Sources: Banco de Portugal, SIBS and provider disclosures, 2024–2025.
How Portugal pays
Portugal pays through a national network that predates most of Europe's fintech. Multibanco, the interbank network run by SIBS, connects almost every Portuguese bank card, and online shops have long offered Multibanco references: the shopper receives an entity and reference number and pays it from an ATM or home banking.
The mobile successor is MB Way, the SIBS app that links a phone number to a bank card and is now one of the most popular ways to pay online and between friends. International Visa and Mastercard cards, Apple Pay and Google Pay complete the mix. Orchestrapay carries cards and wallets behind one integration, in euros, with routing across acquirers, frictionless 3DS under PSD2 strong customer authentication, and compliance aligned to Banco de Portugal.
Why merchants run on us here
Cards & wallets live today
International card acquiring and the express wallets, available now through one integration.
How Portugal pays locally
MB Way and Multibanco references define Portuguese checkout, and we track them as we grow local coverage.
Frictionless 3DS under PSD2
Strong customer authentication applied with exemptions where allowed, protecting both compliance and conversion.
Euro settlement
Collect and settle in euros, with Portuguese-language checkout and routing across acquirers.
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 Portugal
Local payment methods are only half the job. We carry the operational weight — acquiring, settlement, FX, licensing and reconciliation — so you can treat Portugal like any other market in your stack.
One integration, growing local coverage
Connect once for what's live in Portugal 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 euro (EUR) 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 Portugal?
Talk to our payments team about going live in Portugal — coverage, local acquiring, settlement and timelines for your business.