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Accept in-person card payments

Merchants only

This section only applies to merchants accepting card payments. Visit the card payments section for information about payments made with cards from a Swan account.

Step 1: Request a merchant profile​

Before accepting in-person card payments, you need a merchant profile.

→ Request a merchant profile

You can also update merchant profiles if needed.

→ Update a merchant profile

Step 2: Request the payment method​

→ Request the in-person card payment method

Step 3: Create in-person card payments​

Call the API to create payment intents. This lets merchants accept card payments from customers using their terminal app.

→ Create in-person card payments

Step 4: Issue a refund​

Refunds not supported

Refunds are currently not supported for in-person card payments. To initiate a refund, ask your merchant to submit a request to the Swan Support team.

Bonus: Explore the Sandbox​

Sandbox coming soon

Testing scenarios for in-person card payments are in development.