Advanced Payments is an add-on that you can include with your subscription, allowing you to proactively charge your clients' credit card details they've provided you using Stripe. If you're on a Select plan, this add-on is automatically included.
On the iOS app, Advanced Payments allows you to process clients' cards over the phone or in person on invoices with Stripe so you can get paid quickly.
If you don't have Advanced Payments on your account yet, learn more on how to set up Advanced Payments here.
If you don't have Advanced Payments on your account yet, learn more on how to set up Advanced Payments here.
Charge Cards
Charge Cards allows you to proactively charge your clients with their credit card information. You can securely accept credit cards in person, over the phone, or from your computer to get paid quickly. If you need to save the credit card to the client profile, use a web browser and follow the steps in What are Advanced Payments? here instead.
This can also be used for when you need to charge a client immediately on an invoice.
Credit card details are securely saved in FreshBooks. You can read more about our industry-leading PCI compliance security with credit card data here.
- Tap on the Invoices section
- Next, tap on an invoice you want to pay
- Press on ... in the top corner
- Tap on Charge Credit Card
![Charge card button in list of invoice options.]()
- Tap Scan Card at the top if you want to scan the credit card
- Or, enter in the credit card details in the fields provided
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- Once you’re done, tap Charge in the top right corner. The invoice will now be paid with the credit card details you’ve inputted.
