Overview

Apple Pay: Seamless and Secure Payments with EdfaPay

Introduction

Apple Pay offers a secure, fast, and convenient way for customers to pay using their Apple devices (iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch). EdfaPay simplifies Apple Pay integration for merchants, providing two flexible models to suit your business needs.

Choosing Your Integration Method

Deciding between Checkout Integration and Embedded (S2S) Integration depends on your technical capabilities, desired control, and development timeline.

Checkout Integration is ideal if you:
- Need a quick and easy setup.
- Prefer minimal technical overhead and responsibilities.
- Want EdfaPay to manage certificates, domains, and security.
- Are looking for a fully hosted and pre-certified solution.
Embedded Integration (S2S) is ideal if you:
- Require full control over the Apple Pay UI and payment flow.
- Have the technical resources to manage Apple Developer accounts, certificates, and domain verification.
- Are comfortable with both frontend and backend development for payment processing.
- Need to integrate Apple Pay into a highly customized or complex existing system.

Integration Approaches

EdfaPay offers two distinct integration models for Apple Pay, designed to fit different merchant requirements:

Checkout Integration

This is EdfaPay's recommended and most straightforward method for enabling Apple Pay, ideal for rapid setup:

No Apple Developer Account needed
No complex certificate or domain management required
Leverages EdfaPay's pre-certified and hosted Apple domain
Apple Pay is automatically enabled by our team upon activation

Perfect for merchants seeking a quick, secure integration without extensive technical overhead.

Embedded Integration (Server-to-Server - S2S)

This advanced integration provides merchants with full control over the Apple Pay transaction flow, covering both frontend and backend development.

Merchant Responsibilities:

Register for an Apple Developer Account
Create and manage Apple Pay certificates
Successfully verify your domain with Apple
Build the Apple Pay session and securely pass the encrypted payment token to EdfaPay

EdfaPay's Role:

Provides backend guidance and API specifications for processing the Apple Pay token
Validates transactions via the S2S Sale API

Suited for experienced merchants or partners who prefer to build custom UI and payment workflows.

Security and Compliance

EdfaPay ensures all Apple Pay transactions are rigorously tokenized and encrypted, maintaining full PCI-DSS compliance.

Checkout Integration: Secure hashing is managed entirely within EdfaPay's robust infrastructure, minimizing your security burden.
Embedded Integration (S2S): Merchants are responsible for diligently implementing the Apple Pay session in strict adherence to Apple's security guidelines.

Explore Apple Pay Sub-Categories

Apple Pay Configuration (Checkout): Learn how to set up Apple Pay using the Checkout integration.

Apple Pay UI Integration (Checkout): Integrate the Apple Pay button and manage the user interface for Checkout.

Apple Pay S2S Integration (Embedded): Detailed guide for Server-to-Server (S2S) integration, including custom UI and backend processing.

Apple Pay Security & Hashing: Understand the security measures and hashing mechanisms for Apple Pay transactions.

Troubleshooting: Find solutions to common issues and problems encountered during Apple Pay integration.

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Important Notes Apple Pay cannot be tested in Sandbox — the button appears only in Production.

For S2S, if your certificate expires, Apple Pay will stop working until renewed.