Stripe previews major Global Payouts reach expansion
At Sessions 2026, Stripe previewed a large expansion of Global Payouts spanning fiat and stablecoin recipient countries, while stopping short of claiming general availability.
Fiat recipient countries
100+ · Previewed reach at Sessions 2026
Stablecoin recipient countries
160 · Previewed reach at Sessions 2026
Fiat reach
Previewed for recipients in more than 100 countries
Stablecoin reach
Previewed for recipients in 160 countries
Availability
Preview; the figures should not be read as fully launched coverage
Stripe broadens cross-border access to Pix, UPI, and BLIK
Stripe expanded three major domestic payment methods to businesses outside their home markets and added recurring UPI, with each method carrying a different geographic footprint.
Pix
Available to businesses in the UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, and Singapore
UPI
Available in the UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Switzerland; recurring payments also supported
BLIK
Available in the US, UK, Europe, Canada, Australia, Singapore, and Switzerland
Stripe made PayTo available to Australian businesses for one-off and recurring real-time direct debits with immediate payment confirmation and balance availability.
Payment types
One-off and recurring direct debits
Operating window
Real-time service available continuously, subject to participating financial institutions
Stripe introduced an automatic next-business-day settlement option for eligible domestic transactions, shortening access to earnings without requiring an instant payout request.
Timing
Eligible funds become available in the Stripe balance on the next business day
Exclusion
Direct debits and, in some regions, international card payments remain on standard settlement timing
Eligibility
Availability is eligibility-based rather than universal
Optimized Checkout Suite doubles to more than 100 methods
Stripe said its Optimized Checkout Suite had doubled from 50 to more than 100 supported payment methods within months, adding several prominent regional options.
Previous method count
50
New method count
100+
Examples
Amazon Pay, Revolut Pay, Swish, Twint, and Zip
Presentation
AI selects relevant methods for a given customer; the full catalog is not shown universally
At Sessions 2022, Stripe said one Payment Element integration could expose more than 20 payment methods, with new Asia-Pacific rails also on its roadmap.
Payment methods
20+
Available examples
UnionPay, WeChat Pay, Konbini, and GrabPay
Roadmap examples
PayNow, PromptPay, UPI, and PayTo were described as upcoming rather than launched
Availability caution
Method eligibility depended on merchant and buyer location
Stripe enabled US businesses and platforms to pay recipients in 45 countries over local bank networks and also broadened Instant Payouts for US businesses.
Recipient countries
45
Origin scope
US businesses and platforms
Delivery
Local currencies over local bank networks
Instant Payouts
US businesses could choose to receive eligible funds within minutes
Stripe announced it would stop processing Bitcoin payments after transaction time, fees, and volatility made the asset poorly suited to ordinary checkout.
Announcement
Support winding down over a three-month transition
Final processing date
April 23, 2018
Reason
Long confirmation times, rising fees, and payment-value volatility
Stripe began testing Bitcoin payment acceptance with a small group of users, an early experiment that it later moved beyond beta before ending support in 2018.
Access
Select users in an early beta
Lifecycle
The method later launched and was then discontinued in April 2018