---
key: save-a-card-in-the-portal
title: Save a card for faster payment
audience: customer
section: portal/invoices-payments
routes: ["/portal/invoices"]
since: 0.0.1
updated: 0.0.1
status: published
summary: Add a card under Saved cards and autopay in the portal, make it your default, allow automatic charges when the company offers them, or remove a card.
keywords: [saved card, credit card on file, autopay, automatic payment, default card, remove card, recurring]
related: [pay-an-invoice-online, see-and-download-an-invoice]
---

In the portal's sidebar, open **Billing**, then **Saved cards**. It scrolls to the **Saved cards and autopay** panel at the top of **Invoices & payments**. The page address ends in `/invoices`. If the panel is not there, your access does not include paying online.

## Before you start

- The panel appears only when you signed in with your own username and the company lets you pay online. A link that opened one invoice does not show it.
- If the panel shows **Card payments still being prepared**, the company is still finishing its card setup, and no cards can be added yet. Come back later.

## Steps

1. Under **Saved cards and autopay**, tick the box agreeing to save the card. Card details stay inside the secure form; the portal keeps only the card brand, the last four digits and the expiry.
2. **Make the new card the default for billing** is ticked already. Untick it if you want to keep your current default card.
3. Tick **Authorize future automatic charges** if you want recurring or scheduled bills collected without another checkout. It is greyed out when the company has automatic billing turned off.
4. Select **Add saved card**. The secure card form opens.
5. Enter the card and select **Save card securely**.

## What you see

- The card is listed with its brand and last four digits. **Default** marks the card used first, and each card says **Saved for checkout only** or **Future charges authorized**.
- The badge at the top reads **Autopay ready** once a default card is allowed for automatic charges, or **Needs card** until then.
- A card with **Future charges authorized** is what the company uses for recurring or scheduled bills. When you pay an invoice yourself, you enter the card in the payment form. See [[pay-an-invoice-online]].

To change cards:

- Select **Make default** on another card to use it first.
- Select **Remove** on a card, then **Remove card** to confirm. Past payments stay as they are; future payments need another card.

## If something looks different

- **No saved cards yet.**: nothing is saved. Add one with the steps above.
- **Saved cards disabled**: the company does not offer saved cards for your account.
- The box for automatic charges is greyed out with a note about billing settings: the company has automatic billing turned off. You can still save the card for faster checkout.
- A card says it is not supported here: it is a payment type this page cannot use. Add a card instead.