Acceptance
Payment Methods
The right payment mix depends on where customers are, how they buy and what they trust.
Built to make payment decisions clearer
Independent
Plain-English explanations without a sales pitch.
Practical
Questions, frameworks and cost thinking you can actually use.
Editable
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Merchant Atlas
Offer the methods customers expect
Think about cards, wallets and local methods in the context of market, channel and customer behaviour.
Key concepts
What to understand
Cards
Broad acceptance and familiar checkout behaviour.
Digital wallets
Fast checkout using supported stored credentials and devices.
Bank payments
Account-to-account options can suit particular customer journeys and markets.
Local methods
Domestic preferences may matter more than global card brands in some regions.
Provider conversation
Questions worth asking
- Which company provides each part of the service?
- Which charges change with volume, ticket size, card type or customer location?
- What would cause pricing, reserves or settlement terms to change?
- How are support, refunds, reporting and disputes handled?
Test the pricing assumptions.
Use the calculator to see how percentage and fixed fees behave at different transaction sizes.
Payment methods cluster
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