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The Open Web Platform is Transforming Payments

To help ensure that the Web evolves to meet new industry needs, we're convening banks, processors, regulators, card networks, e-commerce companies, telecom operators, multiple service vendors, browser and software vendors and others who are shaping the way Web Payments are developed.

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The Open Web Platform is Transforming Payments

To help ensure that the Web evolves to meet new industry needs, we're convening banks, processors, regulators, card networks, e-commerce companies, telecom operators, multiple service vendors, browser and software vendors and others who are shaping the way Web Payments are developed.

A Macbook screen with code, as seen from over the developer's shoulder

The Open Web Platform is Transforming Payments

To help ensure that the Web evolves to meet new industry needs, we're convening banks, processors, regulators, card networks, e-commerce companies, telecom operators, multiple service vendors, browser and software vendors and others who are shaping the way Web Payments are developed.

Design Principles

The following design principles guide W3C's work.

Web for All

The social value of the Web is that it enables human communication, commerce, and opportunities to share knowledge. One of W3C's primary goals is to make these benefits available to all people, whatever their hardware, software, network infrastructure, native language, culture, geographical location, or physical or mental ability. Learn more about:

Web on Everything

The number of different kinds of devices that can access the Web has grown immensely. Mobile phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants, interactive television systems, voice response systems, kiosks and even certain domestic appliances can all access the Web. Learn more about:

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The goal of the Web is to serve humanity. We build it now so that those who come to it later will be able to create things we cannot ourselves imagine.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee