Payment for Stripe Blog: Guides to Stripe Fees, Readers & Tap to Pay

Standalone mode for Stripe Terminal readers

Jul 8, 2026 2 min read Stripe Terminal Card Readers Standalone

Stripe Terminal readers can now accept payments entirely on their own. No app, no phone, no POS required.

Tap to Pay on iPhone

Jun 14, 2022 2 min read

The days of carrying around a hardware card reader are officially over. We're incredibly excited to be part of the launch of Tap to Pay on iPhone, in partnership with Stripe.

International Stripe Terminal card readers

Jan 19, 2021 1 min read Stripe Terminal Card Readers

In late December, Payment for Stripe was granted access to the very limited European Stripe Terminal beta program. We’ve added support for the WisePad 3 POS, a bluetooth-enabled handheld card reader.

Understand why Stripe payments are disabled

Jul 21, 2020 2 min read Stripe Accounts Payments Disabled

Stripe is the payment gateway that processes credit card charges in the Payment for Stripe app. There are several similar payment gateways like Clover, Square, Authorize.net, 2Checkout, etc. However, Stripe is a

Offline payments with Stripe

Jun 14, 2020 2 min read Stripe Payments Offline

Offline payments are now supported: take card payments with no signal, and the app forwards them to Stripe when you reconnect. Rewritten July 2026.