> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://rain-sandbox-trial.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Manage Transactions

> Run the transaction side of your card program: authorization, settlement, overcapture, webhooks, and reporting.

This section covers the day-to-day transaction operations of a live card
program. For the concepts behind it, including the authorization-to-settlement
flow and how transactions land on the ledger, see
[Transaction Lifecycle](/docs/transaction-lifecycle).

## Decide and settle

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  <Card title="Authorization" icon="bolt" href="/docs/authorization">
    How Rain decides an authorization, with the Rain-Managed and
    Partner-Managed variants.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Authorizing Transactions" icon="signal" href="/docs/authorizing-transactions">
    Make real-time authorization decisions over a webhook in a Partner-Managed
    program.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Settlement" icon="scale-balanced" href="/docs/settlement">
    How settled funds move in each management model.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Handling Overcapture" icon="arrow-up-right-dots" href="/docs/handling-overcapture">
    Handle merchants that capture more than the authorized amount.
  </Card>
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## Monitor and report

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  <Card title="Webhooks" icon="bell" href="/docs/webhooks">
    Receive transaction events as they happen instead of polling.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Viewing Transactions" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/docs/viewing-transactions">
    Query transactions through the API and the Dashboard.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Reporting Field Descriptions" icon="table" href="/docs/reporting-field-descriptions">
    What each field in the transaction reports means.
  </Card>

  <Card title="User Balance" icon="wallet" href="/docs/user-balance">
    Read a user's credit limit, pending and posted charges, and spending
    power.
  </Card>
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