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rel="author">Alan Maddrell - Senior Content Designer for GOV.UK Pay, Government Digital Service</a>, <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Posted on: </span><time class="updated" datetime="2023-07-05T12:05:58+01:00" pubdate>5 July 2023</time> - <span class="govuk-visually-hidden">Categories: </span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/category/gov-uk-pay/" rel="category tag">GOV.UK Pay</a></div> </header> <div class="entry-content"> <p><img decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-35704" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115im_/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/07/payUntitled-1-620x413.png" alt="A user-facing payment page with entry fields for card details and a payment summary." width="620" height="413" srcset="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115im_/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/07/payUntitled-1-620x413.png 620w, https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115im_/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/07/payUntitled-1-310x207.png 310w, https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115im_/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/07/payUntitled-1-768x512.png 768w, https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115im_/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/60/2023/07/payUntitled-1.png 960w" sizes="(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px"/></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">GOV.UK Pay can now take repeated payments and allow your users to pay for things in instalments without needing to pay manually every time. This feature works with cards and future payment types like open banking.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">We鈥檝e also made it a lot easier for services to get real-time information about payments by introducing webhooks.</span></p> <h2><b>Taking recurring payments</b></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">GOV.UK Pay was initially built to take single payments. As it became more popular, services told us they needed the ability to take repeated payments for things like licences and subscriptions.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">We've now built functionality to allow services to create 'agreements', which allow payments to be taken on a schedule without the user being present, if they have agreed to it. To find out more about how this works, you can read our </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://docs.payments.service.gov.uk/webhooks/"><span style="font-weight: 400">technical documentation about recurring payments</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">If you're interested in taking recurring payments, whether you use GOV.UK Pay at the moment or not, </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/mailto:govuk-pay-support@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk"><span style="font-weight: 400">get in touch with the Pay team</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">.</span></p> <h2><b>Webhooks make real-time data easier</b></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Webhooks automatically send information when something happens, rather than requiring services to make API calls. Webhooks have a wide range of potential applications, such as integrating with existing enterprise resource planning software. This can make accounting and financial management a lot simpler and more effective.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">For example, you could set up GOV.UK Pay to send a webhook when a payment is received along with the relevant information (like an invoice number) to allow it to be automatically registered and processed by your financial software. Using webhooks means that your finance systems are always up to date without the need for staff to manually input data. This can help with managing refunds.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">If your organisation has lots of services that use GOV.UK Pay, webhooks mean you can use a single financial system to keep track of all your payments. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">You could also use webhooks to set up a system to send an email using GOV.UK Notify when something happens with a payment.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">This is all faster than existing bank transfer methods. You can read more about </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://docs.payments.service.gov.uk/webhooks/"><span style="font-weight: 400">webhooks in our technical documentation</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">If you already use GOV.UK Pay you can</span><span style="font-weight: 400"> start using webhooks in your service immediately. Contact the team if you need further support.</span></p> <h2><b>The future of recurring payments and webhooks</b></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">We want to develop recurring payments and webhooks further, particularly to make it easier for services to set up recurring payments without using our API. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Later this year we will also be expanding beyond card payments, looking at future payment types like open banking.</span></p> <div class="highlight"> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">If you're interested in taking recurring payments, whether you use GOV.UK Pay at the moment or not, </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/mailto:govuk-pay-support@digital.cabinet-office.gov.uk"><span style="font-weight: 400">get in touch with the Pay team</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400">. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">You can <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://docs.payments.service.gov.uk/webhooks/">start using webhooks</a> in your service immediately.聽</span></p> </div> <h2><b>Thanks to our partners</b></h2> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">We've developed these new features in partnership with the Environment Agency and Kent County Council. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">The Environment Agency are introducing recurring payments for rod fishing licences which will make renewing your licence a lot easier for users. </span><span style="font-weight: 400">Kent County Council are using it for the </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://tschecked.kent.gov.uk/"><span style="font-weight: 400">Trading Standards Checked</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> service to allow vetted businesses to pay in instalments so they can appear on the fair trader directory.</span></p> </div> <div class="footer single"> </div> </article> <nav class="page-numbers-container page-navigation" aria-label="Pagination"> <div class="previous"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2023/06/24/gov-uk-one-login-june-2023-update/" rel="prev">GOV.UK One Login: June 2023 update</a> </div> <div class="next"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/11/performance-testing-gov-uk-pays-webhooks-mechanism/" rel="next">Performance testing GOV.UK Pay鈥檚 webhooks mechanism</a> </div> </nav> <h2 class="govuk-visually-hidden">Sharing and comments</h2> <div class="icons-buttons"> <h3>Share this page</h3> <ul> <li> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?original_referer&url=https%3A%2F%2Fgds.blog.gov.uk%2F2023%2F07%2F05%2Fnew-recurring-payments-and-webhook-features-available-through-gov-uk-pay%2F&text=New+recurring+payments+and+webhook+features+available+through+GOV.UK+Pay" class="twitter">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgds.blog.gov.uk%2F2023%2F07%2F05%2Fnew-recurring-payments-and-webhook-features-available-through-gov-uk-pay%2F" class="facebook">Facebook</a> </li> <li> <a target="_blank" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgds.blog.gov.uk%2F2023%2F07%2F05%2Fnew-recurring-payments-and-webhook-features-available-through-gov-uk-pay%2F" class="linkedin">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230928054115/mailto:/?subject=I wanted to share this post with you from Government Digital Service&body=New recurring payments and webhook features available through GOV.UK Pay https://gds.blog.gov.uk/2023/07/05/new-recurring-payments-and-webhook-features-available-through-gov-uk-pay/" class="email">Email</a> </li> </ul> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> </div> <div class="govuk-grid-column-one-third sidebar-contain"> <div class="sidebar"> <h2 class="govuk-heading-m govuk-visually-hidden">Related content and links</h2> <section class="widget about_widget"><h3>Government Digital Service</h3><p>GDS is here to make digital government simpler, clearer and faster for everyone. 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