Timeline

• 21 Oct 2015: WPWG Launched (first charter)
• 09 Mar 2018: WPWG Rechartered (current charter)
• 31 Dec 2019: Current Charter Ends

How are We Doing wrt Mission?

• Streamline checkout by making it easier for users to return stored credentials and other information, and by creating a consistent experience across Web sites, browsers, and operating systems
• Improve payment security by fostering digital payment method innovation on the Web
• Simplify and lower the cost of creating effective Web checkout experiences

Streamline Checkout

Deliverables	Spec	Implementation
Payment Request	~PR	Chrome*, Edge*, Safari, Samsung*, FF**
Payment M. Identifiers	~PR	(Same as above)
Payment Handler	FPWD	Chrome*, Edge*
Payment M. Manifest	FPWD	(Same as above)

^*: Chrome, Edge, Samsung share Chromium code base.
^** Not yet shipping.

More Implementation Info

• PR API in Stripe, Braintree, WePay, Bluesnap, Paysafe, BS Payone
• Basic Card only supported in Chrome, Edge
• Native payment handler support
  • Android: Android-based payment handlers
  • iOS: Apple Pay

Improve Payment Security

Deliverables	Spec	Implementation
SRC Payment Method	Pre-WD	None
3-DS Payment Method	Subsumed by SRC	None
Tokenization Payment Method	Subsumed by SRC	None

Simplify and Lower Cost

• No distinct deliverable
• Cost and simplification focus of front end development
• Broader ecosystem must be in place before we expect to see costs driven down

Charter: Under Consideration

Topic	Status
Network tokens	Subsumed by SRC
Credit Transfers	Inactive (but still some interest)
Direct Debits	ACH?
ILP	See Web Monetization
Distributed ledgers	No work
Leveraging encryption	No work outside SRC

Charter: New Topics

Topic	Status
Multi-tender payments	After 1.0
Discount codes	After 1.0
Trailing transaction	After 1.0
Billing Address access	In 1.0
Billing Address validation	After 1.0
Merchant validation	In 1.0

See our candidate enhancements.

Considerations for a New Charter

• Payment handler realities
• Formal adoption of SRC payment method
• Web Monetization
• Future of Basic Card
• Other payment methods?
• Priority new topics (see pain points, candidate enhancements, basic card)
• Updated liaisons
• Updated process milestones
• Duration of charter