---
title: Payments Architecture
description: Keep agency customer payments separate from Climenos subscription purchases through Central.
category: Payments & Stripe
order: 1
categoryOrder: 50
sourceVersion: "Climenos 1.3.31 source snapshot"
---

## Agency customer payments

The documented Climenos payment settings separate **Stripe**, **IRIS** and **bank transfer**. The main plugin's Stripe module handles charges from an agency to its own customers. A separate Stripe Connect server module exists where that model is configured.

## Climenos subscription purchases

Purchasing a Climenos subscription through Climenos Central is a different payment flow.

{% callout type="warning" title="Separate configurations" %}
Do not mix the agency payment Stripe configuration with the Stripe configuration used by Climenos Central to sell Climenos subscriptions. Keep credentials, webhooks and Test/Live modes separate.
{% /callout %}