Sources: BEAC, GIMAC and operator disclosures, 2024–2025.
How Gabon pays
Gabon pays mostly in cash and by mobile money. Airtel Money and Moov Money are the everyday wallets for transfers, bills and small purchases, while bank cards, switched across the region through GIMAC, are held mainly by salaried and urban buyers in Libreville and Port-Gentil.
Gabon shares the euro-pegged Central African CFA franc with the other CEMAC states, with the BEAC as the regional central bank, so pricing and settlement are predictable. For a merchant, the value is a clear starting point: international cards and express wallets behind one integration, 3DS on card-not-present payments, and retries across acquirers, with franc pricing and FX handled for you.
Why merchants run on us here
Cards and wallets live today
International card acquiring and the express wallets, available now.
How Gabon pays
Airtel Money and Moov Money carry everyday payments alongside cash.
A shared franc zone
The XAF is shared across the six CEMAC states, under one regional central bank.
Franc settlement and FX
Predictable XAF settlement against the euro peg, with FX into your base currency handled for you.
Payment methods
Cards
Visa
Mastercard
American Express
Discover
Diners Club
JCB
UnionPayBuy Now, Pay Later
Sandbox BNPLDigital wallets
PayPalExpress checkout
Apple Pay
Google PayGateways
Sandbox BNPLPayPal
Airwallex
Stripe
Adyen
Unlimit
Worldpay
Checkout.com
Authorize.net
MPGS
Cybersource
Sandbox GatewayAirwallex (Enterprise)
Braintree
CommerceHub
Fiserve
NMI
Nuvei
OrbitalBuilt for enterprise
Everything it takes to run payments in Gabon
Local payment methods are only half the job. We carry the operational weight — acquiring, settlement, FX, licensing and reconciliation — so you can treat Gabon like any other market in your stack.
One integration, growing local coverage
Connect once for what's live in Gabon today — including international card acquiring — and add local wallets and bank rails through the same integration as we bring them online.
Local acquiring, higher approvals
We route to local acquirers and retry failed payments across alternate rails, so domestic cards and wallets authorize at local rates instead of being declined as cross-border traffic.
Settlement, FX & repatriation
Collect in the Central African CFA franc (XAF) and settle in your base currency. We handle the FX conversion and the local rules for moving funds out of the country — the part most global merchants underestimate.
Licensing handled locally
We're establishing locally licensed partners so you can process in-country as we expand local coverage — without standing up your own entity or chasing a license.
Payouts & reconciliation
Pay out to sellers and process refunds on the same rails you collect on, and reconcile every flow — pay-in, payout, refund — in one ledger, in local or base currency.
Fraud, disputes & compliance
Real-time screening, chargeback and dispute handling, and KYC/AML that matches local regulator expectations — built in, not bolted on.
Ready to launch in Gabon?
Talk to our payments team about going live in Gabon — coverage, local acquiring, settlement and timelines for your business.