Introduction to

Recurring Billing

The recurring billing service enables you to manage payment plans and subscriptions for recurring payment schedules. It securely stores your customer's payment information and personal data within secure Visa data centers, reducing storage risks and the PCI DSS scope through the use of

the

Token Management Service

(

TMS

)

.

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Recurring Billing consists of these three elements:

Token
: stores customer billing, shipping, and payment details.
Plan
: stores the billing schedule.
Subscription
: combines the token and plan and defines the subscription start date, name, and description.

Recurring Billing is available using the REST API. For information about REST, see the

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Hello world sandbox at the Developer Center.

For information on Recurring Billing for developers, see the

Recurring Billing Developer Guide

for the REST API.