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Refund Management

Everything you need to know about issuing a refund for your customers.


You can issue full refunds in your partner dashboard. Below, we’ve outlined the steps to initiate a full and partial refund, and key details on how refunds are processed.

Please note that all refunds take 3 - 5 business days to process. Credit card fees for refunded transactions are the responsibility of the partner, and will be added to the refund amount. You can reach out to customersuccess@alternativepayments.io with any questions.


Self-Service Refund Process

  1. Log into your Alternative Payments Partner Dashboard

  2. Navigate to Account Receivable

    From the sidebar, go to Account Receivable, select Invoices, and click the invoice number you'd like to refund.

  3. Navigate to Payment Details

    From the Activity section of the invoice page, click the arrow next to the amount paid. This will take you to the Payment Details page.

  4. Refund Payment

    Select Refund Payment from Payment details, and enter the reason for the refund, then click Next

  5. Review your refund

    Review the refund details, and click Apply refund to refund the full invoice


Partial Refund Process

  1. Reach out via email to customersuccess@alternativepayments.io to submit your partial refund request. Alternatively, you can use the chatbot in the partner dashboard. Please provide the following information in all refund requests:

    • Partner:

    • Customer:

    • Txn Date:

    • Refund Amount:

      Note: only include the refund amount, not the amount of the total transaction

    • Payment Method:

    • Invoice Number:

  2. After the partial refund is initiated, Alternative Payments will refund the original payment method used by the customer to make the initial payment. These partial refunds typically take 3–5 business days for the refund to clear, depending on the end-customer's issuing bank.

Note: credit card fees for refunds are incurred by the partner, and will be added to the refund amount if applicable.

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