SaaS business development in countries where Stripe does not operate

I am in Pakistan. Stripe is not available there, hence it took more time to sort out my payment issues than the product itself. I went through an LLC registration process, waited for an EIN, set up a business bank account online, and wasted around eleven weeks to finally be able to bill anyone.

None of the guides have covered this topic. Every post about shipping your product in a weekend presupposes that you can easily integrate a payment processor and start charging people.

If you had to build from a country different from the payment rails, what did you use in the end? I would love to compile a small comparison list of those things that really work in 2026, rather than what is stated in the docs, and publish it here.