Accept a Bancontact payment
Learn how to accept Bancontact, a common payment method in Belgium.
Mise en garde
Stripe automatically presents your customers payment method options by evaluating their currency, payment method restrictions, and other parameters. We recommend that you configure your payment methods from the Stripe Dashboard using the instructions in Accept a payment.
If you want to continue manually configuring the payment methods you present to your customers with Checkout, use this guide. Otherwise, update your integration to configure payment methods in the Dashboard.
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.
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.
Use this guide to learn how to enable Bancontact—shows the differences between accepting a card payment and using Bancontact.
Enable Bancontact as a payment method
When creating a new Checkout Session, you need to:
- Add
bancontact
to the list ofpayment_
method_ types - Make sure all your
line_
use theitems eur
currency.
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 180 days after the original payment.
There is no dispute process—customers authenticate with their bank.