# Payments

A payment represents a transaction where a customer pays towards their invoices with a sub-merchant. When a payment is made to Resolve, the customer's available credit balance is increased by the amount of the payment. Payments can be made via various methods including ACH, credit card, check, or wire transfer. Each payment can be applied to one or more invoices.
As a partner, you can also create forwarded payments on behalf of your sub-merchants. The payment will be forwarded from the bank account of the entity that receives payouts — if the payout receiver is the partner, the partner's bank account will be used; otherwise, the sub-merchant's bank account will be used.

 - [GET /payments](https://docs.resolvepay.com/partners-api/openapi/payments/listpayments.md): Return a list of payments across your sub-merchants.
 - [POST /payments](https://docs.resolvepay.com/partners-api/openapi/payments/createpayment.md): Create a forwarded payment for an invoice belonging to one of your sub-merchants. The payment will be forwarded from the bank account of the entity that receives payouts. If the payout receiver is th
 - [GET /payments/{payment_id}](https://docs.resolvepay.com/partners-api/openapi/payments/fetchpayment.md): Retrieve an existing payment by its ID.