Europe · Portugal

MB WAY: Portugal's real-time bank transfer (a2a)

Portugal's mobile wallet on top of Multibanco.

Updated July 29, 2026Real-time bank transfer (A2A)By Ale Aznar
Country
Portugal
Region
Europe
Type
Real-time bank transfer (A2A)
This is a stub profile — a fuller MB WAY write-up is on the roadmap. In the meantime the operational detail below is available to founding partners.

How the MB WAY flow works

MB WAY is a real-time bank transfer (a2a) available in Portugal. Full public profile pending — contact us to prioritise this method.

Typical use cases

  • Merchants selling to consumers in Portugal.

Consumer reach

Available to consumers in Portugal.

Who should accept MB WAY

  • Merchants targeting the Portugal market.

Operational detail

The operational half of every method profile — settlement, refunds, disputes, PSP coverage and licensing — is reserved for Payment Methods List founding partners. It's the part vendor sites won't publish and the part that actually decides whether MB WAY works for your stack.

Founding partner access

Settlement time

How fast MB WAY funds land after the payer confirms, behaviour outside scheme hours, whether the rail settles gross or net, and the realistic T+n to sweep to USD/EUR — plus the PSPs where the advertised timeline actually holds in Portugal.

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Refund mechanics

How MB WAY refunds are executed end-to-end when the rail has no scheme-level reversal — payer-initiated pulls, credit transfers, or PSP-fronted refunds — plus partial-refund support, time limits, and the API surface each PSP exposes.

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Chargeback exposure

Whether MB WAY has any dispute construct at all, which recall/return/indemnity vectors actually exist on the rail, how consumer-protection rules in Portugal route claims back to merchants, and observed loss rates versus cards.

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PSP coverage matrix

Which acquirers and aggregators run direct rail connections to MB WAY vs. reselling a partner, coverage depth and reliability, effective pricing bands, and who to pick when Portugal volume is your primary use case.

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KYC & licensing notes

Requirements to accept MB WAY — local entity vs. cross-border MoR, licensing regime governing the rail in Portugal, KYC obligations at onboarding and per-transaction, and FX/reporting rules for foreign merchants.

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