Currencies and payment methods

Payment Settings configures which payment methods donors can use, which currencies the form accepts, and how processing fees are handled. Click the Payment Settings tab in the left sidebar to open it. Fees have their own guide: see Fee coverage.

Payment methods

Check the methods you want to enable. Payment methods are automatically ordered to maximize conversion: the order donors see is dynamic, based on their device, browser, and platform, so a donor on iOS Safari sees Apple Pay first while a donor without a digital wallet sees Credit Card first. You don't control this ordering, and you don't need to.

• Apple Pay: one-tap payment on Apple devices. Only displays for donors on an Apple device in Safari with Apple Pay set up; for donors who meet all three conditions, it's frequently the highest-converting method on the form.
• Google Pay: one-tap payment through the donor's Google account, shown to donors in Chrome with Google Pay set up.
• Credit Card: the fallback for donors without a digital wallet or who prefer entering card details directly.
• PayPal: donors pay from their PayPal balance, linked bank account, or saved cards. Requires a PayPal Business account connected to GiveForms. See Connecting PayPal.
• ACH Bank Transfer: direct bank transfer for US donors, with lower processor fees than cards. The fee savings matter most on larger gifts.
• Donor Advised Fund: lets donors give through a donor advised fund.

Currencies

GiveForms supports 30 currencies. The panel shows how many are enabled; click Show All to see the full list and toggle currencies on or off. One currency carries the DEFAULT tag: it's what donors see when auto-detection is off, or when a visitor's local currency isn't one you've enabled.

Auto-detect visitor currency

When this toggle is on, GiveForms detects the donor's location and switches the form to their local currency, converting your preset amounts at that day's exchange rate. A $50 preset shows as roughly £40 to a donor in the UK. This is a meaningful trust signal for international donors: seeing your currency when their wallet thinks in another adds friction. We recommend leaving it on for any campaign with an international audience. If the detected currency isn't enabled in your list, the form falls back to the default.