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From: Ade Bateman Introduction
checkout flows that support various payment schemes.
This specification describes an API that allows user agents (e.g., browsers) to act - as an intermediary between the three key parties in every transaction: the merchant (e.g., an - online web store), the buyer (e.g., the user buying from the online web store), and the - Payment Method (e.g., credit card). Information - necessary to process and confirm a transaction is passed between the Payment Method and the - merchant via the user agent with the buyer confirming and authorizing as necessary across - the flow.
+ as an intermediary between three systems in every transaction: the merchant (e.g., an + online web store), the buyer represented by the user agent (e.g., the user buying from the + online web store), and the Payment Method + (e.g., credit card). Information necessary to process and confirm a transaction is passed between + the Payment Method and the merchant via the user agent with the buyer confirming + and authorizing as necessary across the flow.In addition to better, more consistent user experiences, this also enables web sites to take advantage of more secure payment schemes (e.g., tokenization and system-level authentication)