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Tap to Pay on Dashboard iOS app
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Use the Stripe Dashboard mobile app to accept in-person, contactless payments for goods and services.
  • Compatible with: Contactless cards (Visa, MC, Amex, Discover) and NFC mobile wallets (Apple Pay, Google Pay, Samsung Pay)
  • Requires: Stripe account, Stripe iOS Dashboard app, iPhone XS or later running iOS 16.0 or later
  • Good for: In-person payments without your own app or terminal
  • Pricing: Pay-as-you-go
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Tap to Pay allows you to process in-person, contactless payments using only an iPhone as the point of sale device-no additional hardware required. The Stripe Dashboard iOS app allows you to take advantage of the Tap to Pay feature through your Stripe account without writing any code or needing a mobile app of your own.

Accept a Tap to Pay contactless payment

Tap to Pay payment flow
  1. Open your Stripe Dashboard iOS app.
  2. Navigate to the Payments tab and click the
    .
  3. Enter the amount to charge.
  4. Select Tap to Pay as your payment acceptance option.
  5. Review and, if acceptable, accept the Apple Acceptance Platform User Terms and Conditions.
  6. When the Tap to Pay screen with the wave symbol appears, prompt your customer to tap their card (marked with a matching wave symbol) to your iPhone.
  7. The payment confirmation page signals successful completion of the transaction.

Other ways to accept in-person payments

If you’re unable to accept a Tap to Pay payment, consider other options:

  • Select Charge a card as your payment acceptance option and enter your customer’s card information manually
  • Create a Payment Link and have your customer scan the QR code to pay

If you’re a developer looking to build Tap to Pay functionality into your mobile app, see the Tap to Pay integration guide.

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