Orbital payments alternative for local payouts its API does not list
Orbital sells exotic currency payouts, yet its payout API lists only crypto, USD, GBP and EUR. Unigox pays bank or mobile money accounts in local money from USDT or USDC. Stay with Orbital for crypto checkout, wires and OTC.
When to stay with Orbital
Customers pay you in crypto at checkout
Orbital gives you embedded payment pages, a Binance Pay checkout, a WooCommerce plugin, payment links and a dedicated wallet per customer. It takes BTC, ETH, LTC and BCH next to USDT and USDC. The Unigox Payments API collects local money by bank transfer or mobile money.
You pay suppliers by SWIFT, CHAPS or Fedwire
Orbital corporate accounts in GBP, EUR and USD send over SWIFT, CHAPS, Target2 and Fedwire as well as Faster Payments and SEPA, with no maximum per payment. A Unigox company account has an EUR IBAN for SEPA and a UK sort code and account number; USD account details are confirmed during setup.
You trade pairs beyond EUR, GBP and stablecoins
Orbital's OTC desk quotes fiat to fiat, fiat to crypto and crypto to crypto, emerging-market currencies included, 18 hours a day, five days a week. Unigox OTC deals convert only between EUR or GBP and stablecoins.
Orbital vs Unigox for paying and collecting in local money
| Topic | Orbital | Unigox |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Crypto pay-ins and payouts for merchants, GBP, EUR and USD corporate accounts that also hold crypto, Exotic FX and an OTC desk. Sold to regulated businesses by the Pay Perform group. | A Payments API that pays out and collects local money by bank or mobile money, settled in USDT or USDC, beside company accounts in EUR, GBP and USD. |
| Paying a person | Its payouts page names no destinations. The payout reference lists USDT, USDC, ETH, BTC, LTC and BCH plus USD, GBP and EUR, with a wallet address on every payout. Account payments leave in the account's currency to a bank or wallet in that currency; no mobile money field. | One quote turns USDT or USDC in your partner wallet into local money, paid to the customer's own bank or mobile money account. |
| Collecting local money | Exotic FX, ordered in the client portal: you sell a local currency for a stablecoin and pay into an account a local OTC partner names. You upload the deposit slip and settle the same or the next day. | The payer sends a bank transfer or a mobile money payment; once Unigox confirms it, the USDT or USDC lands in your partner wallet. |
| Pricing | No amounts published. The docs name a monthly account fee, a monthly fee per user, a percentage on bank deposits, a flat fee per payment and a margin on conversions. Crypto payments add processing and network fees. | Each quote shows the rate, the Unigox fee, your own fee and the total. An order that does not complete is not charged. |
| Getting started | Book a meeting, upload company documents, pass a compliance review, see a demo with a pricing proposal, then a director signs the master services agreement. Most approvals take 5 to 10 business days. | A call to agree markets and setup, company verification (KYB), then API credentials and a sandbox with the same endpoints as production. |
| Regulation | Pay Perform Limited: FCA authorised payment institution (843960). Pay Perform Gibraltar: e-money issuer authorised by the GFSC. Pay Perform Digital: GFSC-authorised for distributed ledger technology. Pay Perform Switzerland: VQF member. | Unigox works through two companies: UNIGOX NETWORK CORP. in Canada handles the local-money side and is registered with FINTRAC as a money services business and with the Bank of Canada as a payment service provider; UNIGOX NETWORK CORP. in Panama handles the crypto side, including wallets and escrow. |
UnigoxMove Orbital payouts to the Unigox Payments API
Map your Orbital payout countries
Bring the countries your Orbital payouts and Exotic FX orders reach and your monthly volume. The call sets markets and setup; your company then passes KYB with Unigox, because Orbital's compliance review does not carry over.
Fund your partner wallet
Send USDT or USDC from your Orbital account to your Unigox partner wallet. Payouts are funded from it, collections are paid into it, and your server signs every transfer out.
Test, then switch
Run quotes, payouts and signed webhooks in the sandbox, then send the payouts that end in local money through Unigox. Crypto checkout and wire payments can stay at Orbital.
Orbital payments alternatives: questions
Which Orbital does this page compare with Unigox?
Orbital at getorbital.com, the trading name of the Pay Perform group, which sells crypto pay-ins and payouts, corporate accounts, Exotic FX and an OTC desk to regulated businesses. Other payment products that share the Orbital name are not covered.
How does getorbital.com price payments next to Unigox?
Orbital lists the parts of its pricing but no amounts: account maintenance, a fee per user, a percentage on deposits from banks, a flat fee per payment and a margin on conversions. A pricing proposal follows the compliance review. Each Unigox Payments API quote shows the rate, the Unigox fee and the total before the order.
Can Orbital pay a mobile money account?
Orbital's API reference takes bank details or a crypto wallet address for a beneficiary and has no mobile money field. The Unigox Payments API pays bank and mobile money accounts in local money, funded from USDT or USDC.
See the Payments APICan we keep Orbital checkout and pay out through Unigox?
Yes. Customers can keep paying through Orbital's payment pages while Unigox handles payouts in local money. Once Unigox has verified your company, you move USDT or USDC from Orbital to your partner wallet and quote each payout from there.
Price your local payouts next to Orbital
Tell us where your Orbital payouts land and the volume you send each month. Unigox agrees the markets and setup with you on a call, and your developers test in the sandbox before the first live payout.
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