# NOWPayments for prop firms

> Crypto payment gateway with mass payouts; publishes a prop-firm payment processor guide. Published pricing (checked 12 Oct 2026): Transaction fee (same currency), From 1%; Exchange fee (different currency), Additional 1%; 'Altogether, our fees add up to 1%'; Mass payouts, No service fee; network fee only. In the PipValley Index (529 prop firm sites crawled on 12 Oct 2026), 2 show NOWPayments.

- Source: https://pipvalley.com/tech/nowpayments
- Publisher: PipValley - web design studio for prop trading firms
- Updated: 2026-10-12
- Disclosure: PropSuite is PipValley’s technology partner; it is labelled wherever it appears. Facts are from vendor pages and named press, checked 12 Oct 2026.

## Company

- **Legal entity**: FD Transfers LLC., incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [1]
- **Parent / owner**: Launched by ChangeNOW [1]
- **Headquarters**: Postal address: Tornimae 5, Tallinn, Estonia [1]
- **Website**: nowpayments.io 

## Markets, platforms, model

- Markets: Crypto
- Platforms: not published
- Delivery model: API, SaaS

## Pricing (as published, checked 12 Oct 2026)

- **Transaction fee (same currency)**: From 1% - "your transaction fees start from 1%" [1]
- **Exchange fee (different currency)**: Additional 1%; 'Altogether, our fees add up to 1%' - "there is an additional fee of 1% ... Altogether, our fees add up to 1%" [1]
- **Mass payouts**: No service fee; network fee only - "Mass payouts are not subject to service fees" [1]

## Launch and operations

- **Launch time**: Not published 
- **Payments**: Not published 
- **KYC**: Not published 
- **Payouts**: Mass payouts charged network fee only (their pricing page). [1]
- **Risk and capital**: Not published 

## They say

- They say payouts clear in roughly 1-3 minutes on average and support 300+ assets (their blog). [3]

## Who uses it (PipValley Index)

NOWPayments: 2 of 529 (of 529 prop firm sites crawled 12 Oct 2026; firms whose pages show the vendor, not customers).

## Who it suits

- Founders who want a price before the first call: NOWPayments publishes 3 price lines: Transaction fee (same currency), From 1%.

## Who it does not suit

## Websites

No marketing-site product found; sells payments/compliance infrastructure only. [1] PipValley designs and builds prop firm websites wired to NOWPayments: [plan your launch](https://pipvalley.com/contact?src=tech-nowpayments).

## Questions

### What is NOWPayments?

Crypto payment gateway with mass payouts; publishes a prop-firm payment processor guide. We list it under crypto payments and trader payouts.

### Who owns NOWPayments?

NOWPayments trades as FD Transfers LLC., incorporated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. Launched by ChangeNOW. Location: Postal address: Tornimae 5, Tallinn, Estonia.

### How much does NOWPayments cost?

As published (nowpayments.io, checked 12 Oct 2026): Transaction fee (same currency): From 1%; Exchange fee (different currency): Additional 1%; 'Altogether, our fees add up to 1%'; Mass payouts: No service fee; network fee only. Confirm current terms with NOWPayments.

### Can I run a crypto prop firm on NOWPayments?

NOWPayments lists these markets: Crypto. Futures are not listed.

### What does NOWPayments claim?

They say payouts clear in roughly 1-3 minutes on average and support 300+ assets (their blog). These are its own statements.

### How do payouts work on NOWPayments?

Mass payouts charged network fee only (their pricing page).

### Which prop firms use NOWPayments?

In the PipValley Index (529 prop firm sites crawled on 12 Oct 2026), 2 show NOWPayments. The Index counts firms whose public pages show the vendor; it is a lower bound on visibility, not NOWPayments’s customer list, and we don’t name individual firms here.

### Does NOWPayments build prop firm websites?

No. No marketing-site product found; sells payments/compliance infrastructure only. PipValley designs and builds prop firm websites that connect to it.

### What are the alternatives to NOWPayments?

The closest vendors in our dataset are Confirmo and Match2Pay. Each has its own page with sourced facts.

## Sources

1. [NOWPayments: Pricing](https://nowpayments.io/pricing) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
2. [NOWPayments: Home](https://nowpayments.io/) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
3. [NOWPayments blog: Prop firm payment processors](https://nowpayments.io/blog/prop-firm-payment-processors) - vendor, checked 2026-10-12
4. PipValley Index crawl, 12 Oct 2026 (https://pipvalley.com/tech#methodology) - index, checked 2026-10-12