How to pay crypto invoices using Metamask: a step-by-step guide on Request Finance
Learn how to pay crypto invoices using Metamask wallet on Request Finance. Follow the step-by-step guide on how to create, fund and connect to Request Finance to pay your invoices and other crypto payments.
Metamask is a popular cryptocurrency wallet that allows users to manage their Ethereum-based assets and interact with dApps. In this tutorial, we will show you how to pay crypto invoices on Request Finance using Metamask.
In a nutshell, here are the steps you will need to follow:
1. Create & Fund your Metamask Wallet
2. Connect Metamask to Request Finance
3. Pay crypto invoices using Request Finance using Metamask
4. Access a compliant paper trail of each of your crypto payments
5. Disconnect Metamask from Request Finance
Step 1: Create & fund your Metamask wallet
The first step is to install Metamask on your browser. Metamask is available as a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Brave. To install Metamask, visit the Metamask website and follow the instructions specific to your preferred web browser.
Once you have installed Metamask, you need to create a wallet to store your digital assets. To create a wallet, click on the Metamask icon in your browser and follow the instructions.
To use Request Finance, you need to have Ethereum in your Metamask wallet. You can fund your wallet by buying Ethereum from an exchange, or transferring Ethereum from another wallet.
Step 2: Connect Metamask to Request Finance
To connect Metamask to Request Finance, go to the Request Finance website and click on the "Connect" button. Alternatively, you can
This will open a popup window that will prompt you to connect your Metamask wallet.
Click on the "Connect" button in the popup window, and Metamask will ask you to confirm the connection.
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Step 3: Pay crypto invoices using Request Finance
Once your invoices are approved, you can start paying your crypto invoices.
Request Finance offers single or batch payment options, to pay multiple crypto invoices:
- Click on Pay and select batch payment
- Select the approved invoices you wish to pay
- Click on batch payment and select Metamask as wallet
- If Metamask is connected, you can click on pay now and confirm the transaction on Metamask
- If Metamask is not yet connected, select Metamask on the wallet pop up modal.
- *For first time payment, you will need to approve the spending of your tokens (you have the option to approve the spending one time or unlimited approval for future payments).
- Once the payment of crypto invoices is confirmed on Metamask, wait for a few seconds, Request Finance technology automatically reconciles those payments and changes the status of your invoices to “Paid”.
Here is a 2min video tutorial demonstrating a batch payment using Request Finance and a Metamask wallet 👇
Batch payments using Metamask (with Request Finance)
Step 4: Accounting for your crypto payments
Once your crypto payments are automatically reconciled, you can access and export all your data and paper trails by clicking on “more actions” on every single invoices or go to settings -> “My Data” and export all your crypto transactions history.
Step 5: Disconnect Metamask from Request Finance
When you are finished using any decentralized application like Request Finance, it is a good practice to disconnect your Metamask wallet.
To disconnect Metamask from Request Finance, click on your profile on Request Finance (top right), click on the connected wallet, a pop up will appear and click on “disconnect”.
Conclusion
Using Request Finance with Metamask is a simple and straightforward process. By following these steps, you can easily make hundreds of crypto payments in a few clicks.
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