{"id":7900,"date":"2025-07-21T01:45:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T00:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments"},"modified":"2025-09-03T15:13:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T14:13:30","slug":"pending-payments","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments","title":{"rendered":"Pending payments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our system automatically informs you about the status of each payment &#8211; whether it is awaiting additional action or has already been approved, cancelled, or declined.\u00a0<br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the transaction is pending, the amount for which the purchase was issued might be <\/span><strong>placed on hold (reserved). <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not be alarmed &#8211; it is not a charge yet, just a <\/span><strong>card authorization check. <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reserves the amount as the payment is awaiting <\/span><strong>completion<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or <\/span><strong>cancellation<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you see your funds on hold but are not sure what the status of your payment is, please feel free to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/help-center\/new-ticket\" target=\"_self\"><span class=\"wysiwyg-underline\"><em><strong>submit a ticket<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> or initiate a<strong> live chat,<\/strong> and our team will be more than happy to assist you.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information on <\/span><strong>authorization holds<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/authorization-hold-why-was-i-charged-before-the-approval-of-my-payment-or-if-my-payment-was-not-successful\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>here in this article<\/strong><\/em><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our system automatically informs you about the status of each payment &#8211; whether it is awaiting additional action or has already been approved, cancelled, or declined.\u00a0While the transaction is pending, the amount for which the purchase was issued might be placed on hold (reserved). Do not be alarmed &#8211; it is not a charge yet,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","kb_category":[36,49],"class_list":["post-7900","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","kb_category-buying-with-a-credit-debit-card","kb_category-payments"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pending payments - Simplex<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Pending payments - Simplex\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Our system automatically informs you about the status of each payment &#8211; whether it is awaiting additional action or has already been approved, cancelled, or declined.\u00a0While the transaction is pending, the amount for which the purchase was issued might be placed on hold (reserved). Do not be alarmed &#8211; it is not a charge yet,\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Simplex\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-09-03T14:13:30+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments\",\"name\":\"Pending payments - Simplex\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-21T00:45:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-03T14:13:30+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Pending payments\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/\",\"name\":\"Simplex\",\"description\":\"Buy &amp; Sell Crypto Instantly \u2013 Secure, Global Onramp\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Pending payments - Simplex","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Pending payments - Simplex","og_description":"Our system automatically informs you about the status of each payment &#8211; whether it is awaiting additional action or has already been approved, cancelled, or declined.\u00a0While the transaction is pending, the amount for which the purchase was issued might be placed on hold (reserved). Do not be alarmed &#8211; it is not a charge yet,","og_url":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments","og_site_name":"Simplex","article_modified_time":"2025-09-03T14:13:30+00:00","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments","url":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments","name":"Pending payments - Simplex","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-07-21T00:45:23+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-03T14:13:30+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/kb\/pending-payments#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Pending payments"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/","name":"Simplex","description":"Buy &amp; Sell Crypto Instantly \u2013 Secure, Global Onramp","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb\/7900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/kb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplex.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kb_category?post=7900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}