Our Connect product is a powerful API and set of tools used to route payments between a business, customers, and recipients who need to get paid. It powers payments for business models like marketplaces and software platforms.
There are certain restrictions on Connect for Stripe UAE that you should be aware of:
We only support Standard Connect
Custom and Express Connect is only available upon request. Please reach out to our sales team if you are interested in this feature
We currently support the following configurations of Connect for UAE users:
| Foreign platform with UAE connected accounts | UAE platform with UAE connected accounts | |
| Standard Connect | Available only with: - Direct charges - Destination charges with the on_behalf_of parameter |
Available with all charge types |
| Express Connect | Connected accounts in this case can have the card_payments capability. This means the following charge types are available: - Direct charges - Destination charges with the on_behalf_of parameter The UAE connected account must be VAT registered. - Exception for platforms on IC+ pricing whose connected accounts do not need to be VAT registered |
Connected accounts in this case can only have the transfers capability; they cannot have the card_payments capability at this time. This means the following charges types are available: - Destination charges without the on_behalf_of parameter - Separate charges and transfers |
| Custom Connect | Connected accounts in this case can have the card_payments capability. This means the following charge types are available: - Direct charges - Destination charges with the on_behalf_of parameter The UAE connected account must be VAT registered. - Exception for platforms on IC+ pricing whose connected accounts do not need to be VAT registered |
Connected accounts in this case can only have the transfers capability; they cannot have the card_payments capability at this time. This means the following charges types are available: - Destination charges without the on_behalf_of parameter - Separate charges and transfers |
We only support the following business types creating a connected account:
Sole establishments, free zone establishments or branches of sole establishments
LLCs, free zone LLCs or branches of LLCs
Any connect account holders will need to provide a valid trade license issued within the UAE as part of the verification process - as a result, we don't currently support individuals without a license signing up for a connected account.