Vortex Release Version (January 18, 2026)

• Improved chargeback fee handling for Canada-connected accounts by applying a consistent fixed CAD fee during dispute processing, ensuring correct fee application, payment intent reversals, and platform fee transfers.
• Enhanced country code validation and propagation across the card payment flow, supporting ISO Alpha-2, Alpha-3, and Numeric formats, enforcing required merchant address data for Priority processor payments, and normalizing country codes for consistent Stripe metadata handling.
• Refactored Stripe payment processing to move payment model to payment intent conversion into the ACS Stripe service, improving separation of concerns, reducing reliance on non-standard card model properties, and preserving all existing Global Payment functionality.
• Expanded multi-currency support by removing CAD-only restrictions for Priority processor payments, allowing supported ISO currency codes while enforcing currency consistency for secondary transactions.
• Enabled environment-specific configuration for Apple Pay Discover, allowing Discover transactions in the QA-AUS certification environment while preserving existing behavior in other QA environments.
• Improved the 3DS challenge experience by displaying the correct transaction-specific merchant name during authentication, ensuring both on-screen challenges and OTP messages reflect the actual merchant instead of a default aggregator name.

Impact

These updates improve payment accuracy, multi-currency flexibility, and international support while strengthening Stripe integration maintainability. Operational teams benefit from more consistent chargeback handling, clearer 3DS authentication messaging, and expanded testing capabilities without affecting existing production behavior.