Tap-to-pay on iPhone

With Tap to Pay on iPhone and Paid, you can accept in-person, contactless payments right on a compatible iPhone – from physical debit and credit cards to Apple Pay and other digital wallets – no extra hardware needed.

Tap to Pay on iPhone is now available in:

Australia 🇦🇺
Canada 🇨🇦
Ireland 🇮🇪
Italy 🇮🇹
Netherlands 🇳🇱
New Zealand 🇳🇿
United Kingdom 🇬🇧
United States 🇺🇸
Austria (Beta*) 🇦🇹
Belgium (Beta*) 🇧🇪
Czech Republic (Beta *) 🇨🇿
Denmark (Beta *) 🇩🇰
Finland (Beta *) 🇫🇮
France (Beta *) 🇫🇷
Germany (Beta *) 🇩🇪
Luxembourg (Beta *) 🇱🇺
Poland (Beta *) 🇵🇱
Portugal (Beta *) 🇵🇹
Spain (Beta *) 🇪🇸
Sweden (Beta *) 🇸🇪
Switzerland (Beta *)🇨🇭

*Beta version of a product, is a pre-release version that is made available to a limited number of users for testing and feedback. To request access to the beta version you need to contact Stripe using this form and in the "anything else" field write "requesting access for iPhone tap-to-pay"

How to connect

Charge with a tap-to-pay reader offers a convenient way to accept card payments.

Access the app menu and choose the tap-to-pay option.
Enable tap-to-pay and select a location or add a new one.
After a brief connection process, you're ready to proceed.
Enter the payment amount, click "next step," and follow the on-screen instructions.

Note that when restarting the app, a short connection delay might occur.

Please check the availability of tap-to-pay in your country here

Supported devices

Tap to Pay on iPhone requires:

An iPhone XS or later running iOS 16.0 or later in the United States.
An iPhone XS or later running iOS 16.4 or later in Australia.
An iPhone XS or later running iOS 17.0 or later in France and the Netherlands.

We recommend asking your users to update to the latest iOS version for the best performance.

Note

Tap to Pay won’t work on beta releases of iOS.