Payment Glossary: 70+ Payment Terms and Definitions for 2026
Understand the language behind payments, approvals, and smart retries.
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Understand the language behind payments, approvals, and smart retries.
Installment payments split a purchase into fixed scheduled charges instead of one upfront payment. For merchants, the key challenge is recovering failed off-session charges without hurting approval rates.
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