Stripe for the public sector
Build trust with payments that work for the people you serve
Give your constituents and communities more convenient payment and billing options. Integrate existing workflows with a unified revenue management platform – powered by the same technology trusted by leading public sector organisations worldwide.
The opportunity
Simplify payments for your community
Paying for public services should be like any other online transaction. Deliver a fast, secure checkout experience online or in person with flexible payment options.
Offer fast, intuitive payment options
Make it easy for your community to pay for taxes, permits, services and more. Support cards, digital wallets, ACH, instalment plans and Tap to Pay – on web, mobile, or in person.
Maximise revenue collection and improve audit visibility
Recover failed payments with AI-powered optimisations. Automate reconciliation and reporting to minimise manual errors and give audit teams visibility.
Why Stripe
Reliable financial infrastructure for the public sector
Stripe brings speed and superior performance to the public sector, with industry-leading 99.999% historical uptime and a foundation of certified PCI compliance. Millions of organisations around the world trust our modular solutions to deliver uninterrupted services to their communities.
$1.9T
payments processed in 2025 (represents 1.6% of the world's GDP)
90%
of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and 80% of the Nasdaq 100 run on Stripe
55%
of failed payments recovered by Stripe Billing on average in 2025
99.999%+
historical uptime maintained by the Stripe API, including during peak days such as GivingTuesday and Black Friday
Use cases
Solutions built for your mission
Whether you're a government agency serving constituents or a school managing funds, Stripe can help you simplify payment and billing operations. Deliver convenient payment experiences, automate funds flows and issue disbursements – with full visibility into your financial data.
Payments
Unify payments and reporting
Accept payments for permits, fees, taxes, fines and tickets – online or in person. Route funds, consolidate reporting and get real-time visibility all in one platform.
Connect
Simplify money movement
Easily manage how funds are received and settled – from interagency transfers to platform payouts – using flexible, secure payment tools.
Issuing
Distribute funds securely
Issue virtual or physical cards for employee expenses and disbursements. Set spend controls and verify identities to reduce fraud.
Billing
Automate recurring payments
Manage recurring payments – from utilities to donations. Reduce involuntary churn with automated reminders, automatic card updates and Smart Retries.
Customer testimonials
Trusted by public sector organisations worldwide
The real value of Stripe is not just that its products match perfectly with our needs. It's that they've been able to work with us not as a vendor, but as a business partner that understood our vision and helped us make it happen – from our first conversations through today.
We worked with Stripe across a variety of our GovTech projects to enhance and simplify digital experiences for citizens. Using Stripe Checkout, for example, allowed us to roll out services quickly and reliably and without requiring a whole engineering team to build everything from scratch.
Our international students used to have to fill out and send in paperwork that could take days or weeks to process. With Stripe, we built a significantly better UI and cut those days to minutes as well as reduced the failed transaction rate – both of which contributed to dramatically improving the user experience.
Who we help
Serving governments, institutions, charities and platforms
Charities and foundations
Turn donors into lifelong supporters by making recurring donations simple and flexible.
Partners
Work with expert partners to integrate Stripe
Meet your goals faster with help from Stripe's global partner community – system integrators, public sector platforms and cloud providers that understand procurement in your state. They can help you integrate Stripe with ERPs, CRMs, permitting platforms and case management systems – bringing fragmented workflows into one platform.
Industry recognition
A leader in digital payments and billing
Ready to learn more?
Get a demo of Stripe's public sector capabilities and explore tailored solutions and pricing for your organisation.
Professional services
Discover how Stripe's integration experts can help you reach your goals quickly and effectively.
For developers
Build faster with modern APIs and prebuilt UIs. Test in sandbox, integrate without replatforming.