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Function documentationPayment Details

 

You can use the payment details function to post the amounts that incur during the life cycle of a card (such as charges and interest) to any account you wish. To do so, you store the account as payment details.

Note Note

In a linked account relationship in which multiple accounts are linked to a card, one of the participating accounts can also serve as main payment details. For more information, see Card in the Integration section.

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Use

You can use payment details for the following processes, functions, and follow-on processes for cards:

Processes

  • Card settlement

    Example Example

    You do not want to post the credit interest that the system calculates during the periodic settlement of a card to the account of the main payment details, but to another account.

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Functions

  • Event charge

Follow-On Processes of the Card

Prerequisites

Card Product

  • In Customizing for Account Management under Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Create Card Product End of the navigation path, you have defined the attributes under the following grouping attributes for the card product, in addition to the attributes of the card type (such as EC Card):

    • Start of the navigation path Account Details Next navigation step Payment Details End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Settlement Payment Details End of the navigation path

    • Start of the navigation path Follow-On Actions Next navigation step Settings for Account Closure Next navigation step Payment Details End of the navigation path and Start of the navigation path Settings for Account Holder Change Next navigation step Payment Details End of the navigation path

Account for Posting

  • You have created all the accounts that you wish to use as payment details in the account-managing system.

Note Note

You must manage cards and accounts for payment details in the same logical system. However, you can manage cards and accounts in different bank posting areas.

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Payment Details for Postings of Settlement Results

  • In Customizing for Account Management (FS-AM) under Start of the navigation path Product Management Next navigation step Settlement Next navigation step Define Payment Detail Types for Settlement Postings End of the navigation path, you have defined customer-specific payment detail types and assigned one or more posting types.

    Note Note

    All payment detail types for settlement postings must be based on the standard payment details category 200000 Complete Settlement and start with the number 2.

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Features

Payment Details for Settlement Postings

You define the payment details for the Card Settlement process using the payment details type and the account details on the Settlement tab page, in the Settlement Payment Details group box of the card.

  • Post all settlement postings to one single account:

    SAP supplies the standard payment details type 200000 Complete Settlement, that applies for all posting types.

    Example Example

    You wish to post all types of interest and charges to one account.

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  • Post different types of settlement postings to different accounts:

    The more payment details types you have created in Customizing, the more you can control the posting of individual settlement results to different accounts.

    Example Example

    You have defined a payment details type for debit interest and one for credit interest, so that you can post this each to a different account.

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The system posts the amounts incurred during a card settlement using a payment item. For more information, see Editing Card Settlements.

Payment Details for Postings that Are Not Relevant for Settlement

Payment details for postings that are not relevant for settlement are based on the payment details categories supplied by SAP and the account details.

Note Note

You can name payment details categories according to your customer-specific requirements in Customizing for Account Management by choosing Start of the navigation path General Settings Next navigation step Edit Descriptions for Payment Details Categories End of the navigation path.

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The respective processing process governs where you store the payment details for postings that are not relevant for settlement.

Event Charges

You can either specify the payment details when you are creating the card on the initial screen, or on the Basic Data 1 tab page in the group box Payment Details. The payment details specified are automatically based on the payment details category 999999 Card. For more information, see Editing Basic Data 1.

    More Information

    For information about payment details for account contracts, see Payment Details.

    For information about payment details for master contracts, see Payment Details.

    For information about payment details for card pool contracts, see Payment Details.