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Apple Pay through KNET is a mandate requirement for all Apple Pay transactions in Kuwait. Following this mandate, Amazon Payment Services has made the necessary technical updates to align with KNET's guidelines.

According to the mandate, KNET Apple Pay transactions will not support Authorization command or recurring operations.

KNET Portal Certification Steps

Complete the Apple Pay certification changes on the KNET MID portal following these steps:

1

Access KNET Merchant Portal

Login to the payment gateway merchant portal with the user credentials shared by KNET:

https://www.kpaytest.com.kw/portal/merchant.htm

https://www.kpay.com.kw/portal/merchant.htm

2

Navigate to Terminal Settings

1. Navigate through the merchant portal to Merchant Process → View Terminal
2. Click on View under the Action column to open the Terminal
3. Click on Apple Payment Processing Certificate under the Instruments & Actions tab

3

Generate and Download CSR

Under the form 'Apple Pay' you will find the following submenus:

• Generate CSR (Link to generate CSR for Apple Pay)
• Download CSR (Link to download the generated CSR to be signed by apple)
• CER Upload (Merchant to upload the certification received from apple as *.cer)

1. Use the Generate CSR option to generate new CSR for Apple Pay integration
2. Use Download CSR option, to download generated CSR. This is used for generating the Payment processing certificate from the apple developer account

4

Create New Apple Merchant Identifier

It is advised to create a new Apple Merchant Identifier for the migration process. Using the existing Apple merchant identifier for creating the Payment processing certificate will also affect the existing sandbox or production payment process.

1. Login to the Apple Developer account at https://developer.apple.com/ and create new Apple Merchant Identifier for the KWD account
2. Once the new Merchant Identifier is created, Under Apple Pay Payment Processing Certificate, click "Create Certificate"
3. Ensure that the question "Will payments associated with this Merchant ID be processed exclusively in China?" is ticked with the default option (No)
4. In the dialog that appears, select the CSR file downloaded from the KNET portal then click Continue
5. Click Download, A certificate file (a file with a .CER file extension) appears in your Downloads folder

5

Upload Certificate to KNET Portal

1. Once the Payment processing Certificate is created, navigate to the KNET Portal - Apple Pay Form and Click on "CER Upload" and upload the .CER file from your local environment
2. Click on the Submit button to apply the changes

Amazon Payment Services Account Configuration

A new sub-account on the production will be created for Apple Pay (KWD) in order to support the new migration without disruptions.

Once the above certification steps are completed:

1. Update Application: Update your existing application to use the new Apple Merchant Identifier for Apple Pay - KWD transactions
2. Map Transactions: Map the transactions to new sub-account configurations
3. Integration: Follow the Apple Pay section to complete the integration. Note that for KNET Apple Pay, you can only use either Hosted Checkout or Custom Integration methods

Support

Feel free to reach out with any questions during the implementation process. Contact our technical support team at merchantsupport-ps@amazon.com.