Checkout release notes
2026-06-04
This release of Embedded Checkout adds Embedded Express, a wallet-only variant that displays Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Samsung Pay for one-click payment on product pages and other locations. To enable Embedded Express, call Checkout.express instead of Checkout.initiate when instantiating the Checkout object.
2026-05-19
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout:
- Adds support for Apple Pay in Mauritius.
- Updates the Apple Pay integration:
- The
idparameter in successful Checkout webhooks now holds the transaction ID. Use theidparameter when refunding Apple Pay transactions through the Refund API or searching for transactions on the Peach Payments Dashboard. - The
isApplePayWalletparameter is no longer set. - You can now refund Apple Pay transactions from the Shopify dashboard.
- The
2026-05-13
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout simplifies sandbox testing for Pay by Bank and Absa Pay. You no longer need to include "customParameters[enableTestMode]":"false" in the API request body.
2026-04-08
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout adds support for Absa on PayShap with a transaction limit of R3,000.
2026-03-23
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout adds support for Absa Pay via Pay by Bank.
2026-03-16
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout allows you to test Nedbank Direct EFT on sandbox.
2026-03-06
This release of Embedded Checkout addresses the Samsung Pay known limitation. Embedded Checkout does support Samsung Pay Web.
2026-02-16
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout adds support for Nedbank Direct EFT.
2026-01-22
This release of Checkout:
- Adds the
merchant.nameparameter to Checkout webhooks. - Adds the following parameters to Hosted Checkout V2:
enableAddNewCard- Allows you to enable or disable the add new card button on the Checkout card form.cardSubmitButtonText- Allows you to customise the text for the card submit button.cardHeadingText- Allows you to customise the heading text for the card form.cardHeadingSavedCardsText- Allows you to customise the heading text for the header section when there are cards saved.
2025-11-11
This release of Checkout enables you to secure Checkout webhooks using HMAC.
2025-11-10
This release of Checkout V2 and V1 enables you to set the following credential-on-file parameters:
standingInstruction.recurringTypestandingInstruction.typestandingInstruction.modestandingInstruction.industryPracticestandingInstruction.numberOfInstallments
2025-10-30
This release of:
- Checkout V2 and V1 enables you to set the
standingInstruction.expiryandstandingInstruction.frequencyparameters which are required for recurring payments. - Checkout adds the
schemeTransactionIdandcardholderInitiatedTransactionIdparameters to the successful webhook.
2025-08-25
This release of Embedded and Hosted Checkout adds support for PayShap.
2025-07-29
This release of Checkout enables Windows users on certain browsers to pay using Apple Pay.
2025-07-24
This release of Hosted Checkout adds the cardRemovalUrl parameter, allowing you to remove a stored card from the customer's profile.
2025-07-02
This release of Checkout introduces the payment methods endpoint which is the V2 version of merchant specs.
2025-06-24
This release of Checkout splits the Checkout API into V2 and V1 more definitively and:
- Adds the V2 Status endpoint for querying the status of a checkout.
- Updates the V2 Initiate checkout endpoint to return a
redirectUrlto support Hosted Checkout.
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