diff --git a/payment/manager.py b/payment/manager.py
index 71a25cdc..c4c1ba6d 100644
--- a/payment/manager.py
+++ b/payment/manager.py
@@ -656,7 +656,8 @@ class PaymentManager( object ):
         #                        urllib.urlencode({'tid':transaction.id})) 
         #    return_url = urlparse.urljoin(settings.BASE_URL_SECURE, return_path)
         
-        p = transaction.get_payment_class().Pay(transaction, amount=transaction.max_amount, return_url=return_url, paymentReason=paymentReason) 
+        # Question:  do I need to set transaction.amount = transaction.max_amount ?
+        p = transaction.get_payment_class().Pay(transaction, amount=transaction.max_amount, return_url=return_url, paymentReason=paymentReason)
        
          # Create a response for this
         #envelope = p.envelope()
diff --git a/payment/stripelib.py b/payment/stripelib.py
index ae2fd650..df669381 100644
--- a/payment/stripelib.py
+++ b/payment/stripelib.py
@@ -645,13 +645,54 @@ class Processor(baseprocessor.Processor):
       '''
         
       def __init__( self, transaction, return_url=None,  amount=None, paymentReason=""):
-          self.transaction=transaction
+        self.transaction=transaction
+        self.url = return_url
+          
+        now_val = now()                   
+        transaction.date_authorized = now_val
+          
+        # ASSUMPTION:  a user has any given moment one and only one active payment Account
+
+        account = transaction.user.profile.account        
+        
+        if not account:
+            logger.warning("user {0} has no active payment account".format(transaction.user))
+            raise StripelibError("user {0} has no active payment account".format(transaction.user))
+                
+        logger.info("user: {0} customer.id is {1}".format(transaction.user, account.account_id))
+        
+        # settings to apply to transaction for TRANSACTION_STATUS_ACTIVE
+        # should approved be set to False and wait for a webhook?
+        transaction.approved = True
+        transaction.type = PAYMENT_TYPE_INSTANT
+        transaction.host = PAYMENT_HOST_STRIPE
+    
+        transaction.preapproval_key = account.account_id
+        
+        transaction.currency = 'USD'
+        transaction.amount = amount
+        
+        transaction.save()
+        
+        # execute the transaction
+        p = transaction.get_payment_class().Execute(transaction)
+        
+        if p.success() and not p.error():
+            transaction.pay_key = p.key()
+            transaction.save()
+            return True
+        
+        else:
+            transaction.error = p.error_string()
+            transaction.save()
+            logger.info("execute_transaction Error: " + p.error_string())
+            return False
                     
       def amount( self ):
           return self.transaction.amount
           
       def key( self ):
-          return None
+          return self.transaction.pay_key
     
       def next_url( self ):
           return self.url
@@ -732,7 +773,6 @@ class Processor(baseprocessor.Processor):
             # IN paypal land, our key is updated from a preapproval to a pay key here, just return the existing key
             return self.transaction.pay_key
         
-        
     class PreapprovalDetails(StripePaymentRequest):
         '''
            Get details about an authorized token