dLocal’s Emerging Markets Payments Handbook 2025
Get your local-first guide to payments across Africa & the Middle East, Asia, and Latin America
Explore what’s powering growth, why what was once ‘alternative’ is now the global default, and how mobile-first behavior is defining the future of eCommerce in the world’s fastest-growing regions.
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Why Emerging Markets can’t wait
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Home to 85% of the world’s population
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The middle class will double by 2034
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Nearly 90% of Gen Z & Millennials will grow up in these markets
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By 2035, EMs will drive 65% of global economic growth
Payments move differently in Emerging Markets
Billions move through local cards, eWallets, QR codes, and real-time transfers every day. These aren’t trends—they’re how people live, shop, and subscribe in emerging markets. To compete, brands must think locally. Knowing how local and alternative payment methods (APMs) work isn’t just smart, it’s how reach becomes revenue.
Conversion in these markets isn’t about offering everything, it’s about offering what fits.
The local insights behind smart global moves
Mapped. Tracked. Covered.
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Africa & Middle East
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Egypt
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Kenya
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Nigeria
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South Africa
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Saudi Arabia
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Turkey
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Snapshot:
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UAE
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Latin America
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Argentina
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Brazil
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Chile
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Colombia
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Mexico
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Peru
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Snapshots:
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Bolivia
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Costa Rica
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Ecuador
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Uruguay
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Asia
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India
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Indonesia
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Pakistan
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Vietnam
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Snapshots:
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Malaysia
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Philippines
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Thailand
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