Guides
Collect Payments
Overview Setting up Mandates
Direct Debit Mandates Verified Mandates Collecting mandates offline Importing MandatesSend money
Introduction to Outbound Payments Payment Account API request signing Send an outbound payment
Adding a new recipient Initiate an outbound payment Approve an outbound payment Cancel an outbound paymentOptimise and increase revenue
Prevent fraud with Protect+ Retain customers with fallbacks Reduced failed payments with Success+ Blocking mandates Tutorials
Taking Direct Debit payments using Billing Requests and Custom Payment Pages Handling tax Handling Customer Notifications GoCardless Embed
Introduction Creating a creditor Adding a creditor bank account OptionalSetting a scheme identifer OptionalSetting up mandates / collecting payments
Billing Request with Actions: Setting up a Direct Debit mandate Collecting a Direct Debit payment Billing Request with Actions: Taking an Instant Bank Payment Billing Request with Actions Dual Flow: Taking an Instant Bank Payment and setting up a Direct Debit mandateCreate a recipient
Before sending money, ensure that GoCardless has the recipient’s bank details. Recipients can either be:
existing customers who you already collect payments from;
new customers.
If you’ve used the GoCardless API before, this process will be straightforward. If you’re new to the API, take a moment to explore the API reference and examples via the links below. In summary, you’ll need to work with two key endpoints:
Once created, you can use the same recipient to send outbound payments as many times as needed.