across your business in Visa Acceptance Solution for SMB. The Payment Center provides a unified interface for accepting payments, tracking activity, and managing customer billing.

What You Learn

  • What Payment Center is and how it works.
  • How to navigate the interface.
  • How the main features work together.
  • How to process your first payment.

Key Features at a Glance

Transactions: best for one-time payments. Key capabilities: charge, authorize, refund, void.

Invoices: best for professional billing. Key capabilities: itemized invoices, payment tracking.

Pay by Link: best for remote and social sales. Key capabilities: shareable links, QR codes.

Subscriptions: best for recurring revenue. Key capabilities: automated recurring billing.

How the Features Work Together

  • Transactions record every payment event.
  • Invoices and Pay by Link both create transactions when paid.
  • Subscriptions generate recurring transactions automatically.
  • All activity is visible in the Transactions list for reconciliation.

How to Use This Guide

  • New to Payment Center? Start with Get started to access the application and process your first payment.
  • Need to take or manage a payment? See Transactions.
  • Need to bill customers formally? See Invoices.
  • Need a shareable payment URL? See Pay by Link.
  • Need recurring billing? See Subscriptions.

Audience and Purpose

This guide is intended for merchants managing payments in the Merchant Portal.

Last published: September 29, 2026