A field guide to moving money online
Where the internet’s money actually works.
Which payment, payout, multi-currency and stablecoin products a business can use in each country, and how customers around the world prefer to pay. 11 providers, 65 countries, every fact sourced.
Find what works for you
My business is registered in and I want to from customers in .
9 providers can help a business in United States accept payments.
Cards, wallets and 100+ local payment methods. You can sell to customers in almost every country.
PayPal wallet, cards and (in the US) Venmo at checkout, with buyer and seller protection.
Enterprise acquiring with local payment methods across most major markets, online and in person.
Enterprise acquiring plus local methods such as mada, Bancontact and iDEAL.
Online payments with cards and 160+ local methods, settled into multiple currencies.
Payment links and Quick Pay for getting paid. This is not a full online checkout.
Get paid by clients and marketplaces such as Amazon, Upwork and Fiverr, or accept cards through payment requests.
Enterprise acquiring online and in store, processing in 140+ countries.
One integration for local methods such as Pix, OXXO, UPI and M-Pesa in 40+ emerging markets.
The map
How open is each country?
The deeper the violet, the more global payment companies will onboard a business registered there. Click a country to see the detail.
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Where you are registered decides who will onboard you
Payment companies are licensed country by country. A business in Lagos and one in London get very different options, even when selling the same product to the same customers.
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Where your customers are decides how they want to pay
Cards work almost everywhere, but Brazilians reach for Pix, Kenyans for M-Pesa, the Dutch for iDEAL. Offering the local method often matters more than the price.
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Stablecoins are legal in some places, banned in others
Dollar-backed stablecoins move across borders in minutes, but the rules for using them to pay range from full licensing regimes to outright bans.
Who’s who
The providers
Payments infrastructure for internet businesses
One platform for online and in-person payments at scale
Enterprise payments with deep Middle East and European reach
Digital wallet and checkout used in 200+ markets
Global merchant acquirer for large businesses
Global business account with local rails in dozens of countries
Multi-currency account at the mid-market rate
Getting paid from abroad, especially in emerging markets
PayPal’s payout platform for marketplaces and gig platforms
One contract to sell and pay out across emerging markets
Corporate cards and bill pay for US companies
Stablecoin rules
See every countryLegal in some places. Banned in others.
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