⚡ Payments in Colombia

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.

Colombia is a South American country with a population of over 52 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 6.2% of websites from Colombia.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Mercado Pago with a substantial share of 52.4%, followed by PayPal with 29.1% and Mastercard with 15.3%.

Mercado Pago 52.4%
PayPal 29.1%
Mastercard 15.3%
Visa 15.1%
American Express 9.3%
Shop Pay 7.7%
Stripe 6.9%
Klarna 2.9%
Apple Pay 1.6%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 1.6%
Link 1.6%
Google Pay 1.3%
Authorize.net 1.1%
Discover 0.8%
Arcot 0.5%

🚀 Highlights

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

1. Mercado Pago ^(-18)
3. Mastercard ^(-2)
5. American Express ^(-3)
11. Link ^(-11)
14. Discover ^(-2)
19. Nuvei ^(-69)
21. NHN KCP ^(-37)
22. WebMoney ^(-8)
23. Gumroad ^(-4)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of the top 25 of the 26 payment services used on sites from Colombia, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Mercado Pago Montevideo, Uruguay A Latin American digital payment platform developed by Mercado Libre that provides payment processing, digital wallet services, and checkout infrastructure for online stores, mobile apps, and physical merchants.	52.4%
2	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. $$$	29.1%
3	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	15.3%
4	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	15.1%
5	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	9.3%
6	Shop Pay Ottawa, Ontario, Canada A Shopify-exclusive accelerated checkout and payment method that lets customers save their billing, shipping, and payment information to complete orders quickly on Shopify stores and in the Shop app. Free$$$	7.7%
7	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	6.9%
8	Klarna Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish payment service provider and licensed bank that specializes in Buy Now, Pay Later options for online and in-store purchases. $$$	2.9%
9	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	1.6%
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. $$$	1.6%
11	Link San Francisco, California, United States A one-click checkout feature from Stripe that allows shoppers to securely save and reuse their payment and shipping information across participating online merchants. $$$	1.6%
12	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	1.3%
13	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	1.1%
14	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	0.8%
15	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	0.5%
16	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+	0.5%
17	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	0.5%
18	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	0.5%
19	Nuvei Montreal, Quebec, Canada A B2B payment processor that helps clients accept payments and provides payout options.	0.3%
-	Openpay Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico A Mexican payment gateway that enables businesses to accept and manage online and in-app payments through a unified API and merchant dashboard.	0.3%
21	NHN KCP Seongnam, Korea A South Korean electronic payment service.	0.3%
22	WebMoney Moscow, Russia A Russian online payment system.	0.3%
23	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. $$$	0.3%
24	Affirm San Francisco, California, United States A Buy Now, Pay Later financial services platform that lets consumers split online and in-store purchases into scheduled installments. $$$	0.3%
25	Adyen Amsterdam, Netherlands A payment gateway, processor, and acquirer in one financial technology platform. $0.13+/transaction	0.3%

👉 See Also

🌎 Payments in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 6,099 websites from Colombia.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.