W3C Payment APIs

W3C Payment APIs

W3C Payment APIs is an emerging standard being developed by the W3C to simplify online payments. You can use them with any browser, any payment methods or service providers. This brings this APIs more development simplicity, deployment consistency, and future compatibility with emerging payment technologies.

This API simplifies the checkout flow so that users/consumers can easily purchase items. And for merchants, this API makes it easier to implement with a variety of payment options already filtered for the customer. Since this API supports any payment method, it allows relatively easy integration.

Standard

These APIs are standard and open to anyone. It allows anyone to implement payment on the web.

Made with Simplicity

W3C Payment APIs are made with simplicity. They help the user to fill the required fields from the recently used addresses and other data stored in the browser. Which means, the payment is now just a few taps away for the user.

Secure

Anyone can implement web payment with W3C Payment APIs. They can easily integrate a secure payment solution.

Here is a starter guide by Google Developers on Web Payment.

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