# payment\_method From **Stripe API**. PaymentMethod objects represent your customer's payment instruments. They can be used with [PaymentIntents](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-intents) to collect payments or saved to Customer objects to store instrument details for future payments. Related guides: [Payment Methods](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-methods) and [More Payment Scenarios](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/more-payment-scenarios). - Type: `object` ## Properties ### `acss_debit` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `afterpay_clearpay` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `alipay` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `au_becs_debit` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `bacs_debit` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `bancontact` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `billing_details` - Required: true - Type: `object` ### `boleto` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `card` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `card_present` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `created` - Required: true - Type: `integer` - Format: `unix-time` Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch. ### `customer` - Required: false - Nullable: true The ID of the Customer to which this PaymentMethod is saved. This will not be set when the PaymentMethod has not been saved to a Customer. ### `eps` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `fpx` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `giropay` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `grabpay` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `id` - Required: true - Type: `string` - maxLength: `5000` Unique identifier for the object. ### `ideal` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `interac_present` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `klarna` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `livemode` - Required: true - Type: `boolean` Has the value `true` if the object exists in live mode or the value `false` if the object exists in test mode. ### `metadata` - Required: false - Type: `object` - Nullable: true Set of [key-value pairs](https://stripe.com/docs/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. ### `object` - Required: true - Type: `string` - Allowed values: `"payment_method"` String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value. ### `oxxo` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `p24` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `sepa_debit` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `sofort` - Required: false - Type: `object` ### `type` - Required: true - Type: `string` - Allowed values: `"acss_debit"`, `"afterpay_clearpay"`, `"alipay"`, `"au_becs_debit"`, `"bacs_debit"`, `"bancontact"`, `"boleto"`, `"card"`, `"card_present"`, `"eps"`, `"fpx"`, `"giropay"`, `"grabpay"`, `"ideal"`, `"interac_present"`, `"klarna"`, `"oxxo"`, `"p24"`, `"sepa_debit"`, `"sofort"`, `"wechat_pay"` The type of the PaymentMethod. An additional hash is included on the PaymentMethod with a name matching this value. It contains additional information specific to the PaymentMethod type. ### `wechat_pay` - Required: false - Type: `object` ## JSON Schema ```json {"description":"PaymentMethod objects represent your customer's payment instruments.\nThey can be used with [PaymentIntents](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-intents) to collect payments or saved to\nCustomer objects to store instrument details for future payments.\n\nRelated guides: [Payment Methods](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/payment-methods) and [More Payment Scenarios](https://stripe.com/docs/payments/more-payment-scenarios).","properties":{"acss_debit":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_acss_debit"},"afterpay_clearpay":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_afterpay_clearpay"},"alipay":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_flows_private_payment_methods_alipay"},"au_becs_debit":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_au_becs_debit"},"bacs_debit":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_bacs_debit"},"bancontact":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_bancontact"},"billing_details":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/billing_details"},"boleto":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_boleto"},"card":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_card"},"card_present":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_card_present"},"created":{"description":"Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.","format":"unix-time","type":"integer"},"customer":{"anyOf":[{"maxLength":5000,"type":"string"},{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/customer"}],"description":"The ID of the Customer to which this PaymentMethod is saved. 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It contains additional information specific to the PaymentMethod type.","enum":["acss_debit","afterpay_clearpay","alipay","au_becs_debit","bacs_debit","bancontact","boleto","card","card_present","eps","fpx","giropay","grabpay","ideal","interac_present","klarna","oxxo","p24","sepa_debit","sofort","wechat_pay"],"type":"string","x-stripeBypassValidation":true},"wechat_pay":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/payment_method_wechat_pay"}},"required":["billing_details","created","id","livemode","object","type"],"title":"PaymentMethod","type":"object","x-expandableFields":["acss_debit","afterpay_clearpay","alipay","au_becs_debit","bacs_debit","bancontact","billing_details","boleto","card","card_present","customer","eps","fpx","giropay","grabpay","ideal","interac_present","klarna","oxxo","p24","sepa_debit","sofort","wechat_pay"],"x-resourceId":"payment_method"} ```