Upgrade your Stripe integration to support SCA and recurring card billing

Why upgrade?

The White Fuse Stripe integration has been rebuilt to support Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and the new recurring card billing feature. 

What is SCA?

SCA is designed to make online transactions more secure by asking people to confirm their identity usually using their phone. SCA is already being rolled out by some banks and is expected to be fully enforced in the UK by March 2021. To support these requirements you will need to upgrade your White Fuse account to use the new Stripe integration.

What is recurring card billing?

White Fuse already supports recurring billing by Direct Debit. Once you upgrade your Stripe integration you will be able to offer recurring card payments for both membership subscriptions and donations. This is particularly valuable for people living outside of the UK. 

How to upgrade

Note that all transactions processed using the new Stripe integration are subject to a 1% platform fee charged by White Fuse in addition to Stripe's own transaction fees. 

1. Log in to your White Fuse account
2. Go to Settings > Payments in the toolbar
3. Click the Stripe feature

4. Click Connect Stripe account

You will see a button to Connect Stripe account. Clicking this button starts the process of connecting to Stripe in a different way. You will be taken to a Stripe page that looks like this. You should log in to Stripe with your existing email and password.

6. Follow Stripe's instructions

Stripe will guide you through what could be one or more steps (depending on the nature of your account). Follow the instructions and you should get routed back to White Fuse.

7. Confirm the integration

You will be routed back to your White Fuse Settings > Payments page and you will see a notice confirming that your Stripe account has been connected. You can check this by clicking the Stripe feature. You should now see your Stripe account ID instead of the public and secret keys that were there before.