finops: description: Financial operations guidance for teams integrating the CoinGate Payment Gateway API, covering cost structure, settlement mechanics, currency conversion, and cost optimization strategies. pricingUrl: https://coingate.com/pricing costDrivers: - name: Payment Processing Fee description: Applied to every successful payment order processed through CoinGate. standard: 1% per transaction enterprise: Custom volume-based rate - name: Crypto Payout Fee description: Applied when sending funds from your CoinGate balance to an external cryptocurrency address. standard: 0.50 EUR + 0.5% per payout enterprise: Custom/lower rate - name: Payout with Conversion Fee description: Applied when sending funds with an automatic currency conversion (e.g., BTC to EUR payout). standard: 0.50 EUR + 1.5% per payout enterprise: Custom/lower rate - name: Currency Exchange Fee description: Applied when converting between currencies within your CoinGate ledger account. standard: 1% per exchange enterprise: Custom/lower rate - name: Refund Fee description: Applied when processing a refund for a completed payment order. standard: 0.25 EUR + 0.1% per refund enterprise: Custom/lower rate - name: SWIFT Withdrawal Fee description: Applied when withdrawing funds via SWIFT international wire transfer. standard: 0.50% (minimum 50 EUR) enterprise: Custom/lower rate - name: SEPA Withdrawal Fee description: Applied for EUR bank transfers within the SEPA zone. standard: Free enterprise: Free - name: Crypto Withdrawal Fee description: Applied when withdrawing cryptocurrency to an external wallet. standard: Free enterprise: Free - name: Deposits description: Receiving funds into your CoinGate account. standard: Free enterprise: Free settlements: description: CoinGate handles automatic settlement of merchant balances to fiat or cryptocurrency on a scheduled basis. standard: Weekly automatic settlement enterprise: Weekly or on-request settlement supportedFiatCurrencies: - EUR - USD - GBP settlementMethods: - SEPA bank transfer (EUR, free) - SWIFT wire transfer (0.50% fee, minimum 50 EUR) - Cryptocurrency withdrawal (free) costOptimization: - tip: Upgrade to Enterprise for volume discounts if monthly transaction volume is high enough to justify negotiated custom rates. threshold: Evaluate when monthly processing volume exceeds 50,000 EUR - tip: Use SEPA withdrawals instead of SWIFT to avoid the 0.50% withdrawal fee (minimum 50 EUR). - tip: Minimize currency conversion steps by settling in a single target currency to avoid the 1% exchange fee on each conversion. - tip: Batch payouts where possible to reduce the fixed 0.50 EUR per-payout component. - tip: Use the public Exchange Rates API (unauthenticated) for rate lookups to avoid consuming authenticated API quota unnecessarily. - tip: Leverage the Sandbox environment at no cost for development and testing to avoid incurring fees on test transactions. billing: description: Fees are deducted from your CoinGate merchant balance automatically. There are no monthly subscription fees for Standard accounts. Enterprise pricing is negotiated per-contract. invoicingUrl: https://developer.coingate.com/reference/cryptocurrency-payment-api selfServiceDashboard: https://coingate.com/login