After processing transactions for your users, Adyen sends the funds to one of your merchant accounts. These funds are split among your users and your platform, and then settled in the corresponding balance accounts.
Requirements
Before you begin, take into account the following requirements, limitations, and preparations.
| Requirement | Description |
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| API credential roles | To configure your sales day settlement settings, you must have the following role for the Configuration API:
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| Webhooks | To receive updates about your settlement settings for the balance accounts in your platform, subscribe to the Configuration webhooks. |
| Limitations | The pass-through settlement model is deprecated and not available for new integrations, except for the following payment methods:
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| Setup steps | If required, you must contact Adyen's Support Team to request and configure a custom sales day settlement for your platform. |
Sales day settlement
As Adyen uses a sales day settlement model, the funds are settled independently of the timelines of schemes and payment methods involved in the transaction. This settlement model enables you and your users to receive funds in batches related to a particular sales day.
A sales day is a 24-hour period in which Adyen processes your payments. By default, Adyen defines a sales day from midnight (00:00) to midnight of the next day (23:59) in the balance account's local timezone. You can configure your sales day closing time to end later if your user's business closes after midnight.
How fund settlement works
Adyen assigns all funds captured within a sales day to settlement batches related to that sales day. These batches are settled together after the sales day ends. The period between the sales day and the settlement depends on the configured settlement delay days. This period is not affected by the date when the schemes or payment methods transfer the funds to Adyen.
For example, consider a balance account using sales day settlement with a settlement delay of two days. All the sales captured for that balance account within the sales day on Monday, January 1, are settled two business days later, on Wednesday, January 3, regardless when the schemes pay out the funds.
The funds settled in a batch are calculated on a net basis. This means that your users get the funds for their sales minus any costs that occurred during the sales day, for example, refunds, chargebacks, or transaction costs.
For more information about how funds flow, see Flow of funds.
Settlement calculation
Before settlement, Adyen calculates your net settlement funds. These are your user's sales figures after deducting:
- Transaction costs
- Refunds
- Chargebacks
- Settlement reversal
- Other adjustments, for example, balance transfers
The adjustments are included as they occur. This means that some adjustments in your current settlement batch could be related to a batch from a different sales day.
Settlement delay
After a transaction is processed, Adyen applies a waiting period for any adjustments before settlement. This waiting period is called the settlement delay, which is defined in your contract with Adyen, and depends on your region and whether you require a customized settlement configuration. You can increase or decrease this period on a specific balance account by configuring a custom settlement delay.
The settlement delay specifies after how many business days the funds in a settlement batch are made available. For example, with a settlement delay of two business days, sales that happened on a Monday are made available the following Wednesday.
The following table shows examples of how settlement delay works.
| Day and time of capture | Sales day closing time | Settlement delay | Day and time of settlement |
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| Monday at 14:00 EDT | 00:00 EDT | Two days | Wednesday at 00:00 EDT |
| Tuesday at 02:00 EDT | 05:00 EDT | Two days | Wednesday at 05:00 EDT |
| Wednesday at 01:59 EDT | 02:00 EDT | One day | Wednesday at 02:00 EDT |
| Thursday at 05:00 EDT | 00:00 EDT | Two days | Monday at 00:00 EDT |
| Saturday or Sunday | 00:00 EDT | Two days | Tuesday at 00:00 EDT |
| Monday at 17:00 EDT | 00:00 EDT | Five days | Monday at 00:00 |
Adyen settles any available funds daily on working days (Monday to Friday), excluding bank holidays. The settlement delay increases when a sales day falls on a bank holiday.
The following table shows examples of how settlement delay works when there is a bank holiday.
| Day and time of capture | Sales day closing time | Settlement delay | Bank holiday | Day and time of settlement |
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| Monday at 14:00 EDT | 00:00 EDT | Two days | Tuesday and Wednesday | Friday at 00:00 EDT |
| Thursday at 05:00 EDT | 00:00 EDT | Two days | Monday | Tuesday at 00:00 EDT |
| Saturday, or Sunday | 00:00 EDT | Two days | Monday | Wednesday at 00:00 EDT |
For a list of bank holidays, download the Adyen Observed Bank Holidays spreadsheet.
Settlement reversal
If Adyen does not receive the funds within 30 days after a payment's capture, we subtract those funds from the current settlement batch. This is called a reversed settlement.