# Card payments {#en_pm_cardpayments}

Articles about card payments that involve the transfer of funds with the use of the customer's payment card details.

*Card payments or Cards*—payments that involve the transfer of funds between the accounts of the customer and the merchant with the use of the customer's payment card details.These payments can be processed via the Ecommpay processing centre \(in which case Ecommpay acts as an acquirer, thereby providing the services of *direct acquiring*\) and the systems of the partner-acquirers. The payment instrument in this case is always the payment card of the customer while the payment processing scenarios may differand may involve using specific services and performing various procedures.

Payment methods of this type include [standard card payments](en_pm_card_payments.md), as well as the functionality of paying in [instalments enabled by Visa](pm_instalments.md),and such methods as [Apple Pay](pm_applepay.md), [Click to Pay](pm_clicktopay.md), and [Google Pay](pm_googlepay.md).

-   **[Standard card payments](en_pm_card_payments.md)**  
An article about the payment method which allows you to process payments made with the direct use of payment cards in most regions and supports purchases \(as well as instalments\), refunds, and payouts.
-   **[Click to Pay](pm_clicktopay.md)**  
An article about the payment method which allows you to process payments with the use of cards stored in the Click to Pay service in most countries and supports one-time one-step and two-step purchases and refunds.
-   **[Visa Instalments](pm_instalments.md)**  
An article about the payment method that extends the functionality of standard card payments with the implementation of the Buy Now, Pay Later \(BNPL\) approach.

**Parent topic:**[Payment methods](en_pm_about.md)