The acceptance rate reflects the percentage of payments that successfully make it through the following key stages of the payment flow:
- For card payments, a payment is considered accepted if it's successfully authorized.
- For alternative payment methods (APMs) that support automatic payment capture, a payment is considered accepted if it's successfully authorized.
- For APMs that do not support automatic payment capture, a payment is considered accepted if it's successfully captured after authorization.
The capture rate is a business metric that shows the percentage of funds successfully captured after authorization.