Hello Gravity Forms merchant power users! We are introducing an important update to our Stripe Add-On for Gravity Forms.
- Added feed-level Stripe Connect. Users can connect to different Stripe accounts in feed settings.
- Added a simpler and more secure way of connecting your Stripe account with Stripe Connect.
- Added various security enhancements
More flexible Stripe account options are now available!
Our team is proud to announce a popular request is now available for all of our Stripe users. We have added the ability for different forms to be connected to different Stripe accounts. This has been a popular feature and we are incredibly happy to make it available to our Stripe users.
Learn how in our documentation pageHow does Stripe Connect affect me?
Gravity Forms Stripe Add-On now supports Stripe Connect, an easier and more secure way of connecting your Stripe account to your merchant account. Stripe Connect streamlines the connection process and prevents issues that can arise when copying and pasting account details from Stripe into your Gravity Forms settings page. With Stripe Connect, you'll be ready to go in a few clicks. Visit our FAQ: Authenticating with Stripe documentation to learn more about this update
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) Update
Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), a new rule coming into effect on September 14, 2019, as part of PSD2 regulation in Europe, will require changes to how your European customers authenticate online payments. Rest assured that our team is currently working on implementing compatibility to work with the new regulations and we will have an update ready before September 14, 2019.
We will send an email to all of our Stripe Add-On users letting you know when the SCA update is ready to download.
Stripe Add-On v2.8 Changelog
- Added security enhancements.
- Added a simpler and more secure way of connecting your Stripe account with Stripe Connect.
- Added feed-level Stripe Connect. Users can connect to different Stripe accounts in feed settings.
- Fixed an issue cancelling subscriptions when using the [gform_stripe_subscription_cancel_at_period_end] filter with Stripe API version 2018-08-23 or newer.
- Fixed an issue where the payment amount doesn't display correctly in the Stripe Checkout modal.
- Fixed an issue when a Stripe Card field is on the page of a multi-page form, users cannot go back to the previous page by clicking on the "Previous" button.
I don't love the move to Stripe Connect and the fact that there isn't a way to connect directly to the API anymore. By connecting via Stripe Connect, you get access to each Stripe Account Dashboard, and could theoretically skim funds off of a charge if you wanted. I do not feel that this integration meets the terms outlined regarding the Stripe Connect Platform Agreement https://stripe.com/connect/legal regarding a clear explanation of exactly what the user is authorizing - I would guess that 99% of users have no idea that this gives you access to see every single charge, and or actually use the dashboard to manage their charges. Their assumed understanding is that they are authorizing the code that sits on their hosted website to do this - not the actual plugin developers personally when they log in to Stripe. I get that clicking a button is "easier" for so many users, however at the expense of privacy it doesn't justify the use of the Stripe Connect Platform in this context. Huge red flags regarding this change. I'm a big fan of Gravity Forms and have used it in so many instances, but this gives me serious pause.