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Unified Checkout to Support New Alternative Payment Types

Products Included:
 Unified Checkout
Region/Country:
 Global
Expected Release Date:
 July 2025
Internal Feature Number:
 18067
Description
Unified Checkout will support new alternative payment methods, offering enhanced flexibility for merchants and their customers. The new alternative payment methods must be enabled before Unified Checkout can leverage them.
These new payment methods will be available for Unified Checkout:
  • Afterpay: a Buy Now Pay Later solution that allows customers to purchase products immediately and pay in four interest-free installments, provided payments are made on time. Afterpay is available in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. In the United States, it is known as
    Cash App Afterpay
    . In the United Kingdom, it is known as
    Clearpay
    .
  • iDEAL: this e-commerce payment system, popular in the Netherlands, enables customers to pay for goods directly from their bank accounts using online bank transfers to the merchant's account.
  • Multibanco: widely used in Portugal, Multibanco enables consumers to pay for various goods and services, including e-commerce transactions, licenses, and taxes. This payment method can be used post-purchase using bank transfer or with a Multibanco card at an ATM. With more than 12,000 machines nationwide, Multibanco is a key payment method for Portuguese consumers and is supported by all banks in Portugal, making it accessible to all Portuguese online shoppers.
Merchant Impact
To use this functionality in Unified Checkout, ensure that the
allowedPaymentTypes
 field within the
v1/capture-contexts
 endpoint is updated to include the new payment types. For example:
"allowedPaymentTypes": ["AFTERPAY", “iDEAL”, “MULTIBANCO”]
Benefit
By integrating these alternative payment methods, Unified Checkout ensures that merchants can offer a broad range of payment options, catering to their global customer base and enhancing the overall shopping experience.