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Use the Stripe Dashboard mobile app to accept in-person, contactless payments for goods and services.
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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

- Open your Stripe Dashboard iOS app.
- Navigate to the Payments tab and click the .
- Enter the amount to charge.
- Select Tap to Pay as your payment acceptance option.
- Review and, if acceptable, accept the Apple Acceptance Platform User Terms and Conditions.
- 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.
- 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.