Payment Gateways
How card and online payments are handled in Trabalance today — as payment methods recorded on receipts. No payment provider is connected to the platform.
Trabalance does not connect to a card or online payment provider. There is no Payment Gateways page in Settings, no webhook to register, and no automatic receipt when a customer pays online. What exists is simpler: Online Payment, Credit Card and Debit Card are payment method categories, and the money your provider settles is recorded as a receipt with that method.
Recording an Online or Card Payment
| Step | Where | What To Do |
|---|---|---|
| Enable the method | Settings → Finance & controls → Financial controls → Payment methods | Select Online Payment, Credit Card and/or Debit Card so they are offered on payment documents. See Payment Settings. |
| Record the money | Sales → Receipt (or Sales receipt at the point of sale) | Choose the customer, the payment method, the amount the provider settled and the provider's transaction reference. Post it; it settles the open invoice like any other receipt. |
| Reconcile | Finance → Banks & Cash → your settlement account | Import the bank statement and match the provider payouts against the receipts. See Bank Feeds. |
Provider fees are not deducted automatically. Record the gross amount on the receipt and the fee as a spend or bank charge when you reconcile the payout, so the customer's balance and your bank agree.
What the Integrations Page Shows
Settings → Connected apps → Integrations lists payment providers in its Browse integrations → Payments catalogue. They are muted: a muted app has no connection contract for your business and cannot be connected. Nothing on that page charges a card or creates a receipt.
There is no field that accepts a provider API key, client ID or secret. Keep those in your provider's own dashboard.