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# Payments

**Payments** in Tabs is the money arriving and being matched to the invoice it pays. Tabs collects card and ACH payments, reads your bank feed, applies incoming transactions to open invoices, and syncs the result to your ERP.

## Role in Tabs

Payments settle what collections has been chasing:

1. A customer pays, through Stripe, ACH, a check, or a wire
2. **Cash application** matches the incoming transaction to an open invoice
3. The invoice balance drops and its status moves toward paid
4. Payment and reconciliation data sync to your **ERP**

> **Note**
>
> An invoice is only settled in Tabs once a payment is applied to it. A customer telling you the money is on the way moves the invoice to pending; it is not paid until the cash lands and cash application matches it. For the chase that precedes all of this, see [Collections](/collections).

## How money reaches Tabs

| Route            | What it covers                                                         |
| ---------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Stripe**       | Card and ACH payments collected automatically against an invoice       |
| **Plaid**        | A read-only bank feed that brings transactions in for cash application |
| **Manual entry** | Checks, wires, and anything recorded by hand                           |

## Explore payments

#### [Payments & Integrations](/payments-integrations)

Recording payments, cash application, credit memos, and ERP sync.

#### [Set Up Stripe](/stripe)

Connect Stripe for automated payment collection.

#### [Set Up Plaid](/plaid)

Connect your bank for cash application and reconciliation.

#### [Collections](/collections)

Monitoring what is owed, dunning, and the Collections Agent.

> API docs and guides for Tabs — billing, contracts, payments, revenue recognition, and integrations.

## Docs

- [Payments & Integrations](https://docs.tabs.com/payments-integrations.md)
- [Set Up Tabs Pay](https://docs.tabs.com/tabs-pay.md)
- [Set Up Stripe](https://docs.tabs.com/stripe.md)
- [Set Up Plaid](https://docs.tabs.com/plaid.md)