Blink payment API release notes
Welcome to our Blink payment API release notes! Here, you will find the latest updates and bug fixes for our API. Each update includes links to relevant documentation to help you smoothly incorporate any necessary changes. Stay informed about improvements to ensure your integration remains up to date.
04-08-2026
This release includes several improvements relevant to merchants and partners using the Blink API.
Digital Wallets
Apple Pay available on supported Windows devices
Apple Pay can now be offered on supported Windows desktop devices through a QR-code flow.
The customer scans the QR code with an iPhone and completes the Apple Pay payment securely on their device.
This is relevant to API merchants using Blink-hosted payment experiences, because it expands Apple Pay availability beyond Apple desktop devices without requiring changes to the payment flow.
Pre-authorisation and Accounting
API pre-authorisations are no longer sent to Xero as completed sales
Pre-authorisation transactions created through the Blink API are no longer pushed to Xero before they have been captured.
This prevents incomplete transactions from appearing as completed sales in connected accounting records.
Payment Links
Fixed Payment Link amounts are protected
Fixed-amount Payment Links now always use the amount originally configured when the link was created.
This prevents the payment amount being changed through the customer’s browser, including for Payment Links created through an integration.
More reliable payment status reconciliation
Payment Link status reconciliation is now more resilient when a temporary processing or notification issue occurs.
Failed reconciliation attempts can be retried in the background, helping successful payments reach the correct final status.
Capture Notifications
More reliable capture notifications
Capture notifications now resolve the correct merchant payment settings more consistently.
This reduces the risk of capture-related notifications failing because the wrong merchant configuration was selected.
Currency Handling
Australian dollar processing improved
Australian dollar currency identifiers are now normalised more consistently across payment and page creation flows.
This reduces the risk of AUD transactions or Payment Links being stored or displayed with an incorrect currency.
Card-Present API
Decline reasons are now available more consistently
Card-present transaction details now expose the decline reason where one is available.
This gives API merchants clearer information about why a transaction failed and can improve support and reconciliation workflows.
More consistent transaction statuses
Card-present transactions now use the stored transaction status more consistently across the V2 platform and related processing.
This reduces discrepancies between the API transaction state and the status shown in Blink.
Clearer live and sandbox separation
Live and sandbox card-present transactions are now separated more reliably.
This helps API merchants distinguish test activity from live payment data when reviewing or reconciling transactions.
Improved merchant reference handling
Merchant references are now retained and matched more reliably for card-present transactions.
This makes it easier to reconcile settlements back to the original transaction and reduces the risk of duplicate transaction records.
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