This review article aims to develop aspects associated with the payment order, by which a pensioned person, a contractor or an employee acquires goods and services, and authorizes the direct discount from their pension, salary or remuneration. Law 1527 of 2012 is the starting point, by which the detailed legal framework of payment order operations was enacted. Nevertheless, other entities such as the Superintendence of Corporations, the Colombia's Financial Superintendence and the Constitutional Court, have expressed themselves regarding the functioning of this body. Hence, by having a diversity of sources, payment order in Colombia will be analyzed more deeply and considerations as to some specific points will be suggested.