Introduction to Recurring Billing

This guide explains how to use the Recurring Billing service in the

Gateway Portal

.

The Recurring Billing service enables you to create and manage payment plans and subscriptions for recurring payment schedules. It automates the storage and handling of your customer’s payment information and personal data within secure Visa data centers in compliance with credentials-on-file (COF) best practices. Storage risks and the PCI DSS scope are reduced through the use of

the

Token Management Service

(

TMS

)

.

National Australia Bank

Recurring Billing consists of these three elements:

Plan:
Stores the billing schedule.
Subscription:
Combines the token and plan and defines the subscription start date, name, and description.
Token:
Stores customer billing, shipping, and payment details.

Recurring Billing is available using the REST API. For information about REST, see

Getting Stared with the REST API

.

For more information on Recurring Billing for developers, see the

Recurring Billing Developer Guide

.