What Stripe shipped in March 2026

Stripe expands BLIK payment method support to 35 new countries

Stripe has expanded support for BLIK, a single-use payment method popular in Poland, to merchants in 35 additional countries, including major markets like the US, UK, Germany, and France. BLIK require…

Stripe Updates Revenue Recognition for Long-Term Deferred Revenue

Stripe has updated its Revenue Recognition documentation to clarify how long-term deferred revenue is handled in its platform. The key change involves the classification and amortization of revenue fo…

Stripe Introduces Custom Revenue Recognition Rules

Stripe has introduced customizable revenue recognition rules within its Revenue Recognition product, allowing businesses to define specific revenue treatments tailored to their needs. Key changes incl…

Stripe Revenue Recognition Enhancements: Functional Currency, Amortization Granularity, and Long-Term Deferred Revenue Support

Stripe has introduced granular customization options for its Revenue Recognition feature, allowing businesses to tailor revenue recognition behavior to their specific accounting needs. The most signif…

Stripe Expands Support for Pix Real-Time Payments in Brazil and 34 Other Countries

Stripe has expanded its payment method offerings to include Pix, Brazil’s real-time payment system developed by the Central Bank of Brazil. Pix enables instant fund transfers between bank accounts via…

Stripe Introduces Adaptive Pricing for Localized Global Payments

Stripe has introduced Adaptive Pricing, a new feature designed to enhance global payment flexibility by allowing customers to pay in their local currency. This capability is powered by machine learnin…

Stripe Expands Data Pipeline to Support Snowflake, Redshift, and Databricks Warehouses

Stripe has expanded its Data Pipeline feature to enable automated exports of core Stripe data directly into Snowflake, Amazon Redshift RA3, and Databricks data warehouses. This update allows businesse…

Stripe Introduces Machine Payments for Programmatic Transactions

Stripe has introduced machine payments, enabling programmatic machine-to-machine transactions for businesses and agents. Businesses can accept payments in crypto (USDC) directly into their Stripe bala…

Stripe Introduces Adaptive Pricing for Localized Checkout Experiences

Stripe has introduced Adaptive Pricing, a new feature that enables businesses to automatically display prices in a customer’s local currency during checkout, leveraging machine learning to determine t…

Stripe adds UPI payment method support

Stripe has expanded its payment method support to include UPI (Unified Payments Interface), a real-time payment system widely used in India. UPI enables instant fund transfers between bank accounts vi…

Pricing discovered for Stripe

Pricing updated for Stripe: - New tier: Standard ($1.5 + 0.25/mo) - New tier: Custom (Custom pricing) - New tier: Managed Payments ($per successful transaction/mo) - New tier: Terminal (In-person paym…

Usage-based billing expansion in Stripe Billing

Stripe has expanded its billing capabilities to support usage-based pricing models, allowing SaaS businesses to charge customers based on actual product or service consumption. The update introduces t…

Create and manage cards with Stripe Global Financial Accounts

Stripe has introduced a new capability within its Global Financial Accounts product to create and manage both virtual and physical prepaid debit cards directly from the Stripe Dashboard. This feature …

Stripe Dahlia API Release Introduces Breaking Changes and New Features

Stripe has introduced Dahlia, the fourth release in its flora-named API versioning model, marking a significant update with both breaking changes and new features. The most impactful change is the rem…

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Stripe’s guide highlights four key payments trends reshaping global commerce: the rise of real-time payments, the growth of embedded finance, the increasing importance of fraud prevention, and the exp…

OpenAI has partnered with Stripe to monetize ChatGPT using Stripe Billing and Stripe Checkout. This collaboration enables OpenAI to streamline its revenue generation process by leveraging Stripe’s pay

Stripe integrates TaxJar for automated US sales tax filing

Stripe has integrated TaxJar to automate sales tax filing for US businesses directly within its dashboard, currently available in public preview across 30 US states. This integration allows merchants …

Stripe Tax Integration with Payment Intents API

Stripe has introduced a new way to integrate tax calculations into custom payment flows using the Stripe Tax and Payment Intents APIs. The update allows businesses to calculate taxes automatically dur…

Stripe Expands VAT Tax Collection for Digital Products in Non-EU European Countries

Stripe has expanded its tax collection capabilities to support Value-Added Tax (VAT) for digital products sold to consumers in several non-EU European countries, including Albania, Belarus, Bosnia and…

Stripe expands Connect embedded components for React Native with new preview features

Stripe has expanded its Connect embedded components for React Native, enabling platforms to build custom mobile dashboards for connected accounts. These components are mobile-optimized, customizable t…

Stripe has expanded its payments platform with a suite of new optimizations and features designed to enhance conversion rates, reduce fraud, and streamline cross-border transactions. The most signific

Stripe has launched Managed Payments, a merchant of record solution that simplifies global digital product sales by handling payments, tax compliance, fraud prevention, disputes, and customer support.

Stripe removes boolean support for Payment Element radios layout

Stripe has removed support for boolean values in the `options.layout.radios` parameter for its Payment Element, requiring developers to use specific enum values (`always`, `auto`, `if_multiple`, `neve…

Stripe updates Payment Record card properties and adds 3D Secure authentication fields

Stripe has updated its Payment Record object to enhance flexibility in payments orchestration by making several card properties optional instead of required. Previously mandatory fields such as the la…

Stripe Address Element state field defaults to Latin formatting

Stripe has updated the Address Element’s state field to default to Latin-formatted characters, replacing the previous behavior where the state value matched the user’s browser locale. This change affe…

Stripe renames Checkout initialization method to clarify Elements integration

Stripe has renamed the `stripe.initCheckout()` method to `stripe.initCheckoutElementsSdk()` for Stripe.js, marking a breaking change for developers using Elements with the Checkout Sessions API. The u…

Stripe removes deprecated Stripe.js methods in favor of modern alternatives

Stripe is removing several deprecated methods from Stripe.js to streamline its API and improve functionality. The removed methods include `handleCardPayment`, `confirmPaymentIntent`, `handleFpxPayment…

Stripe adds decimal quantity support for Invoice Items and Line Items

Stripe has introduced support for decimal quantities in Invoice Items and Invoice Line Items, allowing up to 12 decimal places of precision. The new `quantity_decimal` parameter accepts string values …

Stripe Elements `elements.update()` method now returns a Promise

Stripe has updated the `elements.update()` method in its Elements library to return a `Promise<void>` instead of `void`, enabling async/await patterns for better control flow in integrations. This cha…

Stripe updates Payment Element configuration for future payment method usage

Stripe has updated the configuration process for enabling future payment method usage in the Payment Element. Previously, developers had to set `payment_method_save_usage` on the `CustomerSession` to …

Stripe expands crypto payment method options with future usage control in Checkout Sessions

Stripe has introduced a new feature allowing merchants to override the top-level future usage setting for crypto payments in Checkout Sessions by adding the `setup_future_usage` parameter to the `paym…

Adds support for the UPI payment method

Stripe has added support for UPI (Unified Payments Interface), a real-time payment method widely used in India, enabling businesses to accept both one-time and recurring payments from customers in Ind…

Stripe updates PaymentRecord with optional card properties and 3D Secure authentication data

Stripe has updated its `PaymentRecord` object to enhance payments orchestration flexibility by making several card properties optional—including `last4`, `brand`, `exp_month`, `exp_year`, `moto`, and …

Risk requirements added to Stripe's Capabilities API

Stripe has introduced risk requirements to the `requirements` hash of the Capability object in its API, expanding beyond the existing locations in the Account object. Previously, risk-related requirem…

Adds presentment details for Adaptive Pricing Subscriptions

Stripe has introduced a new feature for Adaptive Pricing Subscriptions by adding a `presentment_details` hash to the Subscription object. This enhancement provides information about the currency chose…

Stripe adds metadata field to credit note line items

Stripe has introduced a new metadata property for credit note line items, enabling users to attach custom key-value pairs to individual line items in credit notes. This enhancement allows businesses t…

Stripe has launched a one-click checkout experience for Facebook, enabling buyers to purchase products directly from businesses like Fanatics and Quince without leaving the platform. The feature is po

How Stripe Radar helps prevent free trial abuse

Stripe has introduced a new capability in its Radar fraud prevention tool to combat free trial abuse with a single-click activation. The feature leverages predictive modeling to identify abusive behav…

Stripe API Documentation Overview

The Stripe API documentation outlines the structure and functionality of Stripe's RESTful API, which uses predictable resource-oriented URLs, form-encoded request bodies, JSON responses, and standard …

Stripe Developer Resources and AI-Driven Tools

This Stripe documentation page outlines developer resources, tools, and features for integrating and managing Stripe’s payment infrastructure. Key updates include expanded AI-driven solutions such as …

Stripe Payments Documentation Overview

Stripe’s Payments documentation outlines its core payment processing capabilities, emphasizing flexibility for businesses to accept payments online, in-person, and via subscriptions. Key updates inclu…

Stripe has been recognized by Forrester in the Q1 2024 Merchant Payment Providers Wave, achieving the highest score in the Innovation criterion among evaluated partners. This recognition highlights St

Stripe Checkout Enhancements and Customization Options

Stripe Checkout is a prebuilt, low-code payment form that merchants can either host on Stripe’s platform or embed directly into their websites via the Checkout Sessions API. The service supports over …

Stripe has launched Stripe Apps, a platform enabling developers to embed custom user experiences directly within the Stripe Dashboard and orchestrate Stripe’s API. Apps can perform actions like listen

Stripe Connect Documentation Overview

Stripe Connect’s documentation outlines tools for platforms and marketplaces to manage payments and fund flows between multiple parties. The platform enables SaaS providers to offer payment services t…

Stripe Billing Documentation Overview

Stripe Billing provides a comprehensive suite for managing subscriptions, invoicing, and usage-based billing. The platform automates recurring payments, supports custom pricing models (flat-rate, per-…

Fraud teams are increasingly adopting dynamic, tailored fraud prevention strategies instead of uniform approaches. They are reducing friction for trusted users, integrating fraud detection into real-t

The article highlights three emerging fraud trends from MRC Vegas 2026, emphasizing advanced strategies employed by sophisticated fraud teams. First, these teams are reducing friction for trusted user

Three of the biggest fraud trends from MRC Vegas 2026

Fraud teams are abandoning traditional one-size-fits-all fraud prevention methods in favor of dynamic, personalized approaches. The shift involves reducing friction for trusted users, integrating frau…

Testing the impact of Adaptive Pricing across 1.5M subscription checkout sessions

Stripe has introduced Adaptive Pricing for subscriptions, enabling businesses to automatically adjust prices for 150+ countries while Stripe manages currency conversion. This feature is designed to op…

Stripe Documentation Overview

The Stripe documentation page provides a comprehensive overview of its platform capabilities, serving as a central hub for integrating and utilizing Stripe’s suite of financial and payment solutions. …

Introducing the Machine Payments Protocol

Stripe and Tempo have co-authored the Machine Payments Protocol (MPP), an open standard designed to enable internet-native payments for agents. This protocol allows businesses using Stripe to accept p…

Makes Boleto tax ID field nullable in payment method details for Payment Records

Stripe has updated its Boleto payment method details to make the `tax_id` field nullable in Payment Record and Payment Attempt Record objects, previously always requiring a string value. This change a…

Stripe Adds Pay by Bank to Billing API

Stripe has added Pay by Bank as a supported payment method in its Billing API, enabling direct bank transfers for invoices, subscriptions, customers, and quotes. This change allows customers to use ba…

Stripe adds Terminal reader and location to payment method details

Stripe has introduced a new capability to retrieve the Terminal reader and location associated with card present or Interac present transactions. This enhancement allows businesses to access granular …

Stripe Adds Display Name and Service User Number to Bacs Direct Debit Mandates

Stripe has added two new properties, `display_name` and `service_user_number`, to the Mandate object for Bacs Direct Debit transactions. These properties allow platforms to manage custom branding and …

10 things we learned building for the first generation of agentic commerce

The article discusses the inevitability of AI agents in commerce and the challenges of making this future a reality. It shares lessons from the first wave of agentic commerce to help sellers navigate …

Analyzing first-party fraud trends: Account, free trial, and refund abuse

Stripe detected a significant increase in abusive free trials from November 2025 to February 2026, with a 6.2x rise in such incidents across its network. This trend is part of a broader shift towards …

Stripe has announced multiple strategic initiatives in early 2026, including the publication of its 2025 annual letter and a tender offer to provide liquidity to current and former employees. The comp

Stripe has been named a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Merchant Payment Providers, Q1 2026, scoring the highest in more criteria than any other evaluated payments provider. This recognition comes as S

Supporting additional payment methods for agentic commerce

Stripe has become the first and only provider to support both agentic network tokens and buy now, pay later tokens in agentic commerce through a single primitive. This development affects businesses a…

Stripe created evaluation environments to test whether AI agents can autonomously build real Stripe integrations. The benchmark assesses how state-of-the-art LLMs perform on scoped coding tasks within

Can AI agents build real Stripe integrations? We built a benchmark to find out

Stripe has been investigating whether state-of-the-art large language models (LLMs) can autonomously manage software engineering projects. To do this, they spent months building evaluation environment…

Stripe Introduces Thin Events for API v1 Resources

Stripe has introduced thin events for API v1 resources, which are now available in private preview. This update allows developers to streamline integration upgrades without altering their webhook conf…