Mollie is loved across the EU for clean iDEAL, Bancontact and SEPA acceptance. Malum keeps every European payment method you actually need — and adds crypto payouts, global coverage and zero chargeback exposure.
Mollie is a great fit for an EU-incorporated retail business with a Dutch / Benelux customer base. Malum gives you the same European payment methods, plus crypto payouts, plus global coverage — and treats chargebacks as Malum's problem, not yours.
Mollie's strength is regulated EU acquiring. That same strength becomes the limiting factor when your customers live outside the SEPA zone, or when you'd rather hold your treasury in crypto.
Mollie's geographic strength is the EU/EEA. Malum accepts cards globally and ships settlement in crypto, so you can sell into Asia, LATAM, MENA and beyond without spinning up local entities.
Mollie settles to your EUR/GBP business bank. Malum settles directly into USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH and 30+ other tokens — within minutes, no SEPA cut-off, no banking holidays.
Mollie's chargeback model is the same as any card acquirer — you pay if a dispute lands. Malum's card-to-crypto pipeline removes the chargeback liability from your books entirely.
| Feature | Malum | Mollie |
|---|---|---|
| Payout currency | Crypto (USDT, USDC, BTC, ETH, LTC + 30 more) | EUR / GBP / regional fiat to a registered business bank account |
| Payout speed | Minutes, 24/7 | Daily SEPA payouts, weekdays only |
| Chargeback liability | Absorbed by Malum once crypto has settled | Merchant pays disputed amount + fee |
| European payment methods | iDEAL, Bancontact, EPS, SEPA, Faster Payments, Giropay, SOFORT and more | iDEAL, Bancontact, EPS, SEPA, KBC, Belfius, Giropay, SOFORT |
| Geographic coverage | Global card acceptance | Strongest in EU/UK; merchant must be EU-incorporated |
| Onboarding | Minutes | KYB review, EU company registration, bank verification |
| High-risk verticals | Supported (digital goods, gaming, software, content) | Restricted |
| Merchant of Record | Yes — MoR available for tax + compliance | No — Mollie is a PSP, not an MoR |
| Hosted storefront | Built-in store with products, reviews and custom domain | Mollie is a pure PSP; storefront is your responsibility |
| Plugin coverage | Shopify, WooCommerce, SellAuth, custom integrations, REST API | WooCommerce, Magento, PrestaShop, Shopify, Lightspeed |
| Crypto checkout | Native — BTC, ETH, USDT, USDC + 30 more | No native crypto support |
| Fees | Flat published merchant discount, all-in | Per-method (iDEAL flat fee, cards %, Klarna %) |
Mollie's incorporation requirements typically restrict signup to EU/EEA registered businesses with an EU bank. That's a deal-breaker for most non-EU founders, and for EU founders who want to sell into markets where SEPA doesn't reach.
Malum does not require you to incorporate locally to start accepting payments — and because payouts settle in crypto, you don't need a fiat bank account in any particular jurisdiction either.
The European APMs Mollie is known for — iDEAL, Bancontact, EPS, Giropay, SEPA, SOFORT — are all supported on Malum too. You don't lose the buyer experience your Benelux customers expect; you gain crypto payout on top of it.
Mollie operates the standard card-acquirer model: a successful dispute pulls funds plus a fee from your Mollie balance. Repeated disputes can put you on the Visa / Mastercard monitoring program.
Malum settles each transaction in crypto and ships it off-platform. There is no merchant balance for an issuing bank to reverse from after the fact.
Mollie is a payment service provider — meaning sales tax, VAT, OSS filings and country-by-country compliance remain your responsibility. For digital goods sold across the EU, this rapidly becomes a full-time job.
Malum can sit as the Merchant of Record on each sale, collecting and remitting the appropriate tax on your behalf and indemnifying you against the resulting compliance exposure.
Spin up a Malum account and accept every payment method your European customers expect — and settle straight to your wallet.
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