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Stripe market launches and material geographic expansions, with beta, invite-only, and full-stack availability kept distinct.
country expansiongeneral availability
Stripe made its payments platform generally available to businesses in Thailand after a beta, with local support and payment methods tailored to Thai commerce.
country expansionavailable
Stripe opened signup to businesses in Croatia, Gibraltar, and Liechtenstein for payments, subscriptions, fraud management, and other core platform capabilities.
At Sessions 2022, Stripe said businesses in Indonesia and Thailand could begin using Stripe in beta, expanding its platform to two major Southeast Asian markets.
country expansionexpanded availability
Stripe's Sessions 2021 recap identified Brazil as a newly expanded market and highlighted Boleto support for reaching Brazilian customers.
country expansionlaunch with staged onboarding
Stripe launched in the United Arab Emirates, its first market in the Middle East, while initially onboarding businesses from an invitation queue.
country expansiongeneral availability
Stripe launched in the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta, bringing its stated footprint to 39 countries, including 29 in Europe.
country expansionlaunched
Stripe counted Hungary among six European markets launched since the previous Sessions conference, although its 2021 recap did not give a precise launch date.
country expansiongeneral availability
Stripe officially launched its product stack for Mexican online businesses, including Connect, Billing, Radar, Sigma, OXXO cash payments, and eligible card installments.
country expansiongeneral availability
Stripe launched for Malaysian businesses with its broader product stack and began beta support for FPX, the country's bank-transfer payment network.
country expansiongeneral availability
Stripe opened its full platform to businesses in Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia after beta periods.
country expansiongeneral availability after beta
Stripe made its full software suite available to Italian businesses after a beta period, including Payments, Connect, Checkout, Billing, and Radar with an Italian-language interface.
country expansioninvite-only private beta
Stripe began a small private beta in India so local companies could test rupee payouts and help identify the functionality needed for the market.
country expansiongeneral availability
Stripe opened its full payments stack to New Zealand businesses following a beta, including Connect, Subscriptions, Radar, and global currency acceptance.
country expansiongeneral availability with staged local methods
Stripe launched its payments platform in Hong Kong with US-dollar settlement and simultaneous Alipay and WeChat Pay partnerships that had different rollout stages.
country expansiongeneral availabilityreported
Stripe launched for businesses in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, adding the German-speaking and Benelux markets to its European footprint.
country expansiongeneral availability after betareported
Stripe opened its online-business platform to Spanish businesses after a year-long beta, supporting payments in more than 130 currencies and a broader suite of commerce tools.
country expansiongeneral availability
After a 2015 beta, Stripe opened access to businesses across Singapore and supported local companies selling globally through its payments platform.
country expansiongeneral availabilityreported
Stripe moved from beta to general availability in France, supporting local companies while deepening its European payments footprint.
country expansionlaunched
Stripe launched in Japan in 2016, establishing a local market that later became a major base for enterprise and Japan-specific product development.
country expansionlaunch rolloutreported
Stripe announced its expansion to Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden during June 2015; later reporting identified all four as fully available Stripe markets.
country expansiongeneral availabilityreported
Stripe launched broadly in Australia after a year-long beta, making the country its first Asia-Pacific market with general availability.
country expansiongeneral availabilityreported
Stripe launched in Ireland, its first eurozone market, shortly after entering the United Kingdom and before Ireland later became a dual-headquarters location.
country expansiongeneral availabilityreported
Stripe opened to all eligible businesses in the United Kingdom after beta testing, making the UK its first generally available European market.
country expansiongeneral availabilityreported
Stripe launched in Canada, its first market outside the United States, allowing Canadian businesses to accept payments with domestic bank settlement.
country expansionpublic launchreported
Stripe opened its developer-focused payments service publicly in the United States after an invite-only beta, establishing the base market for later expansion.