Step 1
Use the payment provider's approved test mode and avoid entering real payment data.
Practical review guide · Free worksheet
Test a third-party payment iframe for accessibility
Direct answerReview the embedded payment journey in its actual checkout context. Record provider-owned barriers and local integration issues separately so each has a clear owner.
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These are suggested operational checks to apply to your own evidence. They are not additional legal requirements or claims that the workspace automates this entire task.
Step 2
Navigate into and out of the iframe while checking labels, focus order and visible focus.
Step 3
Trigger a documented test error and inspect its announcement and recovery path.
Step 4
Record the provider version and route integration defects to the correct owner.
Worked example
A payment iframe traps keyboard focus and returns an error that the surrounding page never announces.
What the reviewer finds
- Keyboard focus cannot leave the embedded field group.
- The host page hides a payment error below an overlay.
Resulting record
A payment integration accessibility record with provider and merchant tasks.
Boundary: A merchant cannot infer full provider conformance from one test or modify a third-party component directly.
This scenario is fictional. It illustrates a review decision, not a customer outcome or a compliance determination.
Download the blank working record
The Markdown worksheet includes the procedure, the fields below, and space for findings, evidence, owners and retests. It contains no pre-approved findings. Edit it locally without an account.
- Provider test mode
- Integration version
- Focus issue
- Error state
- Responsible owner
Record what you observed, including unknowns. Link each decision to a source and keep unresolved questions assigned to an owner. Share completed records only through an appropriate authorized route.
Primary references and scope
The references provide the legal or technical context. The procedure and worksheet are ComplyFolio working suggestions, not official forms or a certification standard.
A merchant cannot infer full provider conformance from one test or modify a third-party component directly.
Connect the review to your product record
Use the free workspace for an initial public product-page review, then add the manual evidence and decisions this guide requires. A page scan cannot inspect private supplier files or complete every user journey.
Start with a public product page