# Payments

The Payments page in the Ripple Payments UI displays a list of payments and information about each payment. Use this information for monitoring payment operations and reconciling payment activity.

![Payments page list](/assets/rpd-2.0-payments-page.0acab243423970ef6241650c575765aae8f9861daade5ccb058684af19a3859d.48710a5a.png)

## Create payment

The **Create payment** button allows you to create a new single- or batch-payment transaction from within the Ripple Payments UI.
For more information about creating new payments in the Ripple Payments UI, see [Tutorials](/products/payments-direct-2/user-interface/tutorials-ui).

## Payments list

The columns in the payment list provide specific information about each payment. Navigate between the **Individual** and **Batch** tab to see only individual or batch payments, respectively.

| Column | Description |
|  --- | --- |
| **Payment ID** | The unique ID assigned to the payment when the payment was created. |
| **Created At** | The specific date and time corresponding to the payment initiation. |
| **Beneficiary** | The beneficiary of the payment. |
| **Sent** | The sending amount and currency of the payment. |
| **Received** | The receiving amount and currency of the payment . |
| **Status** | The current status of the payment, represented by a set of four progress bars, followed by the payment state and the date and time of this status change. |


Note
The payments most recently modified are listed first.

## Approval log

If the payment approvals feature is enabled for your account — in other words, a payment requires approval before it can be processed — you can see the **Approval log** tab. The **Approval log** displays all submitted payment approval requests and their current status.

For full details on how payment approvals work, including roles, approval statuses, and how to approve or reject a payment, see [Payment approvals](/products/payments-direct-2/user-interface/payments/payment-approvals).

| Column | Description |
|  --- | --- |
| **Date** | The date and time the payment was submitted for approval. |
| **Beneficiary** | The beneficiary of the payment. |
| **Sending amount** | The sending amount and currency of the payment. |
| **Receiving amount** | The receiving amount and currency of the payment. |
| **Initiator** | The email address of the maker who submitted the payment for approval. |
| **Approval status** | The current approval status of the payment: **Pending**, **Approved**, **Rejected**, **Cancelled**, or **Expired**. |
| **Action** | The **Review** button. Appears only for payments in **Pending** status. |


Tip
Select any payment in the approval log to open the approval review panel, which shows full payment details, quote information, and the complete approval activity history.

## Filter payments

The payments list allows you to create your own filters for refining the set of payments displayed. To create a payments filter:

1. Select **Filters** > **+ Add Filter**.
2. Select one or multiple filter items from the following:


| Filter | Description |
|  --- | --- |
| **Payment ID** | Specifies the ID of the specific payment you want to see. |
| **Payment State** | Selects the payment state you want to filter payments by. The following payment states exist: **Initiated** **Validating****Transferring****Completed****Failed** |
| **Created Date** | Specifies a date range based on when the payment(s) you want to filter by were created. Select a predefined date range from the drop-down list or enter a custom date range by selecting the start and end date from the calendar. The following predefined date ranges exist:  **Past 7 days**  **Past 30 days**  **Past 60 days**  **Past 3 months**  **Past 6 months**  **Past 12 months**  |
| **Beneficiary ID** | Specifies the ID of the beneficiary you want to filter payments by. |
| **Beneficiary Nickname** | Specifies the nickname of the beneficiary you want to filter payments by. |
| **Destination Currency** | Specifies the destination currency of the payment you want to filter payments by. |
| **End to End ID** | Specifies the end to end ID of the specific payment you want to see. |


1. Enter values for all filter items you selected.
2. Select **Apply**.
The payments now only shows payments that match the filter criteria you selected.Select **Filters** again to see and modify all active filters.