20 popular online payment methods across the world

Providing popular online payment methods at checkout can have dramatic effects on conversion. Letting people pay with the method they use the most paves to effortless online payments experiences.

One of the challenges of choosing what online payment methods to offer is that they are different around the world. On top of local variations, new payment methods are constantly emerging.

Take credit cards, a major payment method in the US. Cards are still the most-used payment method, with American Express, Mastercard, Visa as large global card schemes. Even though they’re recognized globally, other payment methods like online banking, direct debit, digital wallets, or Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) are more common elsewhere.