thread Re: How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice? in Archived Discussions (Read Only)

How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice?

Jae — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:00:12 GMT

A client needs to split the payment of an invoice onto two of his credit cards. How do I process this?

Re: How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice?

puka — Fri, 23 Feb 2018 23:52:49 GMT

Hey @Jae - Unfortunately, there isn't a way to split payments on an Invoice. Short term, you could potentially send two Invoices in the amounts he wants to put on each card. Long term, the ability to do partial payments on an Invoice is currently in the works.

Re: How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice?

pookle — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 14:48:53 GMT

Has this payment option been implemented?

Re: How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice?

cmusicshop — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 15:30:34 GMT

@puka It's been well over a year and I know there are several other threads regarding this. Any idea on when we'll see this? Particularly split payments on invoices and being able to take a card in person on the balance of an invoice.

Re: How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice?

nika — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 19:30:06 GMT

Hey there @pookle and @cmusicshop. Thanks for asking!

Our "Request Deposits" feature would allow you to split the payment of an invoice and also give your customers the option to pay with different cards.

Check it out and let me know if you have questions!

Re: How do I use two different credit cards to pay one invoice?

cmusicshop — Thu, 06 Jun 2019 20:30:51 GMT

@nika Thanks but there's a problem with that which has been covered in a couple other threads.

If you take a deposit the option to use a card for the balance is not there, you are given a 'share the link' option which is really a lot more steps and pretty inconvenient if the customer is right in front of you with a card. For the life of me I can't understand why Square, who makes its money on processing, removes this option!!

From the link you posted:

Please note the ability to take in-person payments (via a card swipe or keyed entry) towards a deposit or partial balance is currently unavailable. In-person payments can only be taken for the total invoice amount.

The only workaround is to take the split payments as if it were a sale happening right then, which you can do on the Square POS and then mark the invoice paid by Square but ONLY on the PC dashboard (another baffling nuisance). And of course that could mess up the cash/check/card totals at the end of the day. As you can see, a whole lot of other steps to end up with a still imperfect end result.