⚡ Payments in Nepal

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.

Nepal is a South Asian country with a population of over 31 million people.

According to our data, payment services are detected on 3.3% of websites from Nepal.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is PayPal with an impressive share of 48.8%, followed by Visa with 46.3% and Mastercard with 41.3%.

PayPal 48.8%
Visa 46.3%
Mastercard 41.3%
American Express 26.3%
Stripe 7.5%
Discover 6.3%
Shop Pay 3.8%
Skrill 2.5%
FastSpring 2.5%
Payoneer 2.5%
Google Pay 1.3%
Arcot 1.3%
PayPal Enterprise Payments 1.3%
Worldline 1.3%
Wirecard 1.3%

🚀 Highlights

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

2. Visa ^(-2)
3. Mastercard ^(-2)
4. American Express ^(-4)
6. Discover ^(-10)
8. Skrill ^(-21)
9. FastSpring ^(-41)
12. Arcot ^(-1)
17. Mercado Pago ^(-2)

✨ Best Payment Services

Below is a more detailed list of 17 payment services used on sites from Nepal, 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. $$$	48.8%
2	Visa San Francisco, California, United States A global payment network processor that enables banks, merchants, and cardholders to conduct debit, credit, and prepaid transactions across more than 200 countries and territories.	46.3%
3	Mastercard Purchase, New York, United States A global payment-network processor that connects merchants, banks and card-holders for debit, credit and prepaid payments.	41.3%
4	American Express New York, United States A global payment network and card issuer that provides charge, credit, and prepaid cards.	26.3%
5	Stripe San Francisco, California, United States A payments processing platform that helps businesses accept online, mobile, and in-store payments with a single integration. $$$	7.5%
6	Discover Riverwoods, Illinois, United States A global payment network and card issuer offering credit and debit cards as well as processing services.	6.3%
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$$$	3.8%
8	Skrill London, United Kingdom A digital wallet that offers you the safety and convenience of paying online just with your email address and password. Free$5.50+	2.5%
9	FastSpring Santa Barbara, California, United States A merchant-of-record e-commerce platform that provides an all-in-one payment and subscription infrastructure for SaaS, software, and digital-goods businesses. $$$	2.5%
-	Payoneer New York, United States A global payment platform that enables businesses and professionals to send, receive and manage cross-border payments, hold multi-currency balances, and use physical or virtual Mastercard-branded cards.	2.5%
11	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%
12	Arcot Palo Alto, United States A payment authentication network powered by 3-D Secure (3DS).	1.3%
13	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. $$$	1.3%
14	Worldline La Défense, France A European provider of payment and transaction services.	1.3%
15	Wirecard Aschheim, Bavaria, Germany A full-service provider for merchants, offering POS infrastructure, payment processing and acquiring services.	1.3%
-	Wise London, United Kingdom A money services business provider that specializes in international payments, currency conversion, and multi-currency account services for individuals and businesses, using exchange rates based on the mid-market rate and clearly disclosed fees.	1.3%
17	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.	1.3%

Data is based on the analysis of 2,390 websites from Nepal.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.