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# Payments & Billing - Pay Now Option

# Payments & Billing - Pay Now Option

The Pay Now Feature will allow the Family to make a payment via the Family Portal.
The Family can make this payment regardless of if they are setup for Direct Debit, Direct to Centre or B-Pay payment methods.

||| Please Note: Your Service will need to be setup with Paychoice to be able to use Pay Now.

### Items

* [Activating Guardian Online Payment](#3-activating-the-pay-now-feature)
* [Viewing Guardian payments](#3-viewing-pay-now-payments)
* [Email notification to service](#3-email-notification-to-service)

### Activating the Pay Now Feature

If you would like this feature to be enabled for your Service.
| Note: This is enabled per Service and is defaulted to **OFF.**

1. Select the **Settings** screen
2. Select the **Payments & Billing** icon

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_66rea3.png)

3. Select the **Service** name
4. Select **Edit General Settings**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_189wcd3.png)
5. Select the option of **Enable Guardian Pay Now Options**
6. Select **Save**

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_1bfmd2p.png)

| The Pay Now Option will now be available via the Web Portal for Guardians & Carers.

### Viewing Pay Now Payments

To view any payments that have been made via the Web Portal.

1. Select the **Payments & Billing** Screen
2. Select the **Payments** Tab

**Important columns to note**

| Column Heading | Description |
| **Category** | Display as Online Debit - Payment |
| **Amount** | $ amount of payment |
| **Description** | Online Debit - Guardian Pay Option |
| **Created by** | Displays the Guardian/Carer name, date and time of who added the payment |


### Email notification to Service

When a Guardian pays online, the service receives an email notification so you can view and manage scheduled payments if required.

Example below:

![](https://storage.crisp.chat/users/helpdesk/website/-/5/d/c/b/5dcba586b1ba9400/image_easc7r.png)



|| To assist you further with this process see: via the Xap University [Payment & Billing Settings - Pay Now Option](https://xap.fleeq.io/l/qxzo0w36ii-emu9ms1jh0) or to view the Family view see: [Web Portal - Pay Now](https://xap.fleeq.io/l/qdytbb97ec-6r1gbbz4b4)