Skip to main content

Deposit timing for payments

Deposit timing explanation for CC and ACH payments.

Deposits are created on each US banking day, for every merchant who has funds to be deposited.

Deposit timing is expressed in a "T+X" format, where T equals the processing date of the payin and X equals the number of business days until the payin is made available to the merchant in a deposit. The payin status will move from Processing to Succeeded when it becomes available to the merchant to be deposited.

For example: T+1 would indicate that a payin processed on Monday would be deposited to the merchant on Tuesday.

One deposit per day will be sent to each merchant if funds are available for deposit, regardless of the day they were processed on.

For example: Card payins on a T+1 deposit timing processed on Friday, Saturday, Sunday will deposit on Monday in a single deposit.


Deposit timing

Deposit timing is set per payment method type. Meaning card and ACH payins may have different deposit timings.

Payin deposit timing

Payin deposit timing is dependent on the type of payment method used to process the payin:

Payment type

Deposit timing
(T = Processing date)*

Daily cutoff

Card

T+1 (next business day)

11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT

ACH

T+4 (four business days)

9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT

Standard timing is T+1 for Card payins and T+4 for ACH payins.

Other payment types

Payment types that are not payins, such as refunds, chargebacks, and ACH returns follow a T+1 deposit timing and is not configurable by the platform or merchant.

Payment type

Deposit timing

Refunds

T+1

Chargebacks

T+1

ACH returns

T+1

These payment types are generally reversals and therefore, the funds will be deducted from the merchant the next business day.


Daily cut off times

PAYIN TYPE

DAILY CUTOFF

Card

11:00 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT

ACH

9:00 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT

Payins submitted after the cutoff time will be following the timing of the next day as T.

For example: A card payin entered at 11:30 p.m. ET on Monday with a T+1 deposit timing setting, will follow a timing of Tuesday as T and will be deposited to the merchant on Wednesday.


Weekends and banking holidays

Card

A card payin processed on a weekend or banking holiday will be available for deposit timing calculations starting on the next business day. T will be the day the payin was processed, even on a weekend or banking holiday. X will begin the next business day after T.

For example: A card processed on a Saturday with a T+1 deposit timing setting, will be deposited to the merchant on Tuesday. T (Monday) + 1 (Tuesday)

ACH

An ACH payin processed on a weekend or banking holiday will start the "T" calculation on the next business day. T will be the day the payin was processed if it's a banking day, or the next business day if it's a weekend or banking holiday. X will begin the next business day after T.

For example: An ACH entered on a Saturday with a T+4 deposit timing setting, will be deposited to the merchant on Friday. T (Monday) + 4 (Friday)

Void window

ACH payins processed on a weekend can be canceled, or voided, up until 9pm ET on Sunday. If a banking holiday falls on a Monday after a weekend, then the payins processed over the weekend and the banking holiday can be voided up until 9pm ET on the banking holiday.


Timing examples

📌 Note: Monday deposit includes payments processed on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

T+1 Card Payin

Payin processing day
(before 11 PM ET / 8:00 PM PT)

Deposit day

Monday

Tuesday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Thursday

Friday

Friday

Monday

Saturday

Monday

Sunday

Monday

T+4 ACH Payin

📌 Note: Friday deposit includes payments processed on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday.

Payin processing day
(before 9 PM ET / 6:00 PM PT)

Deposit day

Monday

Friday

Tuesday

Monday

Wednesday

Tuesday

Thursday

Wednesday

Friday

Thursday

Saturday

Friday

Sunday

Friday


Payment expected deposit date

Method Pay provides an Expected Deposit Date for each payment, which represents an estimate on when the payment will be included in the merchant's deposit.

There are a few limitations to the Expected Deposit Date:

  1. This is an expected date and not a guaranteed date. If a payment is in review, canceled, or returned, then the expected deposit date can change.

  2. If a merchant's deposits are disabled, then this date will not represent the deposit date accurately. This date represents the deposit timing if deposits were enabled.

  3. For chargebacks, the expected deposit date represents the date the fee of the chargeback is expected to be deducted in a deposit. Due to the nature of the chargeback lifecycle, funds pulled from the merchant or given to the merchant is dependent on the chargeback status and is not represented by the expected deposit date.

This date will be provided when a payment processes and funds are expected to move following the respective payment type and method's deposit timing.

Expected deposit date populated

The following statuses indicate when the Expected Deposit Date will be available for each type of payment.

Payment Type

Status

Description

Payin

Processing

The Expected Deposit Date indicates when the funds will be available to the merchant as long as the payin moves to Succeeded (i.e is not voided or returned).

Refund

Processing

The Expected Deposit Date indicates when the funds will be deducted from the merchant.

Chargeback

Created

The Expected Deposit Date indicates when the fee of the chargeback will be deducted from the merchant. Due to the nature of the chargeback lifecycle, funds pulled from the merchant or given to the merchant is dependent on the chargeback status and is not represented by the expected deposit date.

ACH Return

Created

The Expected Deposit Date indicates when the funds will be deducted from the merchant.

Expected deposit date removed

The following payment statuses would have provided an Expected Deposit Date earlier in the lifecycle of the payment. But when the payment is canceled, put in review, or returned, it will no longer be expected to be in a future deposit and the Expected Deposit Date will be updated to reflect this.

Payment Type

Status

Description

Payin

Canceled

If the payin is voided, then the funds will not move and the payin is not expected to be in a deposit.

Payin

In Review

If the payin is in risk review, the payin will be held until further notice and is not expected to be in a future deposit.

Payin

Returned

If the ACH payin is return before it deposited, the payin's expected deposit date will be updated to account for the ACH return.

Refund

Canceled

If the refund is voided, then the funds will not move and the refund is not expected to be in a deposit.

Refund

In Review

If the refund is in risk review, the refund will be held until further notice and is not expected to be in a future deposit.

Did this answer your question?