Regional processor · Latin America
Does Mercado Pago work in Uruguay?
Mercado Pago onboards businesses registered in Uruguay.
What a business in Uruguay can use
Mercado Pago’s products, for a company incorporated in Uruguay.
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 Uruguay.
In Mexico, sellers get a free card to spend the money from their sales. Not for businesses in Uruguay.
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 Uruguay
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Pay people abroad
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Stablecoins
Yield on idle cash
Selling to Uruguay
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1Credit / debit cards incl. OCA (credit mostly single-instalment)
- 2E-wallets
- 3Bank transfer
- 4Abitab / Redpagos (cash)
Stablecoin rules in Uruguay
Stablecoin rules are being written and may change.
Common questions
Does Mercado Pago work in Uruguay?
Yes. Mercado Pago onboards businesses registered in Uruguay.
Which Mercado Pago products can a business in Uruguay use?
accept payments.
What are the alternatives to Mercado Pago in Uruguay?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in Uruguay: PayPal, Payoneer, dLocal, Bridge, Paddle, Polar, Gumroad, FastSpring and 2 more. With limits: Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Mercado Pago elsewhere in Latin America