Payment Restrictions for Magento 2 is a tool to specify payment methods available on the checkout page with regard to the customers' belonging to particular customer groups, as pre-configured on your store.

What is special in Aheadworks Payment Restrictions for Magento 2 in comparison to the native Magento functionality:

• Payment methods restricted at checkout
• Customer groups to restrict payment methods
• All Groups and Multiselect features for customer groups selection
• Integration with One Step Checkout, Company Accounts

The extension comes as a set of similar configuration facilities available at Stores > Configuration > Aheadworks Extensions > Payment Restrictions.

Payment Methods

The page will feature the list of all payment methods, enabled on the store.

To enable/disable payment methods, proceed to Stores > Configuration > Sales > Payment Methods. Should you have any questions regarding the use of thereof refer to the official Magento 2 manual or the instructions of a correspondent payment method/gateway available on the web. For example, if you are using the Bambora APAC extension from Aheadworks, your guide can be accessed here.

Only methods enabled on the store will feature for restricting on the config page of the present extension.

Restrictions

To set restrictions, click the payment method and assign the groups of customers which to your experience will be eligible for this type of payment.

Clicking on the name of the payment method will unfold the full name of thereof, as well as the check-list of all customer groups available on the store. To add/delete customer groups, proceed to Customers > Customer Groups. The official Magento 2 manual will instruct you on how to do that. Name your custom groups meaningfully, so that you later you have meaningful restrictions on payments.

By default all customer groups are given same rights to all payment methods. It means that all payment methods are open for all groups. When in the default mode, the list of groups will come inactive, greyed-out, and the Use System value checkbox checked.

To specify the groups which will have access to the chosen payment method, untick the Use System Value checkbox and click on the customer group on the list. The multiselect feature is available in the extension: select the group, press the CTRL button on the keyboard, hold it and select as many other groups as you need. Multiselect works with your mouse and mobile devices too.

Only those methods of payment which were pre-configured for display with the present extension will feature on the Checkout page. This will save time of customers, and furthermore suggest them you know their needs and preferences.

Integrations

The Magento 2 Company Accounts module allows creating company accounts and assigning them to particular customer groups. Those will be your B2B clients, and thereby they may well need specific payment methods, different to those of general customers. 

The Magento 2 One Step Checkout extension enhances the native Magento checkout functionality for best user experience. It will feature the specified for the customer payment methods in its usual, enhanced, way.