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Decrypting Card Payload for Shopify Payments
When this video was recorded, Shopify Payment App documentation was in its early stages and only depicted Ruby code samples.
October 2025 Changelog
October included several updates designed to give teams more control, flexibility, and performance across our SDKs and Vault API. This month’s changelog highlights n...
So you’re a high-risk merchant, now what?
The card networks and payment gateways designate high-risk merchants as less safe than their normal clientele because of evidence like high chargeback rates (above 1...
September 2025 Changelog
In September, our team shipped a mix of performance improvements, features, and deeper integrations. The focus? Helping developers move faster and more securely. Ele...
PCI Compliance Levels: Know Your Level of PCI Compliance
Understanding the different PCI compliance levels is the first step to reducing the challenges they might bring to your organization.
How many PCI requirements are there? A guide to PCI
It’s hard to argue the role PCI compliance plays in today’s digital economy. Today, the framework introduced in the early 2000s outlines 12 PCI security requirements...
Introducing the Agentic Commerce Consortium: A Collaborative Initiative
The buzz around AI is everywhere today. Every billboard in SF, every commercial on TV and streaming services, and every back-to-school night as the small-talk topic ...
August 2025 Changelog
August was a busy month for our team, with a focus on Apple Pay, Google Pay, and making Elements more versatile!
July 2025 Changelog
“Simpler" 3DS Integration Drastically reduce the time it takes to integrate 3DS for customer-initiated transactions (CIT.) Our new guide walks through how to redirec...
Total Processing Volume (TPV): Why It Matters
Total processing volume (also known as total payment volume, or TPV) is the sum of all payments passed through a specific payment processor over a given period of ti...
Hard vs. Soft Card Declines: What They Are & How to Reduce Them
As magical as the payment process can seem when everything is going according to plan, the fun can come to an abrupt end when the transaction is declined. Given how ...