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A market order is an order to buy or sell without a fixed price condition.
This type of order enables you to buy or sell immediately, based on the liquidity of the platform.

The investor can view the order book to get real-time bid and ask information.

In order to ensure that there is not a significant difference in the buy or sell price, there is a 2% protection compared to the estimated price.
It means that your buy/sell market order will not be executed if the price differs by more than 2%.

Please follow these steps from the registration page:

1- Fill in your email address and validate it by clicking on the link received by email,
2- Fill in your personal information and have your phone number approved by entering the code received by sms,
3- Fill in the compliance form,
4- Have your identity verified by generating a link by sms. You will need to take a photo of your physical ID, perform a short facial recognition video and sign electronically,

Secondly, please register a proof of address less than 3 months old in your name from your account. To do so, click on the drop down menu in your profile and go to 'Profile' and 'Documents'. Please note that a bank statement is not considered as proof of address.
You can provide us with one of the following documents:
- Last tax notice,
- Bill (water, energy, landline, mobile or internet supplier),
- Statement or invoice from your housing insurance company,
- Rent receipt (from a social organisation or estate agency).

The address (street name, postcode and city) must exactly match your Paymium profile.
If you do not have a proof of address, you can provide us with a proof of accommodation (in addition to the proof of address and the identity card of your host).
Please read this article to get more information.

Your documents will be analysed within 24 to 48 working hours.

Paymium is the world's oldest crypto to fiat exchange platform.

Founded in 2011, Paymium is a French based company since its first days. It has over 230,000 customers worldwide, both individuals and businesses.

Paymium has been a pioneer  in the crypto-currency industry by launching the Euro/Bitcoin pair back in 2011.

With its experience and team of crypto-currencies & blockchain experts and passionate people, Paymium is developing a number of services for both retail and professional customers including new crypto-currency pairs, Recurring Buy Plan (also known as Dollar-Cost Averaging) for Bitcoin and Ethereum, credit card purchase, email transfer, OTC Desk, Bitcoin payment button and unhosted wallets.

Our ambition is to become a leader in Europe while complying with the regulation.
Paymium is also registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) with the French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) since March 2021.

Security of our client’s funds is one of our top priorities:
- We store 98% of funds in cold storage (not connected to the Internet),
- We hold them in full reserve (client deposits are available for immediate withdrawal),
- We do not invest in hedge funds.

Want to provide Bitcoin payment to your customers?

This is possible thanks to the Bitcoin payment button, which is an online bitcoin payment service.
As a business, you can offer your customers the possibility to pay in bitcoins via your website.
You can choose how much of the payment you want to convert (for example, you can convert 70% of each payment received into euros and keep 30% in Bitcoin).

By accepting payment in crypto-currency, you do not expose yourself to chargeback risks, nor your customer to identity or credit card data theft risks.

Accepting crypto-currency payments with Paymium is secure: your crypto-currencies are kept offline in 'cold-storage'.

- Basic Attention Token (BAT),
- BCIO (BCIO),
- Bitcoin (BTC),
- Bitcoin Cash (BCH),
- DAI (DAI),
- Ethereum (ETH),
- Ethereum Classic (ETC),
- Liquid Network Bitcoin (LBTC),
- Litecoin (LTC).

There may be several reasons for this situation:

- the loss or malfunctioning of your 2FA, please read this article,

- too many incorrect password attempts, please read this article,

- an unknown reason, please contact us.

Bitcoin
Please click on 'Deposit' and select 'Bitcoin'.

A Bitcoin address and QR code will be generated.
This Bitcoin address is dedicated to your account.


Ethereum/altcoins
Please click on 'Deposit' and select the crypto-currency.

A crypto-currency address and QR code will be generated.
This crypto-currency address is dedicated to your account.

You will find below some best practices to maximise the protection of your Paymium account, your mailbox and your crypto-currencies.

1- Please never communicate your Paymium account password.
Paymium will never ask you for it.

2- Your mailbox enables you to validate your outgoing Euro, Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies transfers.
Validation by email is a fundamental security element. Therefore, you should pay attention to the security of your mailbox.
- Use a different password for all your accounts (Paymium, mailbox or others...),
- Use complex and long passwords (more than 8 characters), incorporating capital and small letters, numbers and special signs (@ ,$ ,! ,% ,* ,# ,? ,& ,- ,/ ) for your mailbox and your Paymium account. You can also use a password manager to generate and store long, complex and unique passwords,
- Install a Two Factor Authentication  (Google Authenticator or Yubikey) on your applications, also called 2FA. On Paymium, you can install it by going to the 'Security' tab of your 'Profile',
- Install a 2FA on your mailbox,
- Never communicate your passwords and store them offline.

3- Make sure you do not leave any documents in your mailbox (outbox, drafts and trash), especially your identity documents, selfies and proof of residence or income.

4- Generally, we strongly recommend that you do not keep your crypto-currencies on the exchange platforms or just a minimum for your daily transactions.
It is better to store them offline on devices for which you own the private keys.
Make sure you never store your private keys on a device connected to the internet or another network.
If you buy a hardware wallet, make sure you only do so from the supplier's official website.

5- Beware of 'phishing': we invite you not to click on links coming from unknown addresses and persons.
Always check the URL (https + domain name) of the site you are connecting to.

6- Your crypto-currency purchases should be personal.
Do not let anyone take control of your various accounts.
Please do not send funds to a third party to invest for you, especially if they create an account in your name.
Only make purchases in cases where you are in control of the entire process.

7- Do not hesitate to encrypt your communications and documents. Read this article to find out more.

If you are able to log in to your account
Please click on the drop down menu in your profile and go to 'Profile' and then 'Security'. You will be able to deactivate your 2FA at the bottom of the page.

If you are unable to log in to your account
Contact us at [email protected].

Persons of legal age (over 18 years old), companies and wealth managers can register on Paymium.

You can hold only one Paymium account per person and only one account per legal entity.

Please click on 'Withdraw' and select the crypto-currency of your choice.
Fill in the amount and the address where you want to receive the Bitcoins.
Once the request is made, check your mailbox (and your spam) to confirm your request by clicking on the link received.

Please send the following two documents:

1- A valid ID with an MRZ (Machine Readable Zone),

2- Proof of residence, please find here below the accepted documents:
- a bill (water, energy, landline, mobile or internet supplier) in your name and less than 3 months old,
- the latest tax notices,
- a statement or invoice from the housing insurance company,
- a rent receipt (from a social organisation or estate agency),
- a proof of council tax,
- a statement from the Caf (Caisse d'allocations familiales) mentioning the aid related to the accommodation.

The address (street name, postcode and city) must exactly match your Paymium profile.

Please note that a bank statement is not considered as proof of residence.

If you do not have proof of residence in your name, please read this page.

When verifying your ID, you will be asked for a video and an electronic signature.

A limit order is a buy or sell order with a determined price condition.

This type of order provides security to the investor, but it may take some time for the order to be executed.

Limit order to buy
If the offered purchase price is too low, there may be no seller who has an offer compatible with your buy order. Your limit order will therefore not be executed immediately. 
In this case, you should wait until the sellers lower their price or modify your order with a higher limit.
If your limit is higher than a seller's offer, the seller's offer will be accepted and your order will be partially or fully executed.
Partial execution occurs if the quantity offered by the seller is less than the quantity specified in your order. It is possible that your order may be executed by combining bids from several sellers.

Limit order to sell
If this price is too high, there may not be a buyer who has a compatible offer for your sell order. Your limit order will therefore not be executed immediately.
In this case, you should wait until the buyers increase their price or modify your order with a lower limit.
If your limit is lower than a buyer's offer, the buyer's offer will be accepted and your order will be partially or fully executed.
Partial execution occurs if the quantity requested by the buyer is less than the quantity specified in your order. Your order may be executed by combining bids from several buyers.

You have two possibilities:

1- You can generate an invoice directly from your Paymium account by going to the drop-down menu in your Paymium space and clicking on 'Payment Solution'.
Depending on some criteria you have selected (desired conversion Euro vs Bitcoin, information requested from the customer such as email and/or postal address), a line of code will be generated.
You will have to add it in the code of your website page.
Then, you will have a Bitcoin payment button.

2- You can integrate our API and automate the invoice creation process by consulting the API documentation.

The private keys of your crypto-currency addresses are kept offline in 'cold-storage' for maximum security.

5 pairs are currently available:

- BTC/EURO,
- ETH/EURO,
- ETC/EURO,
- BCH/EURO,
- LTC/EURO.

Soon, new pairs will be available.

From your computer
Please log in to your account and go to the drop-down menu of your profile. Click on 'Support Tickets' and then on 'Create a new ticket'.

From your mobile application
Please click on the 4 parallel bars on the top left of the screen section and click on 'Support'.

If you do not have proof of residence in your name and you are being hosted, please send the following documents:

- A handwritten and signed statement from the person who is hosting you, stating that you live there,
- A scan of the ID of the person hosting you (front and back),
- A scan of the proof of residence of the person hosting you that is less than 3 months old.

Here are the requirements for the proof of residence:

- The document must be less than 3 months old.

The document must be:
- a bill (water, energy, landline, mobile or internet supplier) in the name of your host and less than 3 months old,
- the latest tax notices,
- a statement or invoice from the housing insurance company,
- a rent receipt (from a social organisation or estate agency),
- a proof of council tax,
- a statement from the Caf (Caisse d'allocations familiales) mentioning the aid related to the accommodation.

Please note that a bank statement is not considered as proof of residence.

A maker order is an order present in the order book that brings liquidity to the market.
The maker order can be executed by matching one or more taker orders that take liquidity from the order book, thus creating the market price.

A maker order must be different from the last market price.

Your Euro funds are held securely by our e-money institution in an electronic money account.

In some rare cases, you may not receive our confirmation email.

Here are the different steps to follow:

- Check your spam or other folders,

- If the email is not visible, please 'whitelist' these 3 email addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

- Please cancel your transfer and repeat your request. You should receive the confirmation email.

If you still do not receive the confirmation email, please contact us.

If you have problems whitelisting our email addresses, please visit this page.

Our banking partner is the company Paynovate SA, an electronic money institution licenced in Belgium established and having its registered office Rue des Colonies 18a 1000 Bruxelles (N° BCE 0506.763.929).

In some cases, you may not receive our emails in your inbox.

Here are the different steps to follow:
- Check your spam box or other folders,
- If the email is not visible, please 'whitelist' these 3 email addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

If you have problems whitelisting our email addresses, please check this page.

If this still does not work, please contact us.

A taker order is a buy or sell order that takes liquidity in the order book. It is directly matched with the best price offered.

The taker order differs from the maker order, which brings liquidity to the market because it is not directly executed.
The taker will 'match' directly with one or more maker orders.

Please follow these steps from the registration page:

1- Click on 'Company', fill in your email address and validate it after clicking on the link received by email,
2- Fill in your personal information and have your phone number approved by entering the code received by sms,
3- Fill in the compliance form,
4- Have your identity verified by generating a link by sms. You will need to take a photo of your physical ID, perform a short facial recognition video and sign electronically,

Secondly, please register the documents below in your account. To do so, click on the drop down menu in your profile and go to 'Profile' and 'Documents'.
- Proof of identity of the beneficial owner(s) (passport, ID, residence permit), whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of residence of the beneficial owner(s) whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of identity of the legal representative if he/she is not one of the beneficial owners whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of residence of the legal representative if he/she is not one of the beneficial owners whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of residence of the company: we will need an energy or telecom bill in the name of your company and less than 3 months old. If your company is hosted by you, please read this page.
- Certificate of registration of the company (K-bis extract) less than 3 months old,
- Company statutes signed by the legal representatives,
- Proof of activity: latest P&L and balance sheet. Business plans or forecasted balance sheets with the latest bank statement of the company are accepted for the first year of activity,
- List of beneficial owners,
- Bank details in the name of the company,
- If the legal representative is not the Paymium account manager: power of attorney of the legal representative authorising the account manager.

Your documents will be analysed within 24 to 48 working hours.

The price displayed on exchanges corresponds to the price of the last trade made on these platforms. This is why there might be a price difference between different platforms.

The buying and selling prices on the marketplaces are determined by the buyers and sellers. Bitcoin is a decentralized currency which means it has no 'official price'. These prices may differ from one marketplace to another.

Withdrawals are executed several times a day, 24/7.

A transfer may take from a few minutes to several hours depending on possible compliance checks.

You do not have access to your private keys.

They are kept offline for maximum security.

However, we offer free unhosted wallets creation service.
Please read this article to find out more.

If your client is an individual
Please read this article.

If your client is a professional
Please read this article.

The Pacte law has established a specific and innovative regulatory framework for digital assets. It defined categories of services that may be licenced by the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) on an optional basis, the first four of which are required to comply with a registration procedure.

The services:
1- the custody of digital assets on behalf of a client,
2- the service of buying or selling digital assets for legal tender,
3- trading of digital assets against other digital assets,
4- the operation of a trading platform for digital assets,
5- other services on digital assets, such as the reception and transmission of orders for digital assets, the management of digital asset portfolios, advice to investors in digital assets, digital asset underwriting, the guaranteed placement of digital assets, the non-guaranteed placement of digital assets.

Paymium has been registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) since March 2021 under no. E2021-011.
Please see this page for the criteria for obtaining DASP status.

OUTLOOK
Once you are logged into your Outlook account, click on 'Settings' and on 'View all Outlook settings' if needed.

Then click on 'Email' and on 'Junk email'. Finally, go to 'Safe senders and domains', add and save these 3 email addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

GMAIL
Once you are logged into your Gmail account, please click on the 'Settings' link in the top right corner of the screen.

Once in the settings, please go to the 'Filters and blocked addresses' tab:

Click on the 'Create a filter' link and then specify the email addresses to be changed in the first box. You will need to approve these 3 email addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Then click on 'Create a filter'. Once created, check the box 'Never send to spam folder' and then click on 'Create a filter'.

YAHOO
Once you have logged into your account, please click on the 'Settings' tab, at the top right of the screen, click on the 'More options' link. Then click on the 'Filters' link on the left of the screen, then 'Add a new filter':

Enter a title for your filter. In the 'From' section, select 'contains' then save these 3 email addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Once you have made your changes, please click on 'Save'.


Please send the following documents:
- Proof of identity of the beneficial owner(s) (passport, ID, residence permit), whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of residence of the beneficial owner(s) whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of identity of the legal representative if he/she is not one of the beneficial owners whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of residence of the legal representative if he/she is not one of the beneficial owners whose shares are higher than 25%,
- Proof of residence of the company: we will need an energy or telecom bill in the name of your company and less than 3 months old. If your company is hosted by you, please read this page.
- Certificate of registration of the company (K-bis extract) less than 3 months old,
- Company statutes signed by the legal representatives,
- Proof of activity: latest P&L and balance sheet. Business plans or forecasted balance sheets with the latest bank statement of the company are accepted for the first year of activity,
- List of beneficial owners,
- Bank details in the name of the company,
- If the legal representative is not the Paymium account manager: power of attorney of the legal representative authorising the account manager.

When verifying your ID, you will be asked for a video and an electronic signature.

The order book contains all active buy and sell orders in real time.

It is made up of two important elements:
- Bid corresponds to buy orders (in green on the expert interface),
- Ask corresponds to sell orders (in red on the expert interface).

It enables a client to view the amount of orders in the order book and position himself in comparison with other buyers and sellers.

Your Euro funds are kept by our banking partner.

Your crypto-currencies are kept by Paymium.

And your euros and crypto-currencies are not invested.

If Paymium were to stop its activities, an administrator would take care of the management of the customers' funds.
Concerning your euros, you are insured up to €100,000 by the Deposit Guarantee and Resolution Fund (FDGR).

You can cancel your transfer as long as you have not clicked on the confirmation link.

To do so, please go to your order from your account and click on cancel.

From your computer, please log in to your account and go to the drop-down menu of your profile. Click on 'History' and then on 'Export'.
Select the desired period and then click on 'Send by email'.

You will receive a CSV file that can be converted into different formats (Excel and others).


From your mobile application, please click on the 4 parallel bars on the top left of the screen section and click on 'History'.

An e-money account is an account where you can have online funds (euros for instance).

Paymium customers who want to keep their euros on the platform can have an e-money account in their name.
It is also possible to make immediate purchases by sending funds directly to the Paymium account visible from their interface.

Only European customers can apply for a dedicated e-money account.

The spread is the difference between the bid price and the ask price.

Generally, if the spread is low (close to 0), you will be able to trade faster at the best price.

However, if the spread is high, you will have to wait a while before you can trade at the best price.

Please send the following documents:
- A handwritten and signed statement from the person hosting your company, stating that it is indeed hosted there,
- A scan of the front and back identity document of the person hosting your company,
- A scan of the proof of residence of the person hosting your company that is less than 3 months old.

Here are the requirements for the proof of residence:
- The document must be less than 3 months old,
- The document must be:
- a bill (water, energy, landline, mobile or internet supplier) in the name of your host and less than 3 months old,
- the latest tax notices,
- a statement or invoice from the housing insurance company,
- a rent receipt (from a social organisation or estate agency),
- a proof of council tax,
- a statement from the family allowance fund mentioning the aid related to the accommodation.

Please note that a bank statement is not considered as a proof of residence.

There may be several reasons for this problem, please make sure that:

- Paymium services are available in your country. Please check by clicking on this link,

- you have an up-to-date smartphone (with a personal number) and a computer.

- you have received and clicked on the confirmation email. Please check your spam if necessary.

If you are still unable to create your account, please contact us.

Our compliance department may request information on the origin/destination of your crypto-currencies in order to meet regulatory requirements and to comply with European legislation.

This request is part of the anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML-CFT) provisions to which Paymium is subject as a DASP  (Digital Assets Service Provider) registered with the AMF.

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is an additional security measure.

An example of a commonly used 2FA is Google Authenticator. You can also use a Yubikey on Paymium.

Google Authenticator
Google Authenticator is an application to be installed on your smartphone that generates new codes at regular intervals.
The codes are 6 digits and are to be filled in after entering your email address and password.
We strongly recommend installing it on Paymium and your mailbox to maximise the security of your accounts.

You will need to download the application and follow various steps. You will find all the details by following this link.

To activate it on Paymium, please log in to your account and go to your profile to the 'Security' tab.
Please click on 'Activate' and then scan the QR Code on the screen or enter the code manually (you will find it under the QR Code).

Once your 2FA is recognised, please enter the 6-digit code found on your application and click on 'Validate' to confirm the installation.

Currently being modified following a change of banking partner.

Please see our blog, including this article to learn more about our banking partner.

An exchange is a platform without intermediaries that directly connects buyers and sellers. This is the case with Paymium.

A broker is an intermediary between clients and service providers.

These two types of players have significant differences in terms of service offerings, pricing and user experience.

In addition, the price of an asset is formed on exchange platforms.

Please read our article for more information.

Please download a 2FA app., such as Google Authenticator and follow the different steps.

You will find on this link all the details to download and set up Google Authenticator.

To activate it on Paymium, please log in to your account and go to your profile to the 'Security' tab.
Please click on 'Activate' and then scan the QR Code on the screen or enter the code manually (you will find it under the QR Code).

Once your 2FA is recognised, please enter the 6-digit code found on your application and click on 'Validate' to confirm the installation.

For individual accounts
Please send us the document by email to [email protected] from the email address attached to your Paymium account.

For corporate accounts
You can attach your documents directly from your account to verify it, renew your identity document and your proof of residence.
For any other document to be sent, please send it by email to [email protected] from the email address attached to your Paymium account.

For any other document to be sent, please send it by email to [email protected] from the email address attached to your Paymium account.

In this case, we have to perform a manual action on our side in order to credit your deposit.
Fees may apply.

Please contact us.

In some rare cases, you may not receive our emails in your inbox.

Here are the different steps to follow:
- Check your spam box,
- If the email is not visible, please 'whitelist' these 3 email addresses:
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

If it still does not work, please contact us.

The liquidity of a platform is the ease with which a user can buy or sell an asset (Bitcoin or other) at the best price.

The depth of market provides information about the liquidity of the platform. It describes in real time the orders waiting to be executed.

We provide several services on our platform:

- Buying and selling Bitcoin.

- Buying and selling Ethereum/altcoins.

- The Recurring Buy Plan (RBP also called DCA for Dollar-Cost Averaging) for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Smooth out your investment in an automated way according to the frequency of your choice (daily, weekly or monthly).

- OTC (over-the-counter) for Bitcoin and Ethereum.
For your transactions over €50,000, we offer personalised support.

- The merchant button (service for professionals) for payment in Bitcoin.
Accept payments in Bitcoin and convert the share of your choice.

- Email transfer.
This enables you to send funds to a person via their email address.

- Unhosted wallets.
Make the choice of autonomy and absolute sovereignty over your funds by creating one or more unhosted wallets.

All crypto-currency transactions are irreversible and therefore irrevocable.

Please contact the service where the funds were sent so that they can try to recover them.

If you are able to log in to your account
Please click on the drop down menu in your profile and go to 'Profile' and then 'Security'. You will be able to deactivate your 2FA at the bottom of the page.

If you are unable to log in to your account
Contact us at [email protected].

In order to benefit from the referral program, please create and verify your Paymium account by following this link.

Once your account is verified, you can get your referral link or code by going to the following page.

Share your link or code with your friends and earn 30% of the trading commissions generated by your referral for a period of 6 months.

Please see this page for more details on the conditions.


Please note that the referral programme is not available from Belgium.

For Paymium accounts created before February 3, 2023, we are obliged to implement a second identity verification measure (bank transfer from a bank account in your name) following Paymium's registration as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers).

Accounts created after 3 February 2023 are not concerned by this transfer. In their case, only an electronic signature is required.


How do I credit my Paymium account in euros?

In order to be rewarded, share your referral link or code by going to the page.

Your account must be approved in order to receive your rewards.
As a referrer, you will receive 30% of the trading commissions generated by your referral for a period of 6 months.

See this page for more details.


Please note that the referral programme is not available from Belgium.

We invite you to make a bank transfer.

To do so, please click on 'Deposit' then on 'Euro'. You will then be able to generate (if not already done) and see the Paymium IBAN.
As recipient of your transfer, please enter your first and last name.
Your funds must come from a personal bank account with your first and last name.
Joint accounts can be used but a proof of bank information with the names visible may be requested.

Transfers can take up to 72 working hours to be credited to Paymium accounts.
This is due to the banking system.

You can also buy crypto-currencies directly using your bank card. To do so, please read this article.

A stop loss order is an order to close a position when the price of an asset reaches the price level set by the investor.

The price set by the investor must be lower than the last price.
The stop loss order protects the investor because if the asset reaches this price, a market order is executed.
However, since it is a market order that is executed, this means that the order can be executed at a lower price than the one that was set.

The stop loss functionality is not yet available on Paymium.

In order to meet the requirements of the regulators and to comply with European legislation, we are obliged to ask you for personal information.
This request falls within the scope of the anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) provisions.

In most cases, synchronising your Google Authenticator application will solve this problem.

If you are on Android
Please go to your Google Authenticator application and then to your settings on the top right of your screen.
Please click on 'Time correction for codes', then 'Synchronize'. Then try again to enter your Google Authenticator code on Paymium.

If you are on iOS
Please go to your phone settings, select 'General' and then 'Date and Time'. In this section, please click on 'set automatically'.
If it is already selected, deactivate it and then reactivate it. Then please try again to enter your Google Authenticator code on Paymium.

If this does not work, please read this article.

There is no limit to the number of referrals.


Please note that the referral programme is not available from Belgium.

Please go to your account and click on 'Deposit', then select 'Euro'.

There are 2 possibilities:

1- The Paymium IBAN is not yet created.
Please generate the IBAN by clicking on 'Generate IBAN' and wait 1 to 2 minutes.
Then refresh the page so that the IBAN appears.
If you have any difficulty generating it, please contact us by ticket following this link.

2- The Paymium IBAN is already created. You will be able to see it.

A stop limit order is a buy or sell limit order that is executed when the trigger level defined by the investor is reached.

The investor must determine a stop price (trigger level) and a limit price in advance. The limit price must be less than or equal to the stop price.
If the price of the asset reaches the defined stop price, a limit order will be executed.

The stop limit order is a means of protection for the investor, as it enables him not to sell at a price lower than the defined one.
However, the order may not be executed (even if the stop price has been reached) because the limit order threshold was never reached.

The stop limit functionality is not yet available on Paymium.

From a computer, please log in to your account and click on 'Transfer', then on 'Euro'.
For security reasons, you will have to register a bank account statement with your name and IBAN visible.
It will then be checked by our teams.

An up-to-date ID is required to access all our services.

If your ID is no longer valid, we invite you to renew it and update your profile.

How do I update my ID?


How to contact us?

Customer support
For any question, open a ticket by following this link.
If you no longer have access to your Paymium account, please contact us at [email protected] from the email address attached to your account.

Our customer support is available from Monday to Friday from 10am to 6pm.

General contact

For a commercial request, press or other: please contact us at [email protected] or through our form.

Social networks

To follow our news and react, please follow our Twitter and Facebook pages.

2 possibilities to buy bitcoins.


1- Execute a market order

From a computer
, please log in to your Paymium account and click on the 'Swap' tab.
Then, in the top drop-down bar, please select the currency 'Euro' and enter the desired amount.
Choose the type of payment: euros already in your account or by credit card.
Finally, select 'BTC' in the bottom drop-down bar and confirm your purchase.

From the mobile application, please log in to your account and once on the homepage, click on 'Buy'.
Enter the amount in Euro and an estimated amount of bitcoins will be displayed.
Choose the type of payment: euros already in your account or by credit card.
Finally, click on 'Buy'.

A market order will be executed.


2- Place a limit order

From a computer
, please log in to your Paymium account and click on 'Buy or Sell (expert)' and 'Sell'.
Then click on 'Limit Order' and fill in the amount of bitcoins you want to buy. You will then see an estimate of the maximum price at which you want to buy your bitcoins and the amount you want to trade in euros.
Please fill in the price of your choice. Then swipe to confirm the order and click 'Are you sure?' to confirm your purchase.

From the mobile application, please log in to your account and once on the home page, click on 'Buy'.
Enter the amount in Euro and check 'Price limit per bitcoin'.
Then, enter the limit per bitcoin of your choice and you will be given an estimated amount of bitcoins. Finally, click on 'Buy'.

No, you can only register bank details for one account.

Please read this article if you want to know how to register your bank details.

A YubiKey is a physical device with a USB tip that plugs into your computer.
It can have several functions including generating a secure code.

A code is generated each time you press the button.

The YubiKey provides two-factor authentication.

Yes, it is possible to make an instant transfer.

Depending on the amount and compliance checks, it may take a few minutes to a few hours for your transfer to be credited.

You can have only one Paymium account for yourself and one account for each legal entity (corporate).

For example, you can have both a personal Paymium account and an account for each of the companies you own.

Your Paymium customer account number starts with PM, PY or BC.

Please log in to your account and go to the drop-down menu of your profile at the top right of your screen and click "Profile". Your customer number will be displayed with your other personal information.

Please log in to your Paymium account and go to the drop down menu, then select 'Profile' and 'Security'.
Finally, please plug your YubiKey in the USB port of your computer and activate your YubiKey at the bottom of the page.

A classic transfer can take up to 72 hours before being credited to your Paymium account.
This is due to the banking system.

An instant transfer can take from a few minutes to a few hours depending on the amount and compliance checks.

2 possibilities to sell bitcoins. 


1- Execute a
market order

From a computer, please log in on your Paymium account and click on 'Swap' tab.
Then, in the top drop-down bar, please select 'BTC' and fill in the proposed amount.
Finally, select 'Euro' in the bottom drop-down bar and the estimated amount in Euro will be displayed. Then confirm your sale.

From the mobile application, please log in to your account and once on the homepage, click on 'Sell'.
Enter the amount in bitcoins and an estimate of the amount in Euros will be displayed. Finally, click on 'Sell'.

A market order will be executed.


2- Place a limit order

From your computer, please log in to your Paymium account and click on 'Buy or Sell (expert)' and 'Sell'.
Then click on 'Limit Order' and fill in the minimum price at which you want to sell your bitcoins and the Euros you want to exchange.
Swipe to confirm the order and click on 'Are you sure?' to confirm your sale.

From the mobile application, please log in to your account and once on the homepage, click on 'Sell'.
Enter the amount in bitcoins and check 'Price limit per bitcoin'.
Then, enter the bitcoin limit of your choice and you will be given an estimated amount in Euro. Finally, click on 'Sell'.

You want to join a dynamic and ambitious team in the crypto-currency and blockchain environment?

Apply by completing the online form available on this link.
Or by send your resume and cover letter to [email protected].

From a computer, please log in to your Paymium account and click on the 'Swap' tab.
Then, in the top drop-down bar, please select the currency 'Euro' and fill in the requested amount.
Choose the type of payment: euros already in your account or by credit card.
Finally, select 'ETH/altcoin' of your choice in the bottom drop-down bar and confirm your purchase.

From the mobile application, please log in to your account and once on the homepage, click on 'Buy'.
Then select the crypto-currency of your choice, enter the amount in Euro.
Choose the type of payment: euros already in your account or by credit card.
You will then see an estimate of the amount of the crypto-currency.
Finally, click on 'Buy'.

There is no deposit limit.

You may be asked to provide one or more proofs of origin of the funds in order to comply with the regulations in force.

There are 2 options:

- If you are connected to your Paymium account, please log in to your Paymium account and go to the drop-down menu.
Then, please select 'Profile' and 'Security'. You can then deactivate your YubiKey at the bottom of the page,

- If you are unable to log in to your Paymium account, please contact us at [email protected].

Please log in to your account from a computer and go to the drop-down menu of your profile. Then, click on 'Profile' and 'Documents'.
A mobile phone with a camera is required.

You will be asked for a short video and an electronic signature.

No, this is not yet possible but it should be possible in the future.

You will find below the public key to encrypt your information with Paymium:

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How to encrypt your communications with Mac ?

We strongly recommend encryption of your communications in order to guarantee their authenticity, integrity and confidentiality.

To encrypt your documents on a Mac, you first have to install PGP Suite. You will find the software by following this link.

Once downloaded, click on 'Install' to start the installation.

After accepting the terms of use, we recommend that you customize your installation by clicking on 'Customize' and unchecking the various 'GPG Mail' tabs.

Once installed, you can generate a new key pair. To do so, please click on 'New'.

It will be necessary to fill in the name, the email address linked to your Paymium account and the password.

We recommend a password of more than 8 characters including upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters ($, &, -, !, %, etc.). Please save your password in an offline location that only you will have access to. You will not be able to retrieve your password if you lose it.

Please click on 'Generate Key' to generate your key pair.

After that, you will have to search for the public key of [email protected]. To do this, please click on 'Key search'.

Please enter the email address [email protected] and click on the 1st tab, which was created on December 19, 2019. Otherwise, please fill our fingerprint (D52E 4D22 AEE3 E922 6150 55B8 50B2 E6F1 B38C 4798) to be able to find our public key.

You can now encrypt your communications with Paymium. Please right-click on your document or text and click on 'Services' and then 'OpenPGP: Encrypt File'. You will then need to select [email protected] as the recipient and enter your password.

Files must be sent to this email address, otherwise they cannot be decrypted.

A new document will be generated. Please select it and send it to [email protected].
We will reply to you as soon as possible.


How to encrypt your communications with Windows?

We strongly recommend encryption of your communications in order to guarantee their authenticity, integrity and confidentiality.

First of all, you will have to download the software by following this link.

As the software is linked to a free protocol, you will have the possibility to make a donation. This is not necessary to continue. If you do not wish to make a donation, you can select $0 and click on 'Download'.

Once the software is downloaded, you can start and follow the different steps of the installation. Only 'GnuPG' and 'Kleopatra' are required for our tutorial. The other options are optional.

Once installed, please open Kleopatra and click on 'New Key Pair'. You can select a name and the mailbox linked to your Paymium account.

We recommend a passphrase of more than 8 characters including upper and lower case letters, numbers and special characters ($, &, -, !, %, etc.). Please save your passphrase in an offline location that only you will have access to. You will not be able to retrieve it otherwise.

Your key pair has been successfully created. There are several options for saving your key pair. Please click on 'Finish'.

In order to send us files, please first click on 'Lookup on server' and then [email protected] or our fingerprint (D52E 4D22 AEE3 E922 6150 55B8 50B2 E6F1 B38C 4798).

Files must be sent to this email address, otherwise they cannot be decrypted. Please select the line with the name 'Support Paymium' and the email '[email protected]' (you will find the right address thanks to the fingerprint above).

You can then encrypt your file by clicking on 'Sign / Encrypt' at the top left.

Please select your file and fill in '[email protected]' next to 'Encrypt for others'. Then click on 'Sign / Encrypt' and enter your passphrase to complete the operation.

It will also be proposed to protect the document with a password shared with Paymium. It is not necessary to protect it, otherwise we will need the password to open the document.

Once this has been done, please select your encrypted document and send it to [email protected].

We will reply you to as soon as possible.

There is no investment limit.

Your investment limit depends on a number of factors including your investment capacity. One or more documents proving funds origin may be requested.

From a computer, please log in to your Paymium account and click on 'Swap'.
Then, in the top drop-down bar, please select 'ETH/altcoin' of your choice and fill in the proposed amount.
Finally, select 'Euro' from the bottom drop-down bar and confirm your sale.

From the mobile application, please log in to your account and once on the homepage, click on 'Sell'.
Next, select the crypto-currency of your choice, enter the amount of the crypto-currency and it will display an estimated amount in Euros. Finally, click on 'Sell'.

If you are connected to your Paymium account, open a support ticket by clicking on this link,

If you no longer have access to your Paymium account, contact us at [email protected].

In order to ensure fast execution of your crypto-currency buy and sell orders, you have two separate euro accounts:
- Deposit account: allows you to deposit/withdraw your euros,
- Trading account: allows you to buy/sell crypto-currencies.
You need to transfer your euros between these two accounts depending on the transaction you want to make.
The transfer is almost instantaneous. It may be necessary to refresh the page.

How to do it?

From a computer
Simply go to this page or click on the drop-down menu with your portfolio estimate and click on 'Internal Transfer'.

From the mobile application
Just click on the four parallel bars at the top left and on 'Internal transfer'. Then follow the instructions.

When you want to buy crypto-currency, make sure your trading account is credited.

And when you want to make a euro withdrawal to your bank account, make sure your deposit account is credited.

We invite you to check that your transfer has been correctly executed by your bank.

If this is the case and your transfer has not been credited after 72 hours, please send us a proof of transfer and the sender's bank details to [email protected] from the email address attached to your Paymium account.

A crypto-currency wallet is secured with a public key (needed to generate addresses that you can share to receive funds), and a private key that enables you to sign your transactions.

An unhosted wallet is a wallet where only you have the private key. You are therefore sure that no one else has access to your funds.

Alternatively, when you store your funds on a platform, the private key is held by the platform.

At Paymium, in addition to taking care of your crypto-currencies for more than 10 years, we also give you the possibility to keep your funds on an unhosted wallet.

In fact, we recommend that our users who want to keep their crypto-currencies on the long term keep their keys themselves.

Paymium is committed to the best practice in securing your assets.
- We store 98% of your funds in cold wallets (not connected to the Internet),
- We keep them in full reserve (the total amount of each client's deposits is available for immediate withdrawal),
- We do not invest them in hedge funds.


How to create an unhosted wallet on Paymium?

How do I restore my unhosted wallet?

Please send us a new proof of residence to [email protected] from the email address attached to your Paymium account.

Please provide us with one of the documents below:
- a bill (water, energy, landline, mobile or internet supplier) in your name and less than 3 months old,
- the latest tax notices,
- a statement or invoice from the housing insurance company,
- a rent receipt (from a social organisation or estate agency),
- a proof of council tax,
- a statement from the family allowance fund mentioning the aid related to the accommodation.

If you do not have a receipt in your name, please provide us with:
- A handwritten and signed statement from the person who is hosting you, stating that you are living there,
- A scan of the front and back identity document of the person hosting you,
- A scan of the proof of residence of the person hosting you that is less than 3 months old.


Some banks may refuse to make transfers to crypto-currency related companies.

We invite you to ask them for an explanation for the refusal and to specify that Paymium is registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) with the AMF (Autorité des Marchés Financiers) under no. E2021-011.

In addition, some banks accept that you sign a waiver concerning the investment in crypto-currencies. We invite you to ask your bank for more information.

If your bank still does not make your transfer, we invite you to credit your Paymium account from another bank account.

Once you have created your unhosted wallet on Paymium, please install the Electrum application from this link.
Electrum is a free software to restore your unhosted bitcoin wallet and access to your funds.

Please follow the steps on Electrum:

1- Click on File then on ‘New / Restore‘ and select ‘Standard wallet’, then click on ‘Next’,


2- Select ‘I already have a seed’, then click on ‘Next’,

3- Enter your 12 words delimited by spaces, then click on ‘Next’,

4- Select 'BIP39 Seed', then click on ‘OK’,

5- Check that the checksum is ‘OK’ and click on 'Next',

6- Select the legacy address type, choose the derivation path ‘m’ (delete the pre-existing path) and click on ‘Next’.

7- Select the legacy address type and click on ‘Next’.



That is it, your portfolio restoration is complete!

From your computer, please login to your dashboard.
Click on ‘My unhosted Wallets’, then on ‘Create a new unhosted wallet’ and follow the 5 steps below.

1- Wallet details

Please read the instructions and the precautions to take.
Then, you will have to fill in the various information requested and click on ‘Generate a wallet’.
As you have seen, you can also offer an unhosted wallet. To do so, simply check the box ‘I want to offer this wallet as a gift’.

2- Template

You have the possibility to add a comment about your unhosted wallet. This comment will be displayed on your Paymium account next to your unhosted wallet address.
Then click on ‘Download in PDF’. We recommend that you print this sheet of paper to keep it cold (offline) for maximum security.
The private key for your unhosted wallet is given to you as a string of words, which is easier to remember.
Follow the instructions carefully, including writing down the 12 secret words on your sheet of paper.

These 12 words are generated only on your computer using the Bitcore javascript library. Paymium never has access to this sequence of words.

3- Seed save

Select the 12 words in the correct order to validate the creation of your unhosted wallet.

4- Seed verification

Once the words have been filled in correctly, your unhosted portfolio will be created.

5- Success

Please confirm your withdrawal request by email or make a crypto-currency transfer to your new unhosted wallet.
The address of your wallet is available in the tab ‘Unhosted Wallets’.

We remind you that in case of loss of the private key, any crypto-currency hosted at this public address will be inaccessible and our team will have no way to help you.


How do I restore my unhosted wallet?

There are several reasons for this problem, please ensure that:

- your Paymium IBAN is created. To do so, from a computer, please click on 'Deposit',

- your account is credited in Euro or in crypto-currencies, and especially the trading account,

- your device (computer or smartphone) is up to date.

If you are still unable to trade, please contact us.

Please click here to open a support ticket and send us your new phone number.
The country code must be indicated separately.

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