GlobalFor businesses moving money across borders

Pay your team anywhere.
Get paid like a local.

Pay freelancers and partner teams abroad, and get paid by US clients like a local, straight into your UK or EU business. For any business moving money between the US, Europe, LatAm and South Africa.

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Security

Licensed partnerFinCEN-registered money transmitter
KYC and KYBOn every worker and vendor
WorkOS sign-inOAuth 2.0 for connected apps
Non-custodialPetl Pay never holds your funds

Fees

See what lands before you send.

Every conversion shows the rate, the fees and what reaches the bank before you press pay.

FreePetl Pay wallet to wallet payments between businesses and individuals, settled near instantly.
0.4 to 1.4%End to end on fiat to USDC to fiat payments, including on and off ramps and conversions, depending on volume.
45sAbout 45 seconds to move USDC from your wallet into local currency, like ZAR in a South African bank.

For context, the World Bank puts the average cost of sending $200 abroad at 6.36%, and 14.99% through banks (Remittance Prices Worldwide, Q3 2025).

Estimate a withdrawal

Illustrative
Send it as South African randZAR
1,000.00 USDC
Exchange fee · 0.7%7.00 USDC
Transaction fee0.50 USDC
Total fees7.50 USDC (0.75%)
Exchange rate1 USDC = 16.63276 ZAR
You'd receive aboutR 16,508.01

Illustrative. An estimate, not a quote: the rate and fees can change before you withdraw.

What people say

Agencies, freelancers and studios paying and getting paid with Petl Pay.

Andrew, founder of ClickTrain AgencyClickTrain
“Their vision is a product that I've wanted for my agency for a while now, and the existing platform is already providing us with value from an invoice and payments standpoint.”
Andrew · Founder · ClickTrain Agency · UK
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“Really impressed with the speed and efficiency at which these guys have managed to process international transfers, all managed through the platform. I trialed a USD to ZAR transfer and the money was in my account in minutes. Absolute game changer!”
SarahSarahFreelance Designer · South Africa
“We've been using petl pay for international client projects and payments from the US and Europe. The speed of payments and ease-of-use within the platform is really impressive.”
JamieJamieFounder · Melted Pavement Creative Agency
“The Petl team has gone above and beyond to create something that helps financial operations for our agency. Really great when working with and paying freelancers on projects, and brilliant for taking payments from clients in the US.”
KathKathCo-Founder · The BillyBo Group
“We've been leveraging petl pay for the past few months, as part of their private-beta cohort. The platform has been easy to use for managing freelance bills, invoices, and cross-border payments into South Africa.”
Al SquiresAl SquiresCo-Founder · BS+A · London
“We've been using petl pay for a few months now, and it's genuinely made subcontracting work super easy. The invoicing logic is epic for my team's billable work, and convenient for me when managing cross-border client and internal payments across my team.”
JordanJordanAgency Founder · South Africa
“Just received the payment into my bank account, it literally took 1 min. Really delivered on the promise of "Instant" payments!”
PaulPaulProduct Designer · South Africa
“The simplicity of the platform is what strikes me. It's so easy to onboard, collaborate, manage and pay other agencies or freelancers.”
DanielDanielFounder · Tov Studios

Where money moves

Move money between the US, Europe, LatAm and South Africa.

Money comes in on local rails, moves as USDC, and pays out on local rails again: ACH, SEPA, PIX, SPEI and more. A client in New York can fund a freelancer in Cape Town without a chain of banks in between.

Money inMoney out
YOUR WALLETUSDCAlso USDT
United StatesUSD · ACH and wire
MexicoMXN · SPEI
EuropeEUR · SEPA and SEPA Instant
ColombiaCOP · Bre-B, PSE and Nequi
BrazilBRL · PIX
South AfricaZAR · Payouts to local banks

More LatAm currencies: ARS, CLP, PEN, BOB and CRC

What you can do

Get paid, pay people and hold funds, all from one account.

EUR accountSEPA
BeneficiaryHalden Studio Ltd
IBANLU•• •••• 5494
BIC•••••LULL
01

Get paid like a local

Local USD and EUR account details in your business name. Clients pay by ACH, wire or SEPA, and it lands in your wallet as USDC.

MM
Milton MastersCape Town · ZAR
Paid
CS
Carla SouzaSão Paulo · BRL
Paid
GJ
Greg JohnsonLisbon · EUR
Sending
02

Pay people in their currency

Pay freelancers and partner teams in USDC. They keep it as USDC or withdraw to their local bank in ZAR, BRL, MXN, COP, EUR or USD.

2 invoices waitingYou owe
Nested Ltd TechnologiesINV-2026-10 · $3,200.00
Pay
Carla SouzaINV-2026-11 · 1,150 USDC
Pay
03

Invoices and payments in one place

Your team invoices you in Petl Pay. Approve and pay in one place, and push it all to Xero for your books.

An agency team working at their desks in a warehouse studio under hanging bulb lights
CS
Carla Souza
Freelance developer · São Paulo
Identity (KYC)Verified
Payout methodBRL · PIX
StatusCan be paid

Why Petl Pay

Quick, affordable payments, with the checks already done.

Near instant

Wallet to wallet in moments, and out to a local bank in about 45 seconds.

Affordable

Free between Petl Pay wallets. 0.4 to 1.4% end to end when money changes currency.

Compliant from the start

KYC on every worker and KYB on every vendor before they can be paid, with every payment on record.

One record

Invoices, payments and checks in one place, pushed to Xero for your books.

PETL PAY MCPBuilding your own workflows? Connect AI tools and your own systems to Petl Pay to raise invoices, check balances and pay people.
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Who it's for

Built for teams and businesses that work across borders.

Agencies and studiosPay freelancers and partner studios abroad, and collect from clients in the US and Europe.
Offshore teams in South AfricaFund in USD or EUR, pay in USDC, and your team withdraws to rand in about 45 seconds.
Tech consultanciesPay distributed engineers and contractors on time, wherever they're based.
Freelancers and contractorsInvoice clients in USD or EUR, and withdraw to your own bank when you need it.
Businesses moving funds across bordersJust need to move your own money between the US, Europe, LatAm and South Africa? Do it on local rails, without a chain of banks in between.

Getting paid from the US

Get paid by US clients like a local supplier.

If you're a UK or EU business with clients in the US, give them local USD account details in your business name. They pay by ACH or wire, the same way they'd pay a supplier down the road, and you skip slow, costly international wires.

Agencies and studios

Retainers and project fees from US brands and tech companies.

Software and dev shops

Invoices to US customers for builds, licences and support.

Consultants and freelancers

Monthly retainers from US clients, without losing a slice to bank fees.

1
Your US client pays you locallyBy ACH or wire, to USD account details in your business name.
2
It lands in your wallet as USDCHeld by our licensed partner. Petl Pay never holds your funds.
3
Hold it, pay your team, or withdrawPay contributors wallet to wallet for free, or withdraw to EUR or USD.
End to end when money changes currency0.4 to 1.4%

One account

Everything your cross-border team needs.

Local USD and EUR details

Account details in your business name, so clients pay you on ACH, wire or SEPA.

USDC and USDT

Pay people in stablecoins, and hold balances between jobs in a wallet held by our licensed partner.

Payouts to local banks

ZAR, BRL, MXN, COP, EUR and USD, with more Latin American currencies supported.

Invoices and payment links

Your team invoices you in Petl Pay. Approve and pay in one place, and push it all to Xero.

Checks built in

KYC on every worker and KYB on every vendor before they can be paid, with every payment on record.

Run it from your AI tools

Raise invoices, check balances and pay people from Claude or ChatGPT, or build on the Petl Pay MCP.

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Get started

Tell us where your money needs to move.

Share where your clients pay from and where your team gets paid. We'll set you up with the right accounts and corridors.

Business verification (KYB) is needed before you use USDC. Your USDC wallet is held by our licensed partner. Petl Pay never holds your funds.