Introduction to Recurring Billing

This guide explains how to use the Recurring Billing service in the
Business Center
.
The Recurring Billing service enables you to create and manage payment plans and subscriptions for recurring payment schedules. It automates the storage and handling of your customer’s payment information and personal data within secure Visa data centers in compliance with credentials-on-file (COF) best practices. Storage risks and the PCI DSS scope are reduced through the use of
the
Token Management Service
(
TMS
)
.
Cybersource
Recurring Billing consists of these three elements:
  • Plan:
    Stores the billing schedule.
  • Subscription:
    Combines the token and plan and defines the subscription start date, name, and description.
  • Token:
    Stores customer billing, shipping, and payment details.
Recurring Billing is available using the REST API. For information about REST, see the
Cybersource
Hello world sandbox at the Developer Center.
For information on Recurring Billing for developers, see the
Recurring Billing Developer Guide
.

Prerequisites

Your account must be enabled for Recurring Billing and configured for
the
Token Management Service
(
TMS
)
. The customer token is the only token type that can be used with Recurring Billing.