What's new: 2024
March 2024
Developer platform
Default activation of reCAPTCHA for e-commerce iframe integrations
Clover enabled the reCAPTCHA feature to mitigate card-testing attacks for your e-commerce transactions. This feature gets activated automatically when you enable the online payment option for an existing application in the developer app settings.
Developer Dashboard > Edit Requested Permissions page
See Clover Ecommerce vs. Bots: reCAPTCHA Your Website to learn more about implementing CAPTCHA as a security feature in your Ecommerce integration.
Enhanced the developer bank account add and update feature
The manage bank account self-service feature on the Developer Dashboard helps you add or update your developer bank account details with Clover. Prior to March 2024, the feature had limitations in supporting specific countries, SWIFT-based accounts, Sort code-based United Kingdom (UK) accounts, and Business Identifier Code (BIC) for international bank accounts.
With the enhanced feature, separate user interface workflows on the Developer Dashboard facilitate the process of adding and updating international bank accounts or Canadian and United States (US) bank accounts. You need to provide the following information for your bank account:
- United States and Canada—Routing number
- International bank accounts—SWIFT/BIC (Business Identifier Code) or IBAN (International Bank Account Number)
- United Kingdom—Sort code
The specific code information helps identify bank accounts in different regions and facilitates secure money transfers. See Manage developer bank account information for more details.
Documentation
Added quick reference guides for LATAM developers
If you are developing apps for Argentina in the Latin America (LATAM) region, you can now download quick reference guides (QRGs) in Spanish. The QRGs provide information about the Clover sandbox, semi-integrations, and more. The following QRGs were added in the Quick reference guides for LATAM region: Argentina developers:
Hardware
Upgraded Clover Go v4.6
Upgraded Clover Go devices, compatible with iOS version 14 or Android version 8, to version 4.6 with the following features:
- Support 86-ing: Displays item availability with a toggle indicator
- Add order types (iOS)
- Modifier enhancements:
- Add custom modifiers
- Add multiple of the same modifier
- Create/edit modifier group
- Add support for Purchase card L2 data
- Support configurable payment thresholds (iOS)
- Support transactions for deposit reconciliation within Clover Go (webview)
- Display closeout settings (web view)
February 2024
Documentation
Added information about the global developer platform
Clover launched the global developer platform for developers creating integrations — app-based and semi-integration — for the North America region. Developers in Europe and Latin America—Argentina can continue to use the developer platform with separate sandbox and production environments. We updated the following Clover environment-related topics to indicate the regions and platform-specific information:
- Use Clover developer environments
- Get started with sandbox environment
- Create a sandbox developer account
- Get started with production environment
- Create production developer accounts
Added information on card testing fraud on e-commerce websites
Added a new topic on how to protect e-commerce websites from card testing fraud. Card testing, also known as carding, account testing, and card checking, is a fraudulent activity where a fraudster uses stolen partial or full card credentials to make a small payment, such as a $1 purchase on an e-commerce website. The purchase is intended to verify if the card is active, check the card expiration date, and validate or guess the card verification value (CVV). If the small purchase is successful, the fraudster starts making larger purchases.
Understanding card testing methods and taking preventive measures are crucial for safeguarding hosted payment pages and e-commerce websites. Detecting and blocking card testing can save transaction fees, inventory, and reputation. To learn more about card testing, see Protect Ecommerce merchants from card testing fraud.
January 2024
Developer platform
reCAPTCHA for iframe integrations
Added the reCAPTCHA setting on the Developer Dashboard while setting the app-based iframe (Ecommerce) integrations. reCAPTCHA test blocks automated software attacks and prevents transaction spamming.
Enable or disable the reCAPTACHA settings from the Developer Dashboard: Your Apps > App Settings > Ecommerce Settings > Hosted iFrame.
Edit Ecommerce settings pop-up: Use reCAPTCHA
Recommendation for developers
Clover requires all hosted iframe pages to be protected by reCAPTCHA and recommends turning on the reCAPTCHA setting. You can also integrate your own reCAPTCHA test. See Manage app settings.
Ecommerce
Added Gift Card API for Ecommerce
The Gift Card API for ecommerce supports Clover Gift Card solutions. Customers can redeem the value of gift cards for services, merchandise, or even cash, depending on the terms and conditions set by the issuer of the gift card. Gift cards are redeemable online and at point of sale (POS).
Your merchant needs to sign up for Clover Gift Cards to use the Gift Card API. See the Gift Card API tutorial for more details.
Documentation
Added quick reference guides for LATAM developers
If you are developing apps for Argentina in the Latin America (LATAM) region, you can now download quick reference guides (QRGs) in Spanish. The QRGs provide information about the Clover sandbox, semi-integrations, and more. See Quick reference guides for LATAM region: Argentina developers for a list of QRGs.
Updated the left navigation to include the global developer platform
Clover launched the global developer platform for developers creating integrations — app-based and semi-integration — for the North America region. We are updating Clover developer documents to include information related to the global developer platform. You can access this information from the left navigation on docs.clover.com.
Left navigation on docs.clover.com
Updated the Known issues and workaround topic for the global developer platform
We have added information on how to prevent or resolve developer account lockout due to incorrect login link (URL) on the global developer platform.
Hardware
Clover Android ROM quarterly release
We released the 2024 quarter 1 Clover Android ROM updates to the Clover sandbox environment. ROM updates contain essential bug fixes, security updates, and necessary feature additions.
See the Clover Android ROM first quarter 2024 updates announcement for more details.
Updated 3 days ago