⚡ 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.

Australia is an Oceanian country with a population of over 27 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 8.4% of websites from Australia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is PayPal with a substantial share of 60.4%, followed by Shop Pay with 35.5% and Stripe with 19.5%.

PayPal 60.4%
Shop Pay 35.5%
Stripe 19.5%
Afterpay 13%
Zip 8%
Mastercard 7.5%
Visa 7.3%
Google Pay 4.7%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 4.4%
American Express 4.4%
Eway 3.5%
Square 3.5%
Apple Pay 3.2%
Arcot 2.5%
Worldline 2.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

4. Afterpay ^(-13)
5. Zip ^(-26)
9. PayPal Enterprise Payments ^(-1)
11. Eway ^(-48)
12. Square ^(-9)
21. Link ^(-1)
23. Clearpay ^(-34)
24. SecurePay ^(-94)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 65 payment services used on sites from Australia, 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. $$$	60.4%
2	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A one-tap checkout and payment method developed by Shopify. Free$$$	35.5%
3	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	19.5%
4	Afterpay Melbourne, Victoria, Australia A buy-now-pay-later payment service that lets shoppers split purchases into installment plans at checkout both online and in stores without interest if payments are made on time. $$$	13%
5	Zip Sydney, Australia A "buy now, pay later" payment service that operates in Australia, New Zealand, and the United States.	8%
6	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	7.5%
7	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.	7.3%
8	Google Pay Mountain View, California, United States A mobile payment service developed by Google that allows users to make payments using Android phones, tablets, or watches. Free	4.7%
9	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. $$$	4.4%
10	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	4.4%
11	Eway Bowen Hills, Queensland, Australia A global online credit card payment gateway provider, allowing businesses to accept secure credit card payments online 24/7 from customers around the world. $$$	3.5%
12	Square Oakland, California, United States A payment processor that enables businesses to accept cards from customers to pay for goods and services. Free$49+/month	3.5%
13	Apple Pay Cupertino, California, United States A mobile payment service by Apple that is supported on iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad, Mac, and Vision Pro. Free	3.2%
14	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	2.5%
15	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	2.3%
16	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	2.2%
17	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. $$$	2.2%
18	Recharge Santa Monica, California, United States A subscription payment solution with Shopify and BigCommerce integration and powerful APIs. $99+/month	1.7%
19	Authorize.net San Francisco, California, United States A payment gateway that facilitates the submission and routing of credit card and electronic check payment transactions to the processing networks on behalf of its client merchants. $25+/month	1.6%
20	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	1.1%
21	Link San Francisco, California, United States A one-click checkout feature from Stripe that allows shoppers to securely save and reuse their payment and shipping information across participating online merchants. $$$	1%
22	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	0.7%
23	Clearpay Melbourne, 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%
24	SecurePay Surry Hills, New South Wales, Australia An Australian online payments provider offering end-to-end transaction processing and reliable service to merchants across all industries.	0.6%
25	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+	0.4%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 69,833 websites from Australia.
Statistics were last calculated on February 3, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.