Payoneer Checkout becomes available to eligible Singapore online merchants
The Stripe-powered service lets qualifying businesses accept international card and digital-wallet payments through their own online stores.
Payoneer said on 15 October that its Checkout service is now available to eligible Singapore-registered businesses. The Stripe-powered product lets those merchants accept payments from overseas customers on their own online stores, using cards and digital wallets, according to Payoneer's original release.
For a merchant running its own online store, the new option covers the payment step at checkout. Payoneer says it supports international customers' payment methods and connects the resulting proceeds to its platform for managing funds across markets. The release identifies cards and digital wallets, without specifying every method available in each customer market. Stripe supplies the cross-border payment infrastructure behind Checkout; Payoneer is the company offering the service to qualifying Singapore merchants.
The launch comes as digital commerce reaches a large share of Southeast Asian consumers. The 2025 e-Conomy SEA report from Google, Temasek and Bain says three in five people across the region shop online and more than 60% of payments are digital. These are regional measures, not figures for Singapore or for Payoneer Checkout. They explain why payment choices across markets matter to an online seller seeking overseas customers.
Payoneer says some established Singapore brands sell through marketplaces such as Shopee, Lazada and Amazon while also developing their own direct-to-consumer stores. Marketplace transactions use the marketplace's purchasing process. An owned store gives the merchant responsibility for its own checkout, which is the setting for the newly available service. Payoneer's APAC executive Nagesh Devata described operating across different markets, currencies and payment preferences as part of that merchant challenge.
Access remains conditional. Payoneer says product availability depends on eligibility, terms, risk assessment and regulatory requirements, so Singapore registration alone does not determine whether a merchant can use it. The company says its Singapore subsidiary holds a Major Payment Institution licence; the Monetary Authority of Singapore's directory also lists Payoneer Singapore Private Limited in that category. The licence identifies the local regulated entity, while merchant eligibility is assessed separately.
Payoneer's partnership with Stripe predates the announcement. The development on 15 October is the service's availability to qualifying Singapore-registered merchants through that existing arrangement.
Source: Payoneer original release via PR Newswire APAC, 15 October 2026; Google, Temasek and Bain e-Conomy SEA 2025 release; MAS Financial Institutions Directory
