Guides
Collect Payments
Overview Setting up mandates
Direct Debit Mandates Verified Mandates Collecting mandates offline Importing MandatesRecurring payments
Subscriptions Instalments Variable Recurring Payments Instant Bank Pay + Direct DebitSend 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.