Latin America · Chile

Webpay: Chile's card scheme

Chile's dominant Transbank-operated card gateway.

Updated July 29, 2026Card schemeBy Ale Aznar
Country
Chile
Region
Latin America
Type
Card scheme
This is a stub profile — a fuller Webpay write-up is on the roadmap. In the meantime the operational detail below is available to founding partners.

How the Webpay flow works

Webpay is a card scheme available in Chile. Full public profile pending — contact us to prioritise this method.

Typical use cases

  • Merchants selling to consumers in Chile.

Consumer reach

Available to consumers in Chile.

Who should accept Webpay

  • Merchants targeting the Chile 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 Webpay works for your stack.

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Settlement time

How fast Webpay 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 Chile.

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Refund mechanics

How Webpay 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 Webpay has any dispute construct at all, which recall/return/indemnity vectors actually exist on the rail, how consumer-protection rules in Chile 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 Webpay vs. reselling a partner, coverage depth and reliability, effective pricing bands, and who to pick when Chile volume is your primary use case.

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KYC & licensing notes

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

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