Pix

Accept payments with Pix, Brazil's most popular payment method—used in more than 40% of online transactions. For businesses based in Brazil, Pix is currently invite-only.

Capture more sales

Reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion with local buyers by offering them their preferred real-time payment method.

Lower transaction costs

Capture cost savings on transaction fees compared to cards.

Provide global coverage

Adapt to customer preferences and expand into new markets with access to 100+ payment methods used by buyers around the world.

Launch faster

Launch payment methods with a single integration using the Payment Element or Checkout – no additional engineering work required.

Features

Customer locations

Brazil

Presentment currency

BRL

Payment method family

Real-time payments

Payout timing

2 business days

Refunds / Partial refunds

Yes/Yes

Payment confirmation

Customer-initiated

Recurring payments

No

Dispute support

Yes

Connect support

Yes

Available in

AU Australia
AT Austria
BE Belgium
BR Brazil
BG Bulgaria
CA Canada
HR Croatia
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DK Denmark
EE Estonia
FI Finland
FR France
DE Germany
GI Gibraltar
GR Greece
HU Hungary
IS Iceland
IE Ireland
IT Italy
LV Latvia
LI Liechtenstein
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
MT Malta
NL Netherlands
NO Norway
PL Poland
PT Portugal
RO Romania
SG Singapore
SK Slovakia
SI Slovenia
ES Spain
SE Sweden
GB United Kingdom
US United States

How it works

Pay with Pix

To pay with Pix, customers simply select Pix as the payment method, scan a QR code or copy a Pix string, and confirm the transaction in their banking app.
1

Select Pix

Customer selects Pix from the list of payment methods displayed at checkout.
2

Approve payment

Customer authenticates and approves by scanning a QR code or copying a PIX string in their preferred banking app.
3

Payment complete

Customer is notified that payment is complete.
Continue checkout

Getting started

Easily launch and manage payment methods on Stripe

Get started in minutes

Start accept payments on your site by integrating Stripe Payment Element and Checkout.

Manage with no code

Add and manage payment methods with just a click in your Settings.

Access unified reporting

See all payments made with payment methods within the Stripe Dashboard.

Resources

A guide to types of payment methods

A complete guide that lists the different types of payment methods available to help you understand and select the right payment options for your business.

Explore countries

Global payments, local expertise

See how consumer payment method preferences vary across the world.

AU
83% of point-of-sale payments in Australia were contactless in 2019, making Australia the world's largest contactless payments country. Digital wallets have since gained traction with roughly 25% of card payments being done through a digitial wallet in 2022.

Popular payment methods

  • Visa
  • Australian BECS Direct Debit
  • Afterpay/Clearpay
  • American Express
  • Mastercard
  • eftpos Australia
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay
  • Click to Pay
  • Zip

Payment method share

  • Card: 46 %
  • Wallets: 22 %
  • Bank debits: 9 %
  • Bank redirects: 3 %
  • Bank transfers: 2 %
  • Buy now, pay later: 13 %
  • Cash-based vouchers: 0 %
  • Other: 5 %
Credit card penetration

46%

Banked population

100%

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Hosted payments page

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