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		in this chapter to add, update, or remove payment methods and to make payments.</p><p>You can use the <a href="https://console.aws.amazon.com/billing/home#/paymentpreferences" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span>Payment preferences</span><awsui-icon class="awsdocs-link-icon" name="external"></awsui-icon></a>
		page of the AWS Billing and Cost Management console to manage your AWS payment methods.</p><div class="awsdocs-note"><div class="awsdocs-note-title"><awsui-icon name="status-info" variant="link"></awsui-icon><h6>Note</h6></div><div class="awsdocs-note-text"><p>IAM users need explicit permission to access some of the pages in the Billing console.
			For more information, see <a href="./control-access-billing.html">Overview of managing access permissions</a>.</p></div></div><p>For more information about payments or payment methods, see <a href="./billing-get-answers.html">Getting help with your bills and payments</a>.</p><div class="highlights"><h6>Topics</h6><ul><li><p><a href="./manage-payments-tags.html">Manage payment method access using tags</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-making-a-payment.html">Making payments</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./view-payment-info.html">View remaining invoices, unapplied funds, and payment history</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-balance-application-preferences.html">Managing balance application preferences</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-cc-verification.html">Managing your payment verifications</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-cc.html">Managing credit cards</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-ach-debit.html">Managing ACH direct debit</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./guest-checkout.html">Paying an invoice with Guest Checkout</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-advancepay.html">Using Advance Pay</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-payment-cny.html">Making payments in Chinese yuan</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-payment-brazil.html">Making payments using PIX (Brazil)</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./edit-aispl-payment-method.html">Managing your payments in India</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./emea-payments.html">Managing your payments in AWS Europe</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./payment-financing.html">Pay invoices in installments with AWS Financing</a></p></li><li><p><a href="./manage-paymentprofiles.html">Using payment profiles</a></p></li></ul></div><awsdocs-copyright class="copyright-print"></awsdocs-copyright><awsdocs-thumb-feedback right-edge="{{$ctrl.thumbFeedbackRightEdge}}"></awsdocs-thumb-feedback></div><noscript><div><div><div><div id="js_error_message"><p><img src="https://d1ge0kk1l5kms0.cloudfront.net/images/G/01/webservices/console/warning.png" alt="Warning" /> <strong>Javascript is disabled or is unavailable in your browser.</strong></p><p>To use the Amazon Web Services Documentation, Javascript must be enabled. Please refer to your browser's Help pages for instructions.</p></div></div></div></div></noscript><div id="main-col-footer" class="awsui-util-font-size-0"><div id="doc-conventions"><a target="_top" href="/general/latest/gr/docconventions.html">Document Conventions</a></div><div class="prev-next"><div id="previous" class="prev-link" accesskey="p" href="./checklistforunwantedcharges.html">Understanding unexpected charges</div><div id="next" class="next-link" accesskey="n" href="./manage-payments-tags.html">Manage payment access using tags</div></div></div><awsdocs-page-utilities></awsdocs-page-utilities></div><div id="quick-feedback-yes" style="display: none;"><div class="title">Did this page help you? - Yes</div><div class="content"><p>Thanks for letting us know we're doing a good job!</p><p>If you've got a moment, please tell us what we did right so we can do more of it.</p><p><awsui-button id="fblink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" text="Feedback" click="linkClick($event)" href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/forms/aws-doc-feedback?hidden_service_name=AWS Account Billing&amp;topic_url=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/manage-payments.html"></awsui-button></p></div></div><div id="quick-feedback-no" style="display: none;"><div class="title">Did this page help you? - No</div><div class="content"><p>Thanks for letting us know this page needs work. We're sorry we let you down.</p><p>If you've got a moment, please tell us how we can make the documentation better.</p><p><awsui-button id="fblink" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" text="Feedback" click="linkClick($event)" href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/forms/aws-doc-feedback?hidden_service_name=AWS Account Billing&amp;topic_url=https://docs.aws.amazon.com/en_us/awsaccountbilling/latest/aboutv2/manage-payments.html"></awsui-button></p></div></div></div></body></div></awsdocs-view><div class="page-loading-indicator" id="page-loading-indicator"><awsui-spinner size="large"></awsui-spinner></div></div><div id="tools-panel" dom-region="tools"><awsdocs-tools-panel id="awsdocs-tools-panel"></awsdocs-tools-panel></div></awsui-app-layout><awsdocs-cookie-banner class="doc-cookie-banner"></awsdocs-cookie-banner></div></body></html>