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Payments & Merchant of Record

We support payments globally except from countries with US sanctions. As your Merchant of Record (MoR) we take on the liability for international sales taxes - read more here.

Payouts

Polar uses Stripe Connect Express to issue payouts to residents or businesses in any of the countries below.
FAQ: Stripe is not supported in my countryStripe Connect Express for payouts is a separate product from Stripe Payments.In some cases, Stripe Payments might not be available for merchants in your country, but Stripe Connect Express is for payouts using cross-border transfers.Since Polar is the Merchant of Record and uses Stripe Connect Express for payouts, weโ€™re able to support sellers in all of the countries below.
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ Bahamas
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฆ Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei
  • ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czech Republic
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด Dominican Republic
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong
  • ๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Ivory Coast
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ด Macao
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Madagascar
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Namibia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช Niger
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ North Macedonia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway
  • ๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ Philippines
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland
  • ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal
  • ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea
  • ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka
  • ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
  • ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
  • ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช United Arab Emirates
  • ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay
  • ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan
  • ๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam

Frequently Asked Questions

Stripe Connect Express is a different product than the regular Stripe payments.
Yes, any individual or company operating in our supported countries can receive payouts from Polar even if Stripe standalone is invite-only there.
This is possible as Polar is the Merchant of Record, all payments from customers are made to Polar (US). Stripe Connect Express is then used to issue payouts, and is supported in more countries via cross-border transfer than Stripe Payments standalone.You might still see a warning in Stripe Connect Express that payments are invite-only, but donโ€™t worry. No direct sales are made directly to the Stripe Connect Express account. Theyโ€™re all made to Polar (US) as a platform and the merchant of record. We only use the transfer and payout feature of Stripe Connect Express which is available in all of our supported countries.
Yes, given that Stripe Connect Express supports individual as a business type in your region.To know which business type is supported in your country, follow steps as below:
  • Open required verification information by Stripe to set up a business or personal account in your country.
  • Ensure Platform Country is set to United States (US).
  • Ensure Dashboard Type is set to express.
  • Ensure Service Agreement is set to recipient.
  • Ensure Capability is set to transfers.
  • Select the correct Account Country relevant to you.
  • Click on the toggle for Business Type which will allow you know if individual, business, company or LLC/LLP is supported by Stripe Connect Express in that region.
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