What is the difference between Instant SEPA and regular SEPA?
Category: Payments & Providers
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Regular SEPA is batched during banking hours (1-2 business days). Instant SEPA settles in seconds, 24/7 including weekends. Not all banks support it yet — if yours does, you will see it at checkout. Small extra fee may apply.
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Swaps supports 34+ payment methods spanning cards, bank transfers, fast local rails, and country-specific networks like SEPA, Faster Payments, ACH, PIX (Brazil), UPI (India), and M-Pesa (Kenya). Method availability varies by country, provider, and amount. Swaps applies a fiat-aware filter so unsupported methods are blocked or explained instead of silently shown as available.
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