# Account Billing

## Introduction

Designed for ongoing services (like subscriptions), where the card is automatically charged at regular intervals (e.g., monthly). It requires the cardholder’s consent for ongoing billing and doesn’t need their card information every time.

This documentation are specific for merchants that connect with DOKU Account Billing. It will explain in details how to use the Communication SFTP & API with DOKU Account Billing.

Features included in Account Billing:

1. [Batch Upload](/flexibill/account-billing/batch-upload.md)

   For merchants who have their own billing schedule, DOKU have this feature to make batch payments according to the data the merchant uploads.
2. Recurring

   For merchants who don't have their own billing schedule, all scheduler and payment will be manage by DOKU. Merchant will got a notification for customer registration and payment result from billing scheduler.

## Use Cases

<table><thead><tr><th width="73">No</th><th width="201">Industry</th><th width="267">Used Cases</th><th>Solution</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Insurance</td><td>I have many customers who i need to automatically charged based on schedule that was hosted in my own billing system.</td><td>Batch Upload</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Donation</td><td>I have many customers who i need to auto charge based on schedule, but i don't host any billing system. The amount of charge is fixed.</td><td>Recurring</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Internet Provider</td><td>I have many customers who i need to auto charge based on schedule and the amount is different for each customer based on my hosted billing system.</td><td>Recurring</td></tr></tbody></table>


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