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Checkout

The merchant-facing payment surface, the form, hosted page, or SDK where the customer enters payment details.

Checkout choices trade off PCI scope (hosted = least), conversion (native = best), and integration speed. Modern hosted checkouts can be skinned to feel native via post-message integrations and Apple/Google Pay buttons.

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Alternative Payment Method

Any non-card payment method, wallets, bank transfers, BNPL, vouchers, accepted at checkout.

PCI DSS

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, the scheme-mandated framework for handling cardholder data.

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