Payments and Refunds
Understand money movement in the Square data model by knowing the data types for modeling payments and refunds.
Payments and refunds represent a discrete monetary exchange. Square represents this exchange as a money object with a specific currency and amount, where the amount is given in the smallest denomination of the given currency. For example, when the currency is USD ($), the amount is provided in cents (¢).
Refunds represent the full or partial repayment for a given payment. Refunds must be tied to a specific payment and a given payment might have zero or more associated refunds.
Refunds must send funds to the same payment source used during the original payment. Refund amounts cannot exceed the original payment amount minus the total amount of all previous refunds for that payment.
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Square has a variety of payment APIs and SDKs for eCommerce (online) and in-person (point of sale) payment processing:
To process online payments, use the Square payment form with the Payments API or use the Checkout API. Online Refund processing is done with the Refunds API.
To process in-person payments and refunds, use the Square Point of Sale API or Reader SDK.
To process in-app payments on a buyer mobile device, use the Square In-app Payments SDK .