On 18 March Stripe presented the results of their 3-month experiment with Secure Payment Confirmation (SPC) to the Web Payments Working Group (minutes). The results were quite exciting: conversions went up by 8% and authentication sped up considerably. I share … Continue reading
In September 2020 the Web Payment Security Interest Group published “How EMVCo, FIDO, and W3C Technologies Relate” to describe the relationship between technologies such as EMV® 3-D Secure (hereafter “3DS”), Payment Request API, and FIDO / Web Authentication. In this … Continue reading
The agenda of the recent Web Payments Working Group meeting (19-22 October) spanned three broad topics: Payment Request API, today and tomorrow Streamlining authentication in payments flows QR codes and more payment methods Meeting minutes are linked from the agenda; … Continue reading
Today we kicked off the process that, ideally, will result in the publication of Payment Request API 1.0 as a W3C Recommendation in Q1 2021. The Web Payments Working Group and other W3C groups now have an opportunity to respond … Continue reading
Next week the Web Payments Working Group holds an 8-hour virtual meeting over four days. Our agenda includes: Review of the status of Payment Request API as it is deployed; Discussion of use cases and requirements for a variety of … Continue reading
In late May, about 25 people participated in the first code-a-thon (minutes) of the Web Payments Working Group. We organized three, 2-hour videoconferences, separated by 22-hour blocks of time for independent collaboration and coding. We learned a lot and saw … Continue reading
Following TPAC 2019 discussions last October I summarized how the Web Payments Working Group’s vision of Payment Request had been evolving based on experimentation, implementation feedback, and discussion. Now it is time to share a new vision for payment apps, … Continue reading
Read Part I of this post. A Way Forward These various forces suggest a few main themes for a way forward. Embrace the App part of Payment Apps Installing a mobile app is now a familiar experience. The Progress Web … Continue reading
Please see Payments and Authentication: Driving toward a Whole Greater than Parts. Because I wrote about the work of multiple groups, I chose the general W3C blog over this one.
As people shelter in place due to COVID-19, Web usage has increased dramatically. ISPs, platform providers, telcos, content providers, and most other stakeholders are working to ensure that the network can accommodate the surge. It will be very interesting to … Continue reading