Overview

Repeat payments (RP) allow you (the merchant) to schedule future payments to be taken from a customer's Credit or Debit card.

Repeat payments can either be on a fixed or variable schedule.

Merchants can view and manage any schedules using the Manage repeat payments tab.

This guide explains both the current as well as the legacy repeat payment system.

On the 29th of December 2025, we moved our entire customer base over to our new repeat payments system. Any new schedule you set, moving forward will be using the new system. You will still be able to report on schedules created on the legacy system by navigating to the legacy tab (only available for merchants with legacy schedules).

Repeat payment transactions

Creating a repeat payment

You can set up repeat payments on the Take a payment page by sending payment links and within Reporting on the Recent transactions and Blink card transactions pages. This guide looks specifically at card repeat payments.

Repeat payments can either be on a:

Fixed schedule; a fixed amount is taken at a set frequency for a certain number of cycles.
Variable schedule; various amounts are scheduled for specific dates that have been manually selected.

Repeat payments via Take a payment

Select “Take a payment” on the dashboard, or from the top left navigation bar

This gives you the ability to set up a payment schedule for a recurring amount on a set frequency.
The number of cycles can be customised.

First, select the MID, transaction type of “Sale”, payment type of “Fixed schedule”, and payment method of “Card payment”.
Next, enter the customer's full name, email, and reference to be noted on the email receipt and transaction history.
Now choose the start date.
- If today is chosen, it will process that initial payment immediately
You have the option to choose a different amount for the initial payment.
- This first payment is included in the number of payment cycles you choose later
Select the frequency of payment and enter the amount per payment, starting from £1.
The currency may also be selected here, if settings permit.
Finally, choose the total number of payments to be taken in this Repeat payment schedule.
- If a limited number of instalments is selected, you can customise a different date and amount for the final payment. (It will be included in the number of cycles)
  This will replace the date and amount of the final scheduled payment, so the new date must be after this last scheduled payment date.
Fill in the card and address details and click Charge.
Both the merchant and the customer will receive a confirmation email describing the repeat payment schedule that has been created, and if the initial payment was today, a transaction receipt too.
- If the initial payment date is a future date, only the confirmation email will be sent

This gives you the ability to set up a payment schedule that contains multiple different payment amounts on any chosen dates

First, select the MID, transaction type of “Sale”, payment type of “Variable schedule”, and payment method of “Card payment”.
Next, enter the customer's full name, email, and transaction reference (if applicable) to be noted on the email receipt and transaction history.
The currency may also be selected here, if settings permit.
Select the date and enter the amount for the first payment.
Select the plus icon to add additional payment(s) and repeat the steps.
- Please note: The date for each instalment must be after the previous instalment date
Fill in the card and address details and click Charge.
Both the merchant and the customer will receive a confirmation email describing the repeat payment schedule that has been created, and if the initial payment was today, a transaction receipt too.
- (If the initial payment date is a future date, only the confirmation email will be sent)

Existing transaction

Select “Recent Blink Transactions” or “Blink Card Transactions” under Reporting from the top left navigation bar.

Find a transaction

First, locate an existing successful SALE from Recent blink transactions page, or Blink card transactions page.
Select the “Action” button at the end of the line, and then the “Repeat” button.
The reference for this schedule can be customised here.
- The customer's full name and email are picked up from the original transaction and cannot be edited here.
- The currency is also picked up from the original transaction, and cannot be changed here
Next, select the schedule type from the dropdown.

Fixed schedule

First, choose the start date.
- If today is chosen, it will process that initial payment immediately.
You have the option to choose a different amount for the initial payment.
- This first payment is included in the number of payment cycles you choose later
Select the frequency of payment and enter the amount per payment, starting from £1.
The currency may also be selected here, if settings permit.
Finally, choose the total number of payments to be taken in this Repeat payment schedule.
- If a limited number of instalments is selected, you can customise a different date and amount for the final payment. (It will be included in the number of cycles)
  This will replace the date and amount of the final scheduled payment, so the new date must be after this last scheduled payment date.
Fill in the card and address details and click Charge.
Both the merchant and the customer will receive a confirmation email describing the repeat payment schedule that has been created, and if the initial payment was today, a transaction receipt too.
- If the initial payment date is a future date, only the confirmation email will be sent.

Variable schedule

Select the date and enter the amount for the first payment.
Select the plus icon to add additional payment(s) and repeat the steps.
- Please note: The date for each instalment must be after the previous instalment date
Fill in the card and address details and click Charge.
Both the merchant and the customer will receive a confirmation email describing the repeat payment schedule created and, if the initial payment was today, a transaction receipt too.
- If the initial payment date is a future date, only the confirmation email will be sent

Request a payment page

Navigate to “Request a payment” page.
(Select “Request a payment” on the dashboard, or from the top left navigation bar)

Select the desired MID and transaction type of “Repeat payment”
Next, enter the customer's full name, an email/mobile number that the payment link will be sent to, and a reference that will be noted on the email receipt and transaction history.
Now choose a schedule type, Fixed or Variable, and enter the schedule details (amount, frequency, number of instalments)

Repeat payment schedules created on a payment link always have expiry dates set.

By default, the payment link will expire at midnight on the first payment date (the start date), but it can be changed to an earlier date.

Finally, generate or send the payment link
The payment link will be displayed on Requested payments page with the schedule details.
When the customer enters their card details and processes this payment link, a repeat payment schedule will be created and displayed on Manage repeat payments page.

Fixed schedule

This gives you the ability to set up a payment schedule for a recurring amount on a set frequency.
The number of cycles can be customised.

First choose the start date.

Start dates:
When a repeat payment schedule is created for a payment link, the expiry date is set to the first payment date by default, although it can be changed to an earlier date if desired.

The customer will be able to access the payment link and enter their card details until midnight on the selected expiry date, after which the payment link will expire.

You have the option to choose a different amount for the initial payment.
- This first payment is included in the number of payment cycles you choose later
Select the frequency of payment and enter the amount per payment, starting from £1.
The currency may also be selected here, if settings permit.
Finally, choose the total number of payments to be taken in this Repeat payment schedule.
- If a limited number of instalments is selected, you can customise a different date and amount for the final payment. (It will be included in the number of cycles)
  This will replace the date and amount of the final scheduled payment, so the new date must be after the second last scheduled payment date.
Confirm when the payment link will expire, and add a reminder if desired
Finally, generate or send the payment link

Variable schedule

This gives you the ability to set up a payment schedule that contains multiple different payment amounts on any chosen dates

The currency may be selected here, if settings permit.
Select the date and enter the amount for the first payment.

Start dates:
When a repeat payment schedule is created for a payment link, the expiry date is set to the first payment date by default, although it can be changed to an earlier date if desired.

The customer will be able to access the payment link and enter their card details until midnight on the selected expiry date, after which the payment link will expire.

Select the plus icon to add additional payment(s) and repeat the steps.
- Please note: The date for each instalment must be after the previous instalment date
Confirm when the payment link will expire, and add a reminder if desired
Finally, generate or send the payment link

First payment and Receipts

Depending when the customer enters their card details, Blink will either just create the schedule or also process the first payment

If the customer enters their card details and creates the schedule on the start date
- The first payment will be processed immediately, and both the merchant and the customer will receive a confirmation email describing the repeat payment schedule that has been created, and a transaction receipt too for the first payment.
If the customer enters their card details and creates the schedule before the start date
- The schedule will be created (it will have a “pending” status as no payments have been processed yet), and both the merchant and the customer will receive a confirmation email describing the repeat payment schedule that has been created.
  No transaction receipts will be sent until the first payment is processed on the start date.

Receipt

You and the customer will receive a transaction receipt and an email describing the Repeat Payment that has been created.

Notes

When you set up a merchant account with us, you are asked which currencies to use to process transactions. You can request additional currencies to be added.

If you have multiple currencies on your account, you can select the currency you wish to process the transaction using the drop-down list by clicking on the currency symbol.

Report on your repeat payments

On the Recent Blink transactions page, you can see any transaction you have taken on Blink that day (via Request a payment, Take a payment or Blink page).

On the Blink card transactions page, you can view the entire history of all the transactions you have taken on Blink or via an integration.

Navigation

These pages are under the Reporting tab on the left-hand navigation bar (Reporting→ Recent Blink transactions and Blink Card Transactions pages).

Navigate to either page and locate the transaction from the customer you want to use to set up the repeat payment. The repeat button exists for successful transactions.

Captured, Captured (RR), Accepted or Accepted (RR) (RR means Re-Run)

Manage your repeat payments

If you have already used the Repeat payment feature on the Blink platform, there will be 2 tabs displayed on the “Manage repeat payments” page.

The page will initially open the tab named “New”, which will contain any new schedules that are created.

There will also be a tab named “Legacy”. This will display the data of your existing repeat payment schedules. Find below more info on these transactions.

Viewing schedules

The main table on the “Manage repeat payments” page lists all your created repeat payment schedules.

It also displays data such as the date and time of its creation, the customer's name, email, card, reference, frequency, next payment date and total amounts of the processed payments.

The total amounts calculates the number of processed payments, and the transaction value of successful payments.

Possible schedule statuses are as follows:

Pending – This schedule has not yet started
Active – This schedule has processed the first payment, and is currently running
Completed – This schedule has finished processing all its payments. No further payments will be processed
Cancelled – This schedule has been cancelled. No further payments will be processed

Filters

There is a filter for the creation date, and dropdown selections for the “Source”, “Blink page” and “Status”.

You can search the following fields for specific values:

Customer name
Customer email
Reference
Recurring amount (for Fixed schedules)
Card number (final four digits)

Specific schedule information

You can view more information about a particular repeat payment schedule by selecting the "View details" button.
This will open a modal that displays an overview of the schedule, along with a list of all processed and scheduled payments and their respective statuses.

The top section provides an overview of the selected schedule, including:

Customer name
Customer email
Reference
Card
Remaining instalments
Frequency
Recurring amount
Created date
Source

There are 4 methods of creating a repeat payment schedule.
The “source” will show which of these methods were used.

VT – This is when the schedule was created on “Take a payment” page via our Virtual terminal.
If selected, it will open the “Take a payment” page with the MID already selected to the blink page that was used to create the schedule.
API – This is when the schedule was created via Blinks API.
If selected, it will open the blink page that was used to create the schedule
Repeat button - This is when the schedule was created via the “repeat” button on an existing transaction.
If selected, it will open the blink page that was used to create the schedule
Payment link - This is when the schedule was created via a payment link.
If selected, it will open the “Requested payments” page and display the payment link that was used to create the schedule

Next to the schedule “Status” in the top right are 2 action buttons for the schedule.

Cancel – This will stop the schedule and cancel any payments that have not yet been processed.
This does not affect payments that have already been processed.
Edit – This allows you to update/edit the schedule data, such as the customer name, email and schedule reference.
You can also update the stored card that is used for the payments

Please note: All changes made here will update future payments. Any payments that have already been processed will not be updated.

If these buttons are used, a new “schedule history” button will appear, which stores the original information.
When selected, it will display a modal detailing any changes made and the user who actioned them.

There is also a “Confirmation email” button which contains a copy of the original email sent to the customer when the schedule was created.
It can be viewed and resent to the customer's email.

Cancelling a schedule

Select the “Cancel” button in the top right corner and confirm the choice.
The schedule will be updated to a status of “Cancelled”, along with any of the payments that had not been processed yet.
No payments will be processed from this schedule anymore
The “Schedule history” modal information will be updated with this action.
The customer will receive an email notifying them that the schedule has been cancelled and no additional payments will be taken.
If the schedule was created via API, a notification will be sent to the webhook URL specified in the schedule creation.

Editing a schedule

Select the “Edit” button in the top right corner
Choose the desired field to edit and enter the new value.
Possible fields to edit are:
- Customer name
- Customer email
- Reference
- Recurring amount – This is only available for Fixed schedules.
- Card (see below)
Select “Save changes”
The new details will be displayed immediately, and a record of these changes will be stored in the “Schedule history” modal
The customer will receive an email notifying them of these changes
If the schedule was created via API, a notification will be sent to the webhook URL specified in the schedule creation.

Update/add a new card

In some scenarios, the customers card may have been stolen or lost, or is otherwise no longer valid or available for use.

In such cases:

Select the “Edit button” in the top right corner
Next, select the “Change” button next to the Card value
Now enter the new card details and confirm by clicking the “Add new card” button
A new Pre-Auth transaction will be processed with a reference of “Card updated”.
- This transaction will display immediately in the Recent blink transactions page, and on the Blink card transactions page within 15mins.
The new details will be displayed immediately, and a record of these changes will be stored in the “Schedule history” modal
The customer will receive an email notifying them of this update
If the schedule was created via API, a notification will be sent to the webhook URL specified in the schedule creation.

Viewing transactions

When “View details” is selected for a specific repeat payment schedule, a list of the payments is displayed.

If there are more than 10 payments scheduled, it will display them on pages of 10.

Please note: If a fixed schedule is created with unlimited instalments, only 15 payments will be created and displayed initially. Each time a payment is processed, a new “pending” payment will be added to the schedule.

This list will show both processed and future pending payments.

Pending payments - These will be listed here with their scheduled dates, along with an “Edit” and “Remove” button.
Successful processed payments - These will have a “Cancel” or “Refund” button.
(“Cancel” and “Refund” will both action a refund. They are just named differently due to the stage at which the payment is refunded)
Declined processed payments - These will have a “Retry” button.
Removed/Cancelled payments - These payments cannot have any further actions performed on them
Pending payments that did not run on their scheduled day – These will have a “Run now” button

Possible payment statuses:

Pending – This payment has not yet been processed
Captured – This payment was processed successfully today
Accepted – This payment was processed successfully. The acquirer has accepted the payment and will settle the funds in due time.
Declined – This payment was processed but failed
Refunded – This payment was processed successfully and then refunded
Cancelled – The entire schedule was cancelled
Removed – This specific payment was removed

Additional information on transactions

To view more detailed information on the processed payments themselves, select the “View in transaction history” button.

This will redirect to the Blink card transactions page, where the page will be filtered to display all the payments that have been attempted from this schedule, including declined payments and retries.

Each payment can then be viewed in detail by expanding the line, and if desired, a CSV can be downloaded from that page.

There is also an option to download this data. The “Download CSV” button will export a file containing a list of the payments within this schedule.

This contains an overview of all the payments in this schedule and contains both the processed payments and the scheduled pending payments, with some minor differences in what data they may show for each.

Field	“Pending” payments	“Processed” payments
Date/time	Scheduled date/time	Actual processed time of the transaction
Customer name	Customer name
Customer email	Customer email
Reference	Contains both the "schedule" and "payment" references, e.g. “Invoice 123 – Payment 2”
Amount	Amount
Card ending	Last four digits
Status	always “Pending”	This will display the status of the attempt (e.g. "Captured", "Declined")
Auth code	N/A	All successful payments will have a value here. Declined payments will not.
Transaction ID	N/A	All processed payments (successful or declined) will have a transaction ID

Adding a new payment

Select the “Add payment” button
Choose a date, reference and amount for this payment
Select “Add payment”
The payment will be displayed in the list immediately
- If the payment date is today, it will be processed immediately.
- If the payment fails, the decline reason will be displayed
The customer will receive an email notifying them of this new payment
- If the date was today and the payment was successful, they will receive a receipt for the payment too
- If the payment failed, both the customer and merchant will receive a “Payment failed” email
If the schedule was created via API, a notification will be sent to the webhook URL specified in the schedule creation.

Editing a payment

Payments that have not yet been processed can be edited.

Select the “Edit” button on a specific payment
Choose which values to edit: “Date”, “Reference” or “Amount”
Select “Add payment”
The payment will be displayed in the list immediately
- If the payment date is today, it will be processed immediately.
- If the payment fails, the decline reason will be displayed
The customer will receive an email notifying them of the changes made to the schedule
- If the date was today and the payment was successful, they will receive a receipt for the payment too
- If the payment failed, both the customer and merchant will receive a “Payment failed” email
If the schedule was created via API, a notification will be sent to the webhook URL specified in the schedule creation.

Repeat payment card transactions

Overview

Creating a repeat payment

Repeat payments via Take a payment

Existing transaction

Find a transaction

Fixed schedule

Variable schedule

Request a payment page

Fixed schedule

Variable schedule

First payment and Receipts

Receipt

Notes

Report on your repeat payments

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Viewing schedules

Filters

Specific schedule information

Cancelling a schedule

Editing a schedule

Update/add a new card

Viewing transactions

Additional information on transactions

Adding a new payment

Editing a payment

Manage your repeat payments