*Title: Set up Payment Gateways and Start Receiving Payments
*Slug: payment-gateway
*Answers Common Question: Can I receive payments in activeCollab?

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Speed up the time that it takes to pay <{term}>Invoices<{/term}> by making the whole process convenient and automatic with activeCollab <{term}>Payment Gateways<{/term}>. When a client pays an Invoice through activeCollab, the status of related items and payment history will be updated automatically. 

<{note title="Payment Gateways supported in activeCollab"}>activeCollab supports <a href="https://www.paypal.com/">Paypal Premier and Business</a> account, <a href="http://www.authorize.net/">Authorize.net</a>, <a href="https://stripe.com/">Stripe</a> and <a href="https://www.braintreepayments.com/">Braintree</a> payment gateways. You can choose to use all of them or pick only one that you prefer.<{/note}>

To add a new payment gateway, click the <{option}>New Payment Gateway<{/option}> button in <{option}>Administration > Payment Settings<{/option}> and choose the type of gateway that you wish to add. A pop-up containing detailed instructions will appear and all you have to do is fill it out with your Payment Gateway credentials.

After setting a Payment Gateway and adding it to the list, you need to enable the gateway by clicking on the checkbox next to the gateway name. Additionally, you can choose which gateway will set as default.

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Besides enabling Payment Gateways, you can also set how you receive payments in activeCollab. Click the <{option}>Change Settings<{/option}> button to set whether  to allow partial or full payments. After making changes, do not forget to **apply all the changes** by selecting <{option}>Enforce these settings to all existing Invoices<{/option}>.

After enabling and setting the Payment Gateways, your clients will be able to click the <{option}>Make a Payment<{/option}> button on the Invoice page and submit a payment right away.