diff --git a/app/jobs/standing_order_placement_job.rb b/app/jobs/standing_order_placement_job.rb
index e7d609fb1c..829b57b249 100644
--- a/app/jobs/standing_order_placement_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/standing_order_placement_job.rb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class StandingOrderPlacementJob
   end
 
   def process(order)
-    while order.state != "complete"
+    until order.completed?
       if order.errors.any?
         Bugsnag.notify(RuntimeError.new("StandingOrderPlacementError"), {
           job: "StandingOrderPlacement",
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class StandingOrderPlacementJob
         })
         break
       else
-        order.next
+        order.next!
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/app/models/order_cycle.rb b/app/models/order_cycle.rb
index 9ddde06edd..62ca0e5082 100644
--- a/app/models/order_cycle.rb
+++ b/app/models/order_cycle.rb
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ class OrderCycle < ActiveRecord::Base
     ]
   end
 
+  def active?
+    orders_open_at < Time.zone.now && orders_close_at > Time.zone.now
+  end
+
   def clone!
     oc = self.dup
     oc.name = "COPY OF #{oc.name}"
diff --git a/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb b/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb
index 6a43cc9a3a..227b6b0189 100644
--- a/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb
+++ b/app/models/spree/order_decorator.rb
@@ -318,6 +318,13 @@ Spree::Order.class_eval do
     errors.add(:base, e.message) and return result
   end
 
+  # Override or Spree method. Used to prevent payments on standing orders from being processed in the normal way.
+  # ie. they are 'hidden' from processing logic until after the order cycle has closed.
+  def pending_payments
+    return [] if standing_order.present? && order_cycle.orders_close_at.andand > Time.now
+    payments.select {|p| p.state == "checkout"} # Original definition
+  end
+
   private
 
   def shipping_address_from_distributor
diff --git a/spec/jobs/standing_order_placement_job_spec.rb b/spec/jobs/standing_order_placement_job_spec.rb
index d4a3460b98..27805393d7 100644
--- a/spec/jobs/standing_order_placement_job_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/jobs/standing_order_placement_job_spec.rb
@@ -30,15 +30,18 @@ describe StandingOrderPlacementJob do
   end
 
   describe "performing the job" do
+    let(:order) { standing_order1.orders.first }
+
     before do
       form = StandingOrderForm.new(standing_order1)
       form.send(:initialise_orders!)
+      expect_any_instance_of(Spree::Payment).to_not receive(:process!)
     end
 
-    it "processes orders to completion" do
-      order = standing_order1.orders.first
+    it "moves orders to completion, but does not process the payment" do
       expect{job.perform}.to change{order.reload.completed_at}.from(nil)
       expect(order.completed_at).to be_within(5.seconds).of Time.now
+      expect(order.payments.first.state).to eq "checkout"
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb b/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb
index 37732a7eb8..a071373551 100644
--- a/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/spree/order_spec.rb
@@ -781,4 +781,41 @@ describe Spree::Order do
       expect(order.checkout_steps).to_not include "confirm"
     end
   end
+
+  describe "finding pending_payments" do
+    let!(:order) { create(:order, order_cycle: create(:simple_order_cycle, orders_close_at: nil) ) }
+    let!(:payment) { create(:payment, order: order, state: 'checkout') }
+
+    context "when the order is not a standing order" do
+      it "returns the payments on the order" do
+        expect(order.reload.pending_payments).to eq [payment]
+      end
+    end
+
+    context "when the order is a standing order" do
+      let!(:standing_order) { create(:standing_order, orders: [order]) }
+
+      context "and order_cycle has no order_close_at set" do
+        it "returns the payments on the order" do
+          expect(order.reload.pending_payments).to eq [payment]
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "and the order_cycle has closed" do
+        before { order.order_cycle.update_attributes(orders_close_at: 5.minutes.ago)}
+
+        it "returns the payments on the order" do
+          expect(order.reload.pending_payments).to eq [payment]
+        end
+      end
+
+      context "and the order_cycle has not yet closed" do
+        before { order.order_cycle.update_attributes(orders_close_at: 5.minutes.from_now)}
+
+        it "returns an empty array" do
+          expect(order.reload.pending_payments).to eq []
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end