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# Payment profiles

> Store and manage customer payment methods securely

Payment Profiles securely store customer payment methods for recurring payments and future transactions. They provide tokenized payment method storage with PCI DSS compliance, enabling seamless payment experiences without repeatedly collecting sensitive payment information.

## Payment Profile Entity

A payment profile in the Connect API represents:

* **Secure Storage**: Tokenized payment method information stored with PCI DSS compliance
* **Customer Association**: Payment methods linked to specific customer accounts for easy access
* **Multi-Method Support**: Credit cards, bank accounts, digital wallets, and alternative payment methods
* **Recurring Integration**: Seamless integration with subscription billing and automatic payment processing

## Key Capabilities

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Secure Tokenization" icon="key">
    Store payment methods securely using industry-standard tokenization and
    encryption.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Multi-Method Storage" icon="credit-card">
    Support various payment methods including cards, bank accounts, and digital
    wallets.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Customer Management" icon="user-gear">
    Enable customers to add, update, and remove stored payment methods through
    self-service.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Recurring Payments" icon="repeat">
    Facilitate automatic billing and recurring payment processing for
    subscriptions.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Common Use Cases

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Subscription Billing" icon="calendar-check">
    Enable automatic recurring payments for telecommunications subscriptions and
    services.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Quick Checkout" icon="zap">
    Provide one-click payment experiences using previously stored payment
    methods.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Payment Management" icon="settings">
    Allow customers to manage their stored payment methods through self-service
    portals.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Backup Payment Methods" icon="shield">
    Maintain multiple payment profiles for billing redundancy and payment
    failure recovery.
  </Card>
</Columns>

## Related Resources

Payment Profile entities integrate with other Connect API resources:

* **Payment Sessions**: Create payment profiles from successful hosted payment completions
* **Payments**: Process payments using stored payment profile information
* **Customers**: Customer-owned payment profiles for account-specific payment management
* **Subscriptions**: Automatic billing using customer payment profiles for recurring charges
* **Payment Profile Sessions**: Dedicated flows for adding and updating payment profiles
* **Invoices**: Payment profile selection for invoice payment and settlement

## Next Steps

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="List Payment Profiles" icon="list" href="/api-reference/payment-profiles/list-payment-profiles">
    Retrieve all stored payment methods
  </Card>

  <Card title="Get Payment Profile" icon="credit-card" href="/api-reference/payment-profiles/get-payment-profile">
    View specific payment profile details
  </Card>

  <Card title="Delete Payment Profile" icon="trash" href="/api-reference/payment-profiles/delete-payment-profile">
    Remove a stored payment method
  </Card>
</CardGroup>