Orchestrate Overview
Manage accounts, compliance, funding, and event-driven workflows
Create and manage customer and processing accounts, verify identities, configure funding strategies, and build event-driven integrations with webhooks. Orchestrate the underlying infrastructure that powers your payment and billing operations.
Common Use Cases
- Customer account management with autopay and recurring billing
- Platform marketplaces with seller accounts and automated funding
- Event-driven workflows for order fulfillment and notifications
- Identity verification for KYC compliance and payout enrollment
- Multi-account hierarchies for franchises and resellers
Accounts & Enrollment
Create and manage accounts for customers and platforms
Build customer onboarding flows with programmatic account creation or hosted enrollment links for seamless account registration. Configure default payment methods for autopay and payout preferences, embed enrollment forms directly into your application, or generate shareable enrollment URLs.
Accounts API
Create customer, processing, and generic accounts programmatically with full control over account data.
Enrollment Link
Generate hosted enrollment links to create accounts and add payment methods.
Enrollment Plugin
Embed account enrollment forms directly into your application for seamless onboarding flows.
Default Payment Methods
Configure default payment methods for autopay, payouts, and automated funding operations.
Entities & KYC
Verify customer and business identities
Implement identity verification with automated KYC checks for individuals and businesses to meet compliance requirements. Verify beneficial owners, track verification status, and manage ongoing compliance monitoring for processing accounts that send payouts or handle high-value transactions.
Entity Overview
Understand entities, KYC verification, and when identity verification is required for compliance.
Managing Entities
Create and update entity records for individuals and businesses with KYC verification workflows.
Funding Strategies
Control how processing accounts receive and send funds
Configure automated funding to automatically transfer funds when paying transactions occur on processing accounts. Use dynamic funding to split payment funds across multiple processing accounts for marketplace commission splitting, multi-vendor payments, and platform fee collection within a single transaction.
Automated Funding
Automatically transfer funds to and from processing accounts when payments and payouts occur.
Dynamic Funding
Split payment funds across multiple processing accounts for complex payment flows.
Webhooks & Events
Build event-driven integrations with real-time notifications
Subscribe to transaction and invoice events to automate workflows, sync data, and build responsive applications. Secure webhook endpoints with signature verification or OAuth authentication, monitor delivery history, and troubleshoot failed webhook deliveries with comprehensive logging.
Webhooks
Subscribe to real-time event notifications for transactions, invoices, accounts, and more.
Signature Verification
Secure webhook endpoints by verifying signatures to ensure events come from Payload.
OAuth Authentication
Authenticate webhook requests using OAuth for enterprise-grade security.
Troubleshooting
Debug webhook delivery issues and monitor webhook history for reliable event processing.
Settings & Configuration
Configure processing settings and pricing options
Set up transaction processing rules, pricing structures, and customize customer-facing communications for your platform. Configure transaction limits, fee structures, and email branding to create a consistent experience across all customer touchpoints.
Processing Settings
Configure transaction processing rules, limits, and behavior for processing accounts.
Pricing Options
Set up pricing and fee structures for payment processing and transaction fees.
Account Types
Understand the different account types and their capabilities
Customer Accounts
Represent individual customers or businesses that make payments. Customer accounts can have payment methods stored via Payment Methods API, default payment configurations for autopay using Default Payment Methods, and associated invoices for billing.
Processing Accounts
Platform or merchant accounts that receive payments and send payouts. Processing accounts support Automated Funding for fund transfers, Entity Verification for KYC compliance, and custom Pricing Options configurations.
Generic Accounts
Flexible account type for internal use cases, testing, or custom workflows that don't fit customer or processing account patterns. (Coming soon)
Entity Verification
Understand when and how to verify identities for compliance
When KYC is Required
Entity verification with KYC checks is required for processing accounts that send payouts, high-value transactions, or regulatory compliance scenarios. Review Entity Overview to understand verification requirements for your use case.
Individual Entities
Verify individual identities with name, date of birth, address, and tax identification. Supports automated KYC verification workflows through Managing Entities for seamless onboarding.
Business Entities
Verify business information including legal name, EIN, business address, and beneficial owners. Required for business processing accounts and marketplace platforms with seller verification needs.
Verification Results
Track verification status, handle KYC failures, and manage ongoing compliance monitoring for verified entities. Monitor entity status changes through Webhooks for automated workflows.
Integration Approaches
Choose the approach that fits your platform architecture
API-First Account Management
Full programmatic control with Accounts API for backend account creation and Default Methods for payment configuration. Build custom onboarding flows with complete control over the user experience.
Hosted Enrollment Flows
No-code customer onboarding with Enrollment Link for shareable enrollment URLs and Enrollment Plugin for embedded forms. Launch quickly without building custom UI.
Event-Driven Architecture
Real-time automation with Webhooks for event subscriptions and Signature Verification for security. Build responsive applications that react to payment and account events.
Platform Configuration
Processing account setup with Entity Verification for KYC compliance and Automated Funding for fund management. Configure marketplace platforms with seller verification and automated payouts.
Next Steps
Build your platform infrastructure with accounts, compliance, and event-driven workflows
Create and Manage Accounts
Start with Accounts API to create customer and processing accounts programmatically, use Enrollment Link to generate hosted enrollment URLs, and configure Default Payment Methods for autopay and payout preferences.
Build Event-Driven Integrations
Set up webhook subscriptions to receive real-time event notifications, implement Signature Verification to secure webhook endpoints, and use OAuth Authentication for enterprise-grade security.
Verify Identities and Compliance
Understand Entity Overview for KYC compliance requirements, implement Managing Entities to verify individuals and businesses, and meet regulatory requirements for processing accounts that send payouts.
Configure Funding Strategies
Set up Automated Funding for processing accounts to automatically receive and send funds, use Dynamic Funding to control funding timing per transaction, and configure default funding payment methods for cash flow management.