Processing Recurring Subscription Payments Cleanly

The Recurring Payment Lifecycle

• Each billing cycle a charge is created from the subscription terms, then authorized and captured through your payment processor.
• Successful captures settle into your bank account on the processor payout schedule, usually a day or two later.
• Failed captures enter a retry and dunning path rather than immediately ending the subscription.
• Every event in this lifecycle should produce a record your accounting system can later match to cash.