Payment methods in Maldives

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The tourism sector drives disproportionately high international card acceptance, particularly Visa and Mastercard, at resorts and luxury hotels

Market takeaways

The tourism sector drives disproportionately high international card acceptance, particularly Visa and Mastercard, at resorts and luxury hotels
BML MobilePay by Bank of Maldives is the leading domestic mobile payment solution, supporting QR payments and NFC tap-to-pay
The domestic population is small (~520,000), limiting the scale of the local e-commerce and digital payments market
Bank of Maldives (BML) holds a near-monopoly on domestic banking infrastructure, giving BML MobilePay a strong structural advantage
The Maldives Monetary Authority has been modernising the national payment system, with a focus on interoperability and financial inclusion across the dispersed atolls

Population

0.52M

Online population

0.47M

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BML MobilePay

BML MobilePay is a mobile banking application with integrated digital wallet features from the Bank of Maldives (BML), the country's dominant financial institution. It supports QR code payments at merchants and NFC tap-to-pay functionality, enabling contactless transactions for both domestic consumers and businesses. As BML is the primary bank serving the Maldivian population across the atolls, MobilePay serves as the de facto standard digital payment app for domestic residents.