Accept a Bancontact payment
Learn how to accept Bancontact, a common payment method in Belgium.
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Bancontact is a single use payment method where customers are required to authenticate their payment. Customers pay with Bancontact by redirecting from your website, authorizing the payment, then returning to your website where you get immediate notification on whether the payment succeeded or failed.
Note
Your use of Bancontact must be in accordance with our Bancontact Terms of Service.
Depending on how you settle payments, there might be additional notification requirements to be aware of.
Determine compatibility
A Checkout Session must satisfy all of the following conditions to support Bancontact payments:
- Prices for all line items must be expressed in Euro (currency code eur ).
Accept a payment
Note
Build an integration to accept a payment with Checkout before using this guide.
Enable Bancontact as a payment method
When creating a new Checkout Session, you need to:
- Enable Bancontact in your Dashboard. Stripe automatically displays Bancontact to eligible customers using dynamic payment methods . If you currently specify payment _ method _ types , see the migration guide .
- Make sure all your line _ items use the eur currency.
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Fulfill your orders
After accepting a payment, learn how to fulfill orders.
Test your integration
There are no special test numbers required for Bancontact.
When testing your Checkout integration, select Bancontact as the payment method and click the Pay button.
Handle refunds and disputes
The refund period for Bancontact is up to 730 days after the original payment.
There is no dispute process—customers authenticate with their bank.