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Update payment record and notify team on refund

Automatically capture refund events and map refund amounts across Stripe and billing tools. Send alerts and update records when refunds are issued, refund amounts are received, or refund event data is capturedβ€”so you can adjust refunded totals, update payment records, and send refund alerts without manual reconciliation.

How this automation protects refund accuracy

When new refunds keep landing in Stripe without being reconciled, refund totals can be wrong and customer notifications can lag. This automation monitors refund events, transforms amounts, updates payment records, and sends Slack and SendGrid messagesβ€”so your team can resolve issues fast.

  1. 1.Receives new refund event

    Integrate Stripe and event parsing to capture refund event data to map refund amount and charge or transaction id.

    Stripeor swap with your favorite app
  2. 2.Transforms refund amount sign

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and data mapping to convert incoming refund amounts to the required sign for totals.

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  3. 3.Finds payment record by charge id

    Integrate Airtable and record search to look up the payments table by charge or transaction id and fetch existing totals.

    Airtableor swap with your favorite app
  4. 4.Calculates updated refunded total

    Integrate Formatter by Zapier and numeric operations to default missing totals to zero and add the prepared refund amount.

    Formatter by Zapieror swap with your favorite app
  5. 5.Updates refunded total in payment record

    Integrate Airtable and data updates to write the computed refunded total back to the matching payment record.

    Airtableor swap with your favorite app
  6. 6.Sends billing channel message

    Integrate Slack and team notifications to post a concise refund message to the configured billing channel.

    Slackor swap with your favorite app

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Calendly
Okta
Zendesk
Dropbox
Asana
Allstate
Airbnb
ActiveCampaign
Lyft
Webflow
Canva
Sysco
LA Clippers
Getaround
Grammarly
HelloFresh
Lululemon
Barry's
Hopper
Casper
Hudl
Miro
The New York Times
Ruggable

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