What Stripe shipped in May 2026

Stripe adds Scalapay Buy Now, Pay Later payments for European customers

Stripe introduced support for Scalapay, a BNPL payment method allowing European customers to pay in 3 or 4 monthly installments. The feature is available via PaymentIntents, Checkout Sessions, and Pay…

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Stripe significantly expanded its AI-powered fraud prevention tool, Radar, to block high-risk transactions across all global payment methods and defend against new fraud types like multi-account abuse

Stripe marked its 10-year anniversary in France by hosting two Paris-based conversations with business leaders from Dust, Wecasa, OneRagtime, Le Monde, Accor, and Matthieu Stefani. The events aim to h

Pricing change detected for Stripe

Pricing updated for Stripe: - Standard: $2.5% + €0.25/mo → Custom pricing - Removed: Stripe Terminal (Hardware) tier - Removed: Billing tier - Removed: Billing (Annual) tier - Removed: Invoicing tier …

Stripe adds card brand restrictions to Payment Links

Stripe introduced the ability to block specific card brands (Visa, Mastercard, Amex, Discover) on Payment Links via the `payment_method_options[card][restrictions][brands_blocked]` parameter. This ali…

Stripe adds Twint support for recurring payments and subscriptions

Stripe introduced Twint as a supported payment method for recurring payments, subscriptions, and future purchases via Billing, Checkout Sessions, PaymentIntents, and SetupIntents. The update includes …

Stripe adds metadata support to pending subscription updates

Stripe introduced metadata support for pending subscription updates when using `payment_behavior=pending_if_incomplete`. The metadata is stored in `pending_update.metadata` and applied to the subscrip…

Stripe adds active status filtering to payment method configurations API

Stripe introduced a new `active` parameter for the List PaymentMethodConfigurations endpoint, allowing developers to filter configurations by active status directly in API requests. This eliminates th…

Stripe adds destination payment description and metadata support

Stripe introduced support for setting description and metadata on destination payments within transfers via the transfer_data parameter on PaymentIntent and Charge objects. Previously limited to trans…

Stripe adds Bizum real-time payments for Spanish merchants

Stripe introduced support for Bizum, a real-time Spanish payment method, allowing merchants in Spain to offer instant payments via phone-number authentication without external redirects. The feature i…

Stripe adds discount tracking to pending subscription updates

Stripe introduced `discount` and `discounts` properties to the `pending_update` hash on the Subscription object, enabling merchants to preview scheduled discount changes before the next billing cycle.…

Stripe adds billing schedules for subscription prebilling

Stripe introduced billing schedules to enable prebilling for future subscription periods, allowing merchants to charge customers upfront for multiple months or ahead of renewals. The feature includes …

Stripe adds amount_paid_off_stripe property to Invoice object

Stripe introduced the `amount_paid_off_stripe` property to its Invoice object, enabling precise tracking of payments made outside Stripe (out-of-band) in the invoice’s currency. This replaces the depr…

Stripe adds discount eligibility control for add-on invoice items

Stripe introduced a new `discountable` parameter for add-on invoice items in Subscriptions, Subscription Schedules, and Preview Invoice APIs, allowing explicit control over discount eligibility. Defau…

Pricing updated for Stripe: - Standard: 1.5% + €0.25 → 2.5% + €0.25 - Billing: 0.5% of Billing volume → of Billing volume - Billing: promotion changed — Pay for what you use. No recurring fees. Best f

Five vertical SaaS insights from Sessions 2026

ElevenLabs, a voice AI platform with $500M+ ARR, is expanding its use of Stripe to support growth, adopting usage-based billing for pay-as-you-go plans. Stripe now powers payments, subscriptions, mark

AWS launched AgentCore payments in Amazon Bedrock, enabling AI agents to pay for services like APIs and web content. Privy, a Stripe company, provides the wallet infrastructure and payment rails along

Pricing updated for Stripe: - New tier: Billing ($0.5% of Billing volume/mo — promo: Annual subscription with 1-year contract) - New tier: Tax ($29 per month/mo ($24/mo annually, 17% off) — promo: Ann