Payment processor · Asia-Pacific
Does Stripe work in Nepal?
Stripe does not onboard businesses registered in Nepal.
What a business in Nepal can use
Stripe’s products, for a company incorporated in Nepal.
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 Nepal
Other providers that serve businesses registered there.
Pay people abroad
Multi-currency account
Business cards
Stablecoins
Yield on idle cash
Selling to Nepal
How people there prefer to pay online.
- 1eSewa
- 2Khalti (merged with IME Pay)
- 3connectIPS bank transfers
- 4Cash
Stablecoin rules in Nepal
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 Nepal?
No. Stripe does not onboard businesses registered in Nepal.
What are the alternatives to Stripe in Nepal?
Providers that onboard businesses registered in Nepal: Payoneer, Paddle, FastSpring and Dodo Payments. With limits: Bridge, Rain, Gumroad, Creem, Flutterwave, Razorpay and Xendit.
Can a business in Nepal use Stripe for stablecoins?
No, according to our data. Stablecoin rules in Nepal: Restricted (high risk). The central bank has declared crypto trading and mining illegal.
Stripe elsewhere in Asia-Pacific