Regional processor · Latin America
Does Mercado Pago work in Argentina?
Mercado Pago onboards businesses registered in Argentina.
What a business in Argentina can use
Mercado Pago’s products, for a company incorporated in Argentina.
Online payments through Checkout Pro (hosted by Mercado Pago), Checkout API / Checkout Transparente (on your site), Checkout Bricks (embeddable components), payment links and subscriptions. Methods include cards, local bank transfers, cash vouchers, Mercado Pago account balance and card-free installments, varying by country.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
A free Mercado Pago business account holds sales proceeds in local currency. Confirmed on the Brazil and Mexico seller pages only. Not for businesses in Argentina.
In Mexico, sellers get a free card to spend the money from their sales. Not for businesses in Argentina.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
Mercado Pago does not offer this.
Mercado Pago's checkout products are available in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, through a seller account on that country's site. Outside these seven countries, its sales team can set up a Cross Border account that collects in local currency and pays out in USD to a bank abroad, but Mercado Pago publishes no list of eligible seller countries.
Onboarding confidence: medium. Source: Mercado Pago Developers: Checkout Pro (Availability by country). Everything about Mercado Pago
Alternatives in Argentina
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Accept payments
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Yield on idle cash
Selling to Argentina
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1Mercado Pago
- 2Cards with installments
- 3Rapipago / Pago Fácil
Stablecoin rules in Argentina
Stablecoin rules are being written and may change.
Common questions
Does Mercado Pago work in Argentina?
Yes. Mercado Pago onboards businesses registered in Argentina.
Which Mercado Pago products can a business in Argentina use?
accept payments.
What are the alternatives to Mercado Pago in Argentina?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in Argentina: PayPal, Payoneer, dLocal, Bridge, Paddle, Polar, Gumroad, FastSpring and 3 more. With limits: BVNK, Rain, Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Mercado Pago elsewhere in Latin America