Which payment methods should I offer in each country?

The profile lists the methods people in that market actually use, ordered by real-world popularity — iDEAL in the Netherlands, Pix in Brazil, cash on delivery in Pakistan, M-Pesa in Kenya — so your default option is the one buyers expect rather than a generic card form.

How do I know if a card scheme works in a country?

Each profile names the card schemes that clear domestically — Mir in Russia, UnionPay in China, RuPay in India — and is honest about markets where international cards simply do not work, so you do not surface a checkout that cannot complete.

Do I need 3-D Secure or SCA in this market?

The profile carries requires_3ds and requires_sca flags per country, telling you whether strong customer authentication is standard practice or a legal mandate, so your checkout meets local rules without over-challenging low-risk markets.

Payment intelligence — LocaleSense

Ordered by real-world usage, not by what a processor would prefer you offer: cash on delivery in Pakistan, iDEAL in the Netherlands, Pix in Brazil, M-Pesa in Kenya — plus the card schemes that work domestically and whether 3-D Secure or SCA applies.

Why it works_

Offer the checkout that converts

Local-first ordering

Methods ranked by how people actually pay, so your top option is the one they expect.

Domestic card reality

Which schemes clear locally (Mir in Russia, UnionPay, RuPay) and where cards simply do not work.

3DS & SCA flags

Whether strong authentication is standard practice or a legal mandate in each market.

The data behind it

One call, these response blocks.

This page maps to these blocks of the same response every other page reads:

Payments

payment-intelligence.sh

curl "https://api.localesense.com/v1/countries/NL" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ls_live_..."

In practice

What your code sees, per request.

The sample on the right is the shape of the real response for a visitor in Karachi — every value attributable, nothing guessed. Point the same call at any of the 197 markets.

Try it live in the docs

GET /v1/self 200 OK · sample