Settlement & Closeout

Funding evidence and closeout evidence complete the lane after the immediate payment result.

Closeout requirements

Merchant funding, refunds or returns, and batch completeness can arrive on different schedules. StableNexus treats those outputs as one closeout surface so the merchant can rely on a single normalized completion state.

The same artifact families apply even when report layouts or callback formats differ across lanes.

Artifact families

Payment result record

Immediate payment result normalized for merchant operations.

Owned by
Acceptance participant plus StableNexus
Used for
Accepted or rejected payment state
Typical contents
Transaction identity, status, and amount context

Settlement evidence

Funding-facing evidence that confirms merchant credit or settlement progress.

Owned by
Settlement participant
Used for
Funding confirmation and funding timing
Typical contents
Settlement state, value date, and merchant credit context

Refund or return record

Post-payment adjustments tied back to the original lane identity.

Owned by
Acceptance or settlement role, depending on the lane
Used for
Return, refund, or reversal visibility
Typical contents
Adjustment state, reason, and linkage to the original payment

Close pack

The normalized closeout output that says the lane is complete enough for reporting and issue handling.

Owned by
Reconciliation service plus StableNexus
Used for
Reporting, exception handling, and operational completion
Typical contents
Settlement completeness, exception state, and closeout readiness

FAQ

When is a payment operationally complete?

Operational completion requires more than an accepted payment result.

The lane is complete when funding evidence and closeout evidence are both available for the payment or batch.

Why are exact report fields not listed here?

The required artifact families stay the same across lanes.

Field layouts and transport details can vary by lane.

Can the recovery path use something other than a callback?

Yes. The recovery path can be a status query, a report, a batch output, or another participant-owned evidence surface.