skaraivanov recently explained how merchants using Apple Pay should handle recurring payments with Vantiv's eCommerce (Litle) platform.
As Stefan explains:
Merchants should set orderSource to “applepay” on the first transaction and to “recurring” on the subsequent recurring transactions. In October, Visa is changing how they do this, making it more secure. On the first transaction, Visa will start sending back an ID, which merchants will get in Vantiv’s transaction response. Merchant will then have to pass in that ID in the recurring transactions.
Customer question: Is the new recurring rule specific for Visa only or does it apply to MasterCard transactions as well? Also, given the change is to take effect in October, when will the details be available in the Vantiv ecom Apple Pay spec, the sooner the better.
Thank you!
The new rules/methods are required by Visa and Discover in April. They are supported by both card brands now; however, we will not have the necessary code in place until the January kit install (on or about January 5, 2017). Having said that, the new elements are already in schema versions V8.30, V9.10, and V10.5, so you could code for their use now and activate the new flow after the January kit install.
At this time, neither MasterCard, nor American Express have made these or similar changes.