Payment Processing by Country
Where your company is registered shapes which providers can onboard it, how you settle, and which payment methods your customers expect. These pages cover the jurisdictions we are asked about most.
Countries
United Kingdom
A UK company is straightforward to onboard for card payments. What decides the outcome is usually your industry, your trading history and where your customers are, not the country of registration. Getting the Companies House details, settlement account and UK-specific rules right from the start makes onboarding much faster.
Germany
A German GmbH or UG is a familiar profile for European acquirers, and the practical work is less about acceptance of the jurisdiction and more about supporting the local payment methods German customers actually use.
Netherlands
A Dutch BV is a familiar profile for European acquirers, and the decisive practical question is usually not whether cards are available but whether your checkout supports iDEAL, which carries a large share of Dutch consumer payments.
Brazil
Brazil is one of the largest online markets in the world, and it pays its own way. Pix, the central bank's instant payment system, has overtaken credit cards in online spending, Brazilians expect to pay by card in instalments, and cross-border card payments cost the buyer extra tax. Offering the methods Brazilians actually use, collected locally, is what decides whether Brazil works for you.
Canada
Canadians pay online mostly by credit card, with digital wallets close behind and debit cards working online through Visa Debit and Debit Mastercard. Interac e-Transfer, Canada's bank-to-bank transfer, is the main way to pay straight from a bank account. A merchant usually takes Canadian payments through a card acquirer settling in CAD, adds bank-based payments such as Interac e-Transfer where the business model fits, and checks the Canadian rules on surcharging, sales tax and, for gambling, which province the player is in.
Cyprus
A Cyprus company is an EU merchant: it settles in euro over SEPA, sells across the EEA under the same card rules as any other EU business, and Cypriot customers pay mostly by card. What decides onboarding is usually the activity, not the country. Cyprus is home to many forex, CFD and crypto firms, so providers look closely at CySEC authorisation, MiCA status and, for gambling, whether the activity is allowed at all.
Sweden
Sweden's payments market is almost entirely digital: only 5% of people paid cash for their last purchase in a store in 2025. Online, Swedes pay by card, with Swish, the Swedish mobile payment app, and with buy now, pay later. A merchant takes Swedish payments by offering cards plus Swish and a pay later option, priced in SEK, through a provider that supports those methods, whether the company is Swedish or sells into Sweden from abroad. Sweden also has its own checkout rules and, for gambling, strict payment rules.
Spain
Spanish customers pay online mostly by card, and Bizum, the mobile payment service run by Spanish banks, has become the second way to pay at checkout. A Spanish company or a foreign merchant takes these payments through a provider that settles in euros, with strong customer authentication on card payments and no surcharges on any payment method. Gambling, crypto and leveraged trading follow their own Spanish rules, and those decide which payment routes are open to you.
United Arab Emirates
The UAE is a card and wallet market: most people pay by card or phone, and cash is fading fast. A UAE company takes card and local payments through a provider licensed by the Central Bank of the UAE, while a foreign company can take UAE-issued international cards cross-border. What decides the outcome is usually where your company is set up (mainland, a commercial free zone or a financial free zone like the DIFC or ADGM), what you sell, and, for crypto, forex and gambling, which UAE regulator licenses you.
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