# Payment type

For all kinds of payments, you can specify what forms of payment you will accept.

Beginning at the main screen, select **Admin,** then **Organization** from the drop down menu. This will launch the [**Organization**](/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization.md) menu.

Select **Payment type** to specify types of payment you will accept.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/paymentType.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553071905531\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

This will launch the **Payment Type** page that displays a list of types of payments, their description, position and whether the payment is a cash payment or not.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/paymentTypePage.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553072069193\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

### **Adding a Payment Type**

Click the ![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/addPaymentIcon.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553072564907\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2) button at the top-right of the page. This will launch the **Create Payment Type** page:

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/createPaymentType.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553072674961\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

To create a payment type, follow these steps: 

1. **Payment type** - Fill in an appropriate name of your choice. In the example below, Payment type is Mobile Money.
2. **Description** - Input the description of the mentioned payment type. 
3. **Is Cash payment?**- Check the check box if the payment type is a Cash payment. In the example below, the box is left un-checked since the payment is not in cash. 
4. **Position** - Provide the position number to list in the provided drop down menu. 
5. Check your input and if complete, click the **Submit** button.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/createPaymentTypeExample.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553073086890\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

### **Edit Payment Type**

Click the **Edit** button at the right of the payment type you want to modify.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/editPaymentType.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553073531880\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

This will launch the Edit Payment type page in which you can modify the details of the type of payment.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/editPaymentTypePage.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553074053330\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

When you are done modifying the payment type, click the **Submit** button.

### **Delete Payment Type**

To delete a payment type, Click the ![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/deleteIcon.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553074223207\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2) button at the extreme right of the payment type.

![](https://mifosforge.jira.com/wiki/download/attachments/90243216/deletePaymentType.png?version=1\&modificationDate=1553074332397\&cacheVersion=1\&api=v2)

**Related Articles**

* Page:[Payment type](/mifosx/user-manual/for-administrators-mifos-x-platform/administration/organization/payment-type.md)


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