Bancontact

Let your Belgian customers pay with Bancontact—Belgium’s most popular payment method offered by over 80% of online businesses.

Capture more revenue

Reduce cart abandonment and increase conversion with local buyers by offering them their preferred bank redirect payment method.

Lower transaction costs

Capture cost savings on transaction and dispute fees when 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

Belgium

Presentment currency

EUR

Payment method family

Bank redirect

Payout timing

Standard payout timing applies

Refunds / Partial refunds

Yes/Yes

Payment confirmation

Customer-authenticated

Recurring payments

via SEPA Direct Debit

Dispute support

No

Connect support

Yes

Available in

AU Australia
AT Austria
BE Belgium
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
HK Hong Kong
HU Hungary
IE Ireland
IT Italy
JP Japan
LV Latvia
LI Liechtenstein
LT Lithuania
LU Luxembourg
MT Malta
MX Mexico
NL Netherlands
NZ New Zealand
NO Norway
PL Poland
PT Portugal
RO Romania
SG Singapore
SK Slovakia
SI Slovenia
ES Spain
SE Sweden
CH Switzerland
GB United Kingdom
US United States

How it works

Pay with Bancontact

To pay with Bancontact, customers are redirected to the Bancontact website or mobile app to authorize the payment and then return to your website, where there is immediate notification about the success or failure of the payment.
1

Select Bancontact

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

Redirect to verify

Customer is redirected to Bancontact and enters account credentials or scans QR code, enters pin, and confirms payment.
3

Payment complete

Customer is notified that payment is complete and is returned to your site.
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.

Design your payments page

Create your own payments page using Stripe Elements—our suite of prebuilt embeddable UI components.

Hosted payments page

Accept payments on your website by integrating Stripe Checkout–our prebuilt payment page optimized for conversion.