Payment processor · Asia-Pacific
Does Stripe work in Afghanistan?
Stripe does not onboard businesses registered in Afghanistan.
What a business in Afghanistan can use
Stripe’s products, for a company incorporated in Afghanistan.
Cards, wallets and 100+ local payment methods. You can sell to customers in almost every country.
Connect pays out to sellers and contractors, and Global Payouts sends money to recipients in many countries.
Hold and settle balances in multiple currencies. Financial accounts with routing numbers are offered to US businesses.
Issue physical and virtual cards for your business or your users.
US businesses can accept stablecoin payments that settle as dollars. Stablecoin financial accounts (via Bridge) are offered in 100+ countries.
Stripe Treasury gives US businesses 1% a year in credits on balances above $2,000, applied to Stripe fees. Stripe says it pays no cash interest on balances.
From Stripe’s global availability page. In Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, South Africa and Côte d’Ivoire, Stripe’s “extended network” sends businesses to Paystack, its subsidiary, which is listed separately.
Onboarding confidence: high. Source: Stripe global availability. Everything about Stripe
Alternatives in Afghanistan
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Accept payments
Pay people abroad
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Stablecoins
Selling to Afghanistan
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1Cash (Afghani)
- 2Hawala
- 3HesabPay wallet
Stablecoin rules in Afghanistan
Using stablecoins to pay is banned or tightly restricted.
Stripe’s stablecoin products are not available to businesses here.
Common questions
Does Stripe work in Afghanistan?
No. Stripe does not onboard businesses registered in Afghanistan.
What are the alternatives to Stripe in Afghanistan?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in Afghanistan: FastSpring. With limits: Rain, Gumroad, Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Can a business in Afghanistan use Stripe for stablecoins?
No, according to our data. Stablecoin rules in Afghanistan: Restricted (high risk). Crypto trading has been banned since 2022.
Stripe elsewhere in Asia-Pacific