Payment methods decide which routes can move.
A payment method is not a universal promise. It is a route input that changes provider availability, rail cost, timing, limits, verification, and the review screen that must show exact terms before funds move.
Route input contract
- Country: Resident support, local rail coverage, and provider eligibility can change the available methods.
- Amount: Provider, payment rail, bank, wallet, and local app limits can block or change a route.
- Provider: Provider checkout, KYC, pricing, timing, and execution remain provider-owned.
- Review: Exact cost, timing, limits, and unavailable state belong in the live route review before funds move.
Read methods by what they change
- Card and mobile wallet: issuer, provider checkout, card network, country, amount, and risk rules. Cost owner: provider or payment rail. Source of truth: live quote and provider checkout.
- Bank rails: SEPA, ACH, Faster Payments, wire, Open Banking, and provider funding rules. Cost owner: provider, bank rail, or funding partner. Source of truth: live route review and funding instructions.
- Local rails: country-specific rail support, local bank or app limits, and provider coverage. Cost owner: local rail and provider. Source of truth: country coverage, route eligibility, and provider review.
- Crypto funding: asset, network, source chain, destination, network cost, and product gate. Source of truth: product review before funds move.
Buy crypto by payment method
Pick a coin and rail to land on a corridor page. The corridor page still depends on live provider eligibility for country, amount, asset, and method.
Sell crypto by payout method
Cash-out routes depend on provider, payout rail, country, amount, and verification state. Each link opens a corridor where live route review owns the final terms.
Source of truth
The payment-method directory is a map. The live quote or product review is the source of truth for exact provider availability, cost, timing, limits, and verification state.
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