Stripe Elements and Recharge Checkout security

To improve the security of credit card handling, Recharge's payment capture forms support Stripe Elements. Stripe Elements are form fields that are used within Recharge Checkout pages but hosted externally by Stripe.

Improvements

• This improves Recharge PCI compliance – As these elements are hosted externally from Recharge (for Stripe stores), no credit card details hit Recharge servers.
• Improves the alignment with Shopify – Shopify currently uses Stripe Elements on their payment forms.
• Real-time validation on credit card entry – The checkout pages will respond faster for common card entry errors.
• Puts our stores in a better position for SCA – Stripe continually works on supporting SCA with Elements.

Drawbacks

• This update may affect some custom CSS that targets the payment form elements – During Recharge beta and quality assurance testing, no visual changes were identified. However, it is recommended to review your payment forms for any minor updates that may be required.
• This update only applies to merchants using Stripe as a payment gateway – This will not affect stores using Braintree or Authorize.net.