Bank transfer and A2A · EEA and CEE

Accept Bancontact payments

Belgium's domestic scheme: card or app, QR or redirect.

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The facts

How Bancontact behaves on the rail.

Flow: App switch
Direction: Pull — you request the funds
Settlement: T+1
Refunds: Full and partial
Recurring: Not supported
Currencies: EUR
Regions: EEA and CEE

In code

One request, this method.

Set payment_method.type to "bancontact" and the same payment object, events and portal apply.

curl https://cleared-pay.com/api/v1/payments \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer cp_sk_test_..." -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: 6d2e4a1c-8f7b-4a9d-b3c5-2e1f0a9b8c7d" \
  -d '{"amount":2000,"currency":"eur","reference":"ORDER-10432","payment_method":{"type":"bancontact"},"return_url":"https://merchant.example/return"}'

# → 201 with "status": "requires_action"  # send the customer to next_action.redirect.url

Where Bancontact matters.

E-commerce and retailLocal methods, routing that says yes, statements your finance team can close.

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Tell us the markets, volumes and currencies, and we will say what we can do and when.

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Accept Bancontact payments

How Bancontact behaves on the rail.

One request, this method.

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Where Bancontact matters.

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