⚡ Payments in the United Arab Emirates

Online payment services allow businesses to securely accept and process transactions by supporting a variety of payment methods such as credit and debit cards, digital wallets, and Buy Now, Pay Later options.

The United Arab Emirates is a Western Asian country with a population of over 10 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 5.6% of websites from the United Arab Emirates.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top payment services on websites in the United Arab Emirates in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal with an impressive share of 39.2%, followed by Visa with 23.1% and Mastercard with 22.8%.

PayPal 39.2%
Visa 23.1%
Mastercard 22.8%
Stripe 19.2%
Tabby 12.7%
Apple Pay 11.6%
Shop Pay 10.8%
Google Pay 7.8%
American Express 7.5%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 5.8%
Link 4.3%
Klarna 3.9%
Arcot 2.6%
Wirecard 2.6%
Worldline 2.6%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in the United Arab Emirates than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

2. Visa ^(-2)
3. Mastercard ^(-2)
5. Tabby ^(-69)
6. Apple Pay ^(-3)
11. Link ^(-11)
18. Checkout.com ^(-41)
22. Razorpay ^(-4)
23. Samsung Pay ^(-60)
24. Gumroad ^(-3)
25. BitPay ^(-79)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 39 payment services used on sites from the United Arab Emirates, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPal San Jose, California, United States An online payment service that allows users to send funds from a credit card, bank account, or PayPal balance to merchants without sharing their financial details. $$$	39.2%
2	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	23.1%
3	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	22.8%
4	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	19.2%
5	Tabby Dubai, United Arab Emirates A buy-now-pay-later platform prominent across Saudi Arabia and the Middle East.	12.7%
6	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple that lets users make secure contactless and online payments with iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro devices. Free	11.6%
7	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app. Free$$$	10.8%
8	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment and digital wallet service developed by Google that enables users to make contactless and online payments using supported Android phones, tablets, and wearable devices. Free	7.8%
9	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	7.5%
10	PayPal Enterprise Payments San Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy for businesses to accept payments in their apps or websites. $$$	5.8%
11	Link San Francisco, California, United States A one-click checkout feature from Stripe that allows shoppers to securely save and reuse their payment and shipping information across participating online merchants. $$$	4.3%
12	Klarna Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases. $$$	3.9%
13	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	2.6%
14	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	2.6%
15	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	2.6%
16	Authorize.net San Francisco, California, United States A payment gateway that facilitates the submission and routing of credit card and electronic check payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its client merchants. $25+/month	2.6%
17	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	2.4%
18	Checkout.com London, United Kingdom A global payments platform that includes a gateway, acquirer, and processor.	2.2%
19	Amazon Pay Seattle, Washington, United States Lets Amazon customers to pay on your website using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts. Free$0.30+	1.5%
20	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	0.9%
21	Recharge Santa Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs. $99+/month	0.9%
22	Razorpay Bengaluru, India A full-stack payment solution that allows businesses to collect payments, automate payouts and take control of their cash flow. $$$	0.6%
23	Samsung Pay Seoul, Korea A mobile payment service integrated into Samsung Wallet that allows users to make purchases using their Samsung smartphones or smartwatches. Free	0.4%
24	Gumroad San Francisco, California, United States An e-commerce platform serving as a merchant of record that enables creators and digital entrepreneurs to sell digital products, memberships, and other goods directly to their audience. $$$	0.4%
25	BitPay Atlanta, Georgia, United States A cryptocurrency payment processor that enables users to use cryptocurrencies as a payment method.	0.4%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 8,313 websites from the United Arab Emirates.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.