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# Partial Payments

> Split payments across multiple transactions and funding sources

## Overview

Partial payments let you settle a request over multiple transactions instead of one full payment.

This is useful for installments, split settlement, and staged collections.

## How It Works

<Steps>
  <Step title="Create the request">
    Create a request with [POST /v2/request](https://api.request.network/open-api/#tag/v2request/POST/v2/request).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pay a partial amount">
    Fetch payment payload with [GET /v2/request/{requestId}/pay](https://api.request.network/open-api/#tag/v2request/GET/v2/request/\{requestId}/pay) and pass `amount` in query parameters to pay only part of the request.

    The `amount` query parameter is human-readable and must be greater than 0.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Repeat until fully paid">
    Execute additional partial payments as needed until the request reaches full settlement.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Track status and breakdown">
    Check [GET /v2/request/{requestId}](https://api.request.network/open-api/#tag/v2request/GET/v2/request/\{requestId}) for status and conversion/payment breakdown fields.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Key Behavior

* Partial payments are applied incrementally against the same request
* Request status reflects progress until full settlement
* For conversion flows, breakdown fields expose paid vs remaining values

## Use Cases

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Installment Plans" icon="calendar">
    Break large payments into smaller amounts
  </Card>

  <Card title="Multiple Funders" icon="users">
    Group payments or shared expenses
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Supported Payment Types

Partial settlement can be used in request-based payment flows where payment payloads are fetched via `GET /v2/request/{requestId}/pay`.

Commonly used with:

* Native & ERC20 payments
* Conversion payments
* Crosschain payments

## Used In

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="No-code payment links" href="/use-cases/no-code-payment-links">
    Large invoice installments via the Dashboard
  </Card>

  <Card title="Programmatic payment links" href="/use-cases/programmatic-payment-links">
    Flexible payment options via the API
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## API Reference

For full endpoint schemas and examples, see [Request Network API Reference](https://api.request.network/open-api).