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# Online payments

```{toctree}
online/install_portal_patch
```

To make it more convenient for your customers to pay the invoices you issue, you can activate the
**Invoice Online Payment** feature, which adds a *Pay Now* button on their **Customer Portal**. This
allows your customers to see their invoices online and pay directly with their favorite payment
method, making the payment process much easier.

```{image} online/online-payment-providers.png
:align: center
:alt: Payment provider choice after having clicked on "Pay Now"
```

## Configuration

Make sure your {doc}`payment providers are correctly configured <../../payment_providers>`.

:::{note}
By default, "{doc}`Wire Transfer </applications/finance/payment_providers/wire_transfer>`" is the
only payment provider activated, but you still have to fill out the payment details.
:::

To activate the Invoice Online Payment, go to {menuselection}`Accounting --> Configuration -->
Settings --> Customer Payments`, enable **Invoice Online Payment**, and click on *Save*.

## Customer Portal

After issuing the invoice, click on *Send & Print* and send the invoice by email to the customer.
They will receive an email with a link that redirects them to the invoice on their **Customer
Portal**.

```{image} online/view-invoice.png
:alt: Email with a link to view the invoice online on the Customer Portal.
```

They can choose which Payment Provider to use by clicking on *Pay Now*.

```{image} online/pay-now.png
:alt: '"Pay now" button on an invoice in the Customer Portal.'
```

:::{seealso}
- {doc}`/applications/finance/payment_providers`
:::