- Short answer
- Shopify's pages disagree on whether Balance can fund an international Bill Pay wire; Texas- or Vermont-based businesses can't pay international bills.
- Who can't
- Payments to certain countries are prohibited; Bill Pay is for US merchants only.
- Wire from Balance
- Payment methods page lists a $20 delivery fee; 3 business days under $100,000, 4 at $100,000 or over.
- Currency
- Adding bills says all bill payments must be in USD; Paying bills lists 14 foreign currencies.
- Other funding
- Paying bills: international bills must use a bank transfer or Mastercard credit card; other credit and debit cards don't work.
Can Balance fund an international bill in Bill Pay?
Bill Pay's overview says you can pay international bills in USD using a bank account or your Shopify Balance account. The payment methods page lists a Balance wire marked International only, and the product page names Balance or a bank account.
Paying bills says the opposite:
It's not possible to pay international bills using Shopify Balance.
That page still names a bank: it requires a bank transfer or a Mastercard credit card, not other credit cards or debit cards.
What limits apply to an international Bill Pay wire?
Bill Pay is available only to US merchants. Adding bills adds that businesses based in Texas or Vermont can't make international bill payments, and payments to certain countries are prohibited. It points to Melio's list; none of the Bill Pay help pages we read on September 30, 2026 lists the countries.
Currency splits too. Adding bills says:
All bill payments must be made in USD.
Paying bills instead lists payments in 14 foreign currencies; for those, the deduction date can only be today. The payment methods page says the displayed exchange rate includes the mid-market rate from Wise and the Bill Pay fee, and is guaranteed for 30 minutes.
Adding bills warns that a non-USD bill emailed to your Bill Pay account or synced from QuickBooks Online isn't converted: its amount displays as though it were in USD.
From Balance, the payment methods page lists a free payment fee and a $20 delivery fee; delivery takes 3 business days under $100,000 and 4 at $100,000 or over.
What do you need before your first international payment?
- The vendor's SWIFT number or IBAN.
- The account owner, as the only one who can activate International transfer; first use asks for business details, such as personal information of owners holding 25% or more.
- A separate international vendor profile, per Managing vendors. For the domestic one, see same-day payment from Balance.
- One currency per vendor profile.
- A PDF or JPG of the bill for some vendor locations, and the payment's declared purpose.
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