Continuous Payment Authority (CPA)

“A type of automatic payment allowing a business to regularly take money from the payer`s debit or credit card whenever they think they’re owed money.
A CPA is different from a standing order or Direct Debit because the payment instruction is with the business, not with a bank. This gives them more flexibility in taking money from your account – they can charge fixed or varying amounts, and they don’t have to specify a date when they’re going to take a payment.”