Local Payment Gateways for SEA (2026)
Compare payment gateways that support Southeast Asia's local payment rails, including PromptPay, QRIS, PayNow, and DuitNow.
To sell effectively in SEA, you must accept local payment methods. **Xendit** and **Midtrans** are top choices for Indonesia and the Philippines (QRIS, GCash). **Opn** (formerly Omise) and **GB Prime Pay** dominate Thailand (PromptPay). For cross-border reach encompassing Malaysia and Singapore, **HitPay** and **iPay88** provide excellent coverage for PayNow and DuitNow QR.
SEA Operational Reasoning
Credit card penetration in Southeast Asia remains remarkably low compared to the West. Instead, domestic real-time payment (RTP) networks and e-wallets dominate consumer spending: PromptPay in Thailand, QRIS in Indonesia, PayNow in Singapore, DuitNow in Malaysia, and GCash in the Philippines. Relying solely on global gateways like Stripe or PayPal severely restricts your addressable market and increases cart abandonment. Local payment gateways aggregate these fragmented domestic rails into a single integration, allowing merchants to offer the payment methods their customers actually use while automating reconciliation.
The questions operators actually ask.
Can I just use Stripe in Southeast Asia?
Stripe is expanding its support for local methods (like PayNow and PromptPay), but regional gateways like Xendit or HitPay often offer lower fees for local transactions, broader e-wallet support, and faster settlement times for domestic merchants.
What is QRIS?
QRIS (Quick Response Code Indonesian Standard) is Indonesia's national QR payment standard. It allows customers to pay using any Indonesian e-wallet (GoPay, OVO, DANA) or banking app by scanning a single unified code.
Do these gateways support WooCommerce or Shopify?
Yes. Most top SEA payment gateways provide official plugins for WooCommerce, Shopify, Magento, and PrestaShop, meaning you do not need custom coding to start accepting local payments.