# Payment pending

This event occurs when an asynchronous payment request is successfully initiated. For example, a payment that requires an additional action to complete it, such as a cardholder completing a redirect to an alternative payment method's checkout page.

## Example webhook

```json
{
  "id": "evt_ivjkcjjvkf3eziyaidcys22cbm",
  "source": "gateway",
  "type": "payment_pending",
  "timestamp": "2021-06-11T11:40:34.011+00:00",
  "version": "1.0.9",
  "data": {
    "id": "pay_wafpfwejyitetb5aolywmqbxny",
    "reference": "ORD-5023-4E89",
    "amount": 100,
    "currency": "EUR",
    "processed_on": "2021-06-11T11:40:32.3813833Z",
    "metadata": {
      "coupon_code": "NY2018",
      "partner_id": "123989"
    }
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://{prefix}.api.checkout.com/events/evt_gfb4ff5iov6efmgqggzsqactau"
    },
    "subject": {
      "href": "https://{prefix}.api.checkout.com/workflows/events/subject/pay_jlfj2ful7z3u5lbykhy5lzezvm"
    }
  }
}
```