# Payment instruments

Use these operations to manage payment instruments.
Payment instrument is a term which describes any means of making a digital payment, such as:
credit cards, debit cards, direct debits, payment service providers, and digital wallets.

For more information on payment instruments, see [Payment instruments](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/concepts/#payment-instruments).

## Retrieve payment instruments

 - [GET /payment-instruments](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/getpaymentinstrumentcollection.md): Retrieves a list of payment instruments.

## Create a payment instrument

 - [POST /payment-instruments](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/postpaymentinstrument.md): Creates a payment instrument.
If the payment card, bank account, or alternative payment instrument already exists it is updated.

## Retrieve a payment instrument

 - [GET /payment-instruments/{id}](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/getpaymentinstrument.md): Retrieves a payment instrument with a specified ID.

## Update payment instrument

 - [PATCH /payment-instruments/{id}](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/patchpaymentinstrument.md): Updates the values of a payment instrument with a specified ID.

## Deactivate a payment instrument

 - [POST /payment-instruments/{id}/deactivation](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/postpaymentinstrumentdeactivation.md): Deactivates a payment instrument with a specified ID.

## Verify name on a payment instrument

 - [POST /payment-instruments/{id}/name-inquiry](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/postpaymentinstrumentnameinquiry.md): Performs a name check inquiry on a payment instrument.
Use this operation to confirm the name that is associated with a payment instrument.
This operation supports payment cards only, using VISA ANI requests through Worldpay.

## Payment card created

 - [POST payment-card-created](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/payment-card-created.md)

## Payment card expiration reminder

 - [POST payment-card-expiration-reminder](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/payment-card-expiration-reminder.md)

## Payment card expired

 - [POST payment-card-expired](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/payment-card-expired.md)

## Payment instrument modified

 - [POST payment-instrument-modified](https://www.rebilly.com/docs/dev-docs/api/payment-instruments/payment-instrument-modified.md)