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Change Log Summary
December 31st, 2024 by Frankderrick Musoga
This post provides a comprehensive summary of updates and new features introduced across our platform over time. It includes the most recent changes from 2024, followed by updates from previous years to help you stay informed about the latest enhancements and improvements.
| Date | Release | Details |
|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Responsive HPP and improved design | Orbital's class leading Hosted Payment Page is going mobile (and tablet!), ensuring customers will always have the best experience for their device of choice. This release also delivers an improved design. Announcement |
| October 2024 | Embedded Payment Pages (EPP) | The Embedded Payment Page (EPP) feature for the Crypto Payment Gateway product allows customers to pay without being redirected from the merchant's checkout site via an easy to integrate solution. API Docs Announcement |
| Confirmation of Payee for GBP beneficiaries | Make payments from our Global Payments product with confidence that the account being paid actually belongs to the business or individual you intend to pay. Announcement | |
| September 2024 | Binance Pay on HPP | Use Binance Pay directly on the HPP via https://hpp.getorbital.io/invoice/deposit. Eliminate blockchain-related errors. Usage Guide |
| Binance Pay payouts | Unlock speed by paying out directly to your customer's Binance wallets via https://api.getorbital.io/crypto/withdrawal/binance. | |
| August 2024 | Improved security for outbound payments | Strong customer authentication is now in place for more secure outbound payments for the Global Payments product. Users will be required to undergo multifactor authentication when creating a new beneficiary in the Client Portal. |
| Additional African currency support for EFX | New currencies added for Orbital's Exotic Foreign Exchange product. African currencies added for converting into stablecoin: π³π¬ Nigerian Naira (NGN), πΏπ¦ South African Rand (ZAR), π°πͺ Kenyan Shilling (KES), πΉπΏ Tanzanian Shilling (TZS), π¨π² West African CFA Franc (XOF), π¨π« Central African CFA Franc (XAF), π²πΌ Malawian Kwacha (MWK), π¬π Ghanaian Cedi (GHS), πΏπ² Zambian Kwacha (ZMW), πΊπ¬ Ugandan Shilling (UGX), π·πΌ Rwandan Franc (RWF), π§πΌ Botswana Pula (BWP), πͺπ¬ Egyptian Pound (EGP). Announcement | |
| June 2024 | Webhook trail for Crypto Payment Gateway payins and payouts | View webhooks sent for Crypto Payment Gateway payins and payouts in the Client Portal, and initiate re-sending of any webhooks that were not successfully processed or received. Announcement |
| May 2024 | Orbital Now Supports USDC and USDT on Binance Smart Chain | Expands crypto payment options for the Crypto Payment Gateway product. Announcement |
| April 2024 | Auto-refunds of Crypto Payment Gateway deposits | This feature brings automation for deposits that are to be returned because they fall outside of the leniency/flexibility thresholds that were configured as part of the earlier released Flexible Crypto Payment Gateway deposits functionality. The customer that made the deposit is able to self serve their refund. |
| Improved currency conversion creation interface in the Client Portal | Iterative improvement to the general look and feel when creating a currency conversion between two accounts on the Global Payments product. | |
| March 2024 | Improved authentication experience during login to the Client Portal | Gone are the days of pop up blockers interrupting the Client Portal log in flow. |
| February 2024 | Improved management of Crypto Payment Gateway activity in the Client Portal | Easily manage all of your instances (view payins and payouts, download reports, manage API keys and webhook URLs) with an intuitive entity switcher. |
| January 2024 | Flexible Crypto Payment Gateway deposits | Allows merchants to customise under and over payment percentage based thresholds for deposits made via the invoice payment method (API or Hosted Payment Page). Usage Guide |
| December 2023 | Manual Ecommerce Payouts | Initiate crypto payouts through the Client Portal. Usage Guide |
| Receive by Link | Create invoice payment links with Orbitalβs Hosted Payment Pages. Usage Guide Announcement | |
| API Key Management | New interface for self-service API key and webhook management. Usage Guide | |
| Get Ecommerce Payments via API | Fetch payments using the /Get Payment endpoint. API Docs | |
| October 2023 | New Payment Initiation Experience | Enhanced payment creation flow. Usage Guide |
| New Currency Conversion Experience | Improved currency conversion layout. Usage Guide | |
| September 2023 | Conversions History | Full view of all conversions between Global Payment platform payment accounts. Usage Guide |
| Approval Rules for Internal Transfers | Apply approval rules for internal transfers between Ecommerce and Global Payment accounts. | |
| August 2023 | Unified Platform | Consolidation of Ecommerce and Global Payment platforms for easier account access. Usage Guide |
| Cross Product Internal Transfers | Seamless fund transfers between Global Payments and Ecommerce accounts. Usage Guide | |
| June 2023 | Beneficiary Management | Create and manage beneficiaries for the Global Payments platform via the Client Portal. Usage Guide |
| Payment History | New screen to view all payments created on the Global Payments platform with search and filter options. Usage Guide | |
| Binance Pay for Crypto Payment Gateway deposits | Users making crypto deposits via the Orbital Hosted Payment Page are now able to make a deposit directly from their Binance wallets via Binance Pay by simply scanning a QR code. Announcement | |
| May 2023 | Improved Transaction Notifications | Email notifications for internal transfers and currency conversions. |
| March 2023 | Fiat Beneficiary Pre-Approval | Automated review and approval of new fiat beneficiaries. |
| February 2023 | Web3 payment methods for Hosted Payment Pages | Improvement to Orbital's low code Hosted Payment Page solution which allows your customers to complete the deposit or payment in 2 clicks using their self-hosted wallets (MetaMask/WalletConnect for Ethereum blockchain, and TronLink for Tron blockchain). Announcement |
| November 2022 | Hosted Payment Pages for Crypto Payment Gateway deposits | Go to market in no time with Orbital's low code Hosted Payment Page solution for accepting crypto deposits from customers on your website. Gone are the days of clients needing to build their own deposit UI/UX. With Orbital's whitelabel payment pages, customise with logos, branding and colouring to ensure continuity with your checkout page. See here |
| Additional fiat currencies for Global Payments accounts and payments | Additional fiat currencies for accounts, payments and currency conversions on the Global Payments platform. Currencies added are: π¨π¦ Canadian Dollar (CAD), π¨π Swiss Franc (CHF), π¨πΏ Czech Koruna (CZK), π©π° Danish Krone (DKK), ππΊ Hungarian Forint (HUF), π³π΄ Norwegian Krone (NOK), π΅π± Polish zΕoty (PLN), π·π΄ Romanian Leu (RON), πΈπͺ Swedish Krone (SEK). Receive, send and manage funds via the Client Portal. | |
| September 2022 | User Management | Add, manage, and revoke user accesses via the Client Portal. Usage Guide |
| Payment Approval Rules | Create payment approval rules for payments to external beneficiaries created on the Global Payments platform. Usage Guide | |
| Account Creation | Create and modify corporate accounts in supported currencies. Usage Guide | |
| Payment Email Notifications | Email notifications for outbound and inbound payments on corporate accounts | |
| Transfer Confirmations | Download PDF confirmations for payments on corporate accounts. | |
| August 2022 | Indicative Rates for Exotic FX | View indicative rates for Exotic FX pairs. |
| July 2022 | USDT (TRC20) Digital Asset Vaults and Trading | Send, receive, or trade USDT (TRC20) within your Digital Asset Vault on the Global Payments platform. Accept deposits from customers and make payouts in USDT (TRC20) via the Crypto Payment Gateway. |
| USDC on Solana | Receive deposits on Orbital's Crypto Payment Gateway from customers via USDC on the Solana layer 1 blockchain protocol on the Crypto Payment Gateway. Announcement | |
| May 2022 | USDC (ERC20) Digital Asset Vaults and Trading | Send, receive, or trade USDC (ERC20) within your Digital Asset Vault on the Global Payments platform. Accept deposits from customers and make payouts in USDT (ERC20) via the Crypto Payment Gateway. |
| Product Knowledge Base | Access technical specs, FAQs, tutorials, change logs, and roadmap via the '?' icon. | |
| April 2022 | Account Statements | Download transaction and balance history for each account. Usage Guide |
| December 2021 | Global Payments product launches | Open πΊπΈ USD, πͺπΊ EUR, π¬π§ GBP and crypto accounts to receive and make payments, as well as seamlessly convert fiat and digital assets in one secure corporate payments platform. Unlock your treasury management potential via the easy to use Orbital Client Portal. See here |