Anjali-Stripe-objects

[maiden perch]

Hi 👋 those are both types of objects within the Stripe ecosystem:

Charges are the objects that drive actually charging a customers source of funding (like a credit or debit card).
https://stripe.com/docs/api/charges
If you're in the process of building a new integration, then you shouldn't be creating Charges directly and should instead be working with Payment Intents:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/payment_intents

Transfers are objects that control the transfer of funds from one Stripe account to another when using Connect. It's how platform accounts transfer funds to their connected accounts:
https://stripe.com/docs/api/transfers

[unreal sigil]

Yes, this a new integration. Also could you tell me the amount in the transfer is the cash that we need to transfer to the connected account?

[maiden perch]

Sorry, but I'm not sure I understand this question. If you create a Transfer inside of the Stripe ecosystem, then that is you telling us to move an amount of funds from your (the platform's) Stripe account's balance to the balance of the Stripe account of your connected account.

[unreal sigil]

I saw 'amount' in the PAYMENT TRANSFER CODE. I need to confirm that the amount specified in that field is the fund that we need to transfer to the connected one?

[maiden perch]

The amount field tells us how much we should move from your platform account to your connected account. It's how you specify to us how much we should move. Transfers move the funds inside of the Stripe ecosystem, you don't need to make a separate transfer outside of Stripe (unless that is a unique part of your business logic).