⚡ Payments in Australia

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.

According to our data, payment systems are detected on 7.4% of websites from Australia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2025

The following chart shows the top payment systems on websites in Australia in 2025, based on market share.

The most popular is PayPal, which dominates the market with a substantial 60.6% share.
It is followed by Stripe with 22.1% and Afterpay with 13.1%.

PayPal 60.6%
Stripe 22.1%
Afterpay 13.1%
Zip 9.8%
Mastercard 8.8%
Visa 8.2%
American Express 4.8%
Braintree 4.7%
Google Pay 4.5%
Eway 4.1%
Square 3.2%
Apple Pay 3.1%
Klarna 2.3%
Authorize.net 2.2%
Arcot 2%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top systems that are more popular in Australia than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Afterpay ^(-11)
4. Zip ^(-24)
10. Eway ^(-37)
11. Square ^(-6)
18. Recharge ^(-2)
22. Clearpay ^(-34)
23. Chargebee ^(-9)
24. SecurePay ^(-93)
25. CyberSource ^(-14)

✨ Best Payment Systems

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 60 payment systems used on sites from Australia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	PayPalSan Jose, California, United States An online payment service that transfers the payment amount from your credit card to the merchant without sharing your financial information.	60.6%
2	StripeSan Francisco, California, United States A popular payments processor that works with businesses to help them accept payments through their websites, apps, and in store.	22.1%
3	AfterpayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia A buy-now-pay-later payment service.	13.1%
4	ZipSydney, Australia A "buy now, pay later" payment service that operates in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.	9.8%
5	MastercardPurchase, New York, United States A global payment network processor and card issuer.	8.8%
6	VisaSan Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor and card issuer.	8.2%
7	American ExpressNew York, United States A global payment network and card issuer.	4.8%
8	BraintreeSan Jose, California, United States A full-stack payments platform that makes it easy to accept payments in your app or website.	4.7%
9	Google PayMountain View, California, United States A mobile payment service developed by Google that allows users to make payments using Android phones, tablets, or watches.	4.5%
10	EwayBowen Hills, Queensland, Australia A global online credit card payment gateway provider, allowing businesses to accept secure credit card payments online 24/7 from customers around the world.	4.1%
11	SquareOakland, California, United States A payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services.	3.2%
12	Apple PayCupertino, California, United States A mobile payment service by Apple that is supported on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro.	3.1%
13	KlarnaStockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and a fully licensed bank specializing in installment and buy now, pay later options.	2.3%
14	Authorize.netSan 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.	2.2%
15	ArcotPalo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	2%
16	WirecardAschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	1.7%
17	WorldlineLa Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	1.7%
18	RechargeSanta Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs.	1.5%
19	LinkSan Francisco, California, United States Stripe's fast checkout solution that allows customers of online businesses to securely save and reuse payment details.	1.2%
20	AdyenAmsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform.	1.1%
21	Amazon PaySeattle, Washington, United States Lets Amazon customers to pay on your website using the information already stored in their Amazon accounts.	0.7%
22	ClearpayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia A payment service that lends customers a fixed amount of credit to make purchases instantly and then pay for them in 4 automatic, interest-free installments.	0.6%
23	ChargebeeNorth Bethesda, Maryland, United States A subscription management platform that handles recurring billing and invoicing.	0.6%
24	SecurePaySurry Hills, New South Wales, Australia An Australian online payments provider offering end-to-end transaction processing and reliable service to merchants across all industries.	0.5%
25	CyberSourceSan Francisco, California, United States A UK-based global payment platform that provides secure payment solutions for businesses and is currently owned by Visa.	0.3%

Data updated September 14, 2025

When interpreting and using the results, please read our methodology and disclaimer.