== Introduction ==
The [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Payment_Request_API Payment Request API] makes online purchases easier without having to manually fill in all of the personal and payment information over and over againfor every purchase. Together with the [[Firefox/Features/Form_Autofill|form autofill feature]], it saves user's time and effort when making online purchases by storing their personal and payment information in Firefox to be used when a merchant requests payment. The Payment Request UI provides consistency across merchant sites.
The overall objective is to increase user engagement, satisfaction, and retention for frequent online shoppers. We believe this can be achieved by enabling users to complete forms and “check out” in e-commerce flows as quickly and securely as possible. The [https://www.w3.org/TR/payment-requesthandler/ W3C Payment Request Handler API] is builds upon Payment Request by providing a Candidate Recommendation and has already been implemented in other major pluggable protocol (based on service workers) which facilitates purchasing through third party payment providers. Payment Handlers allows web browsers. The API is extensible -based payment applications to any act as Payment Request payment method without requiring the browser to methods which can be Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliantintegrated into merchant websites.
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