# Railbed

> Railbed is checkout software operated by MediaGlobe for legal online businesses that mainstream payment processors restrict. Independent on-ramp providers charge buyers and convert payments to USDC on Polygon, while forwarding infrastructure delivers the net proceeds to a merchant-controlled wallet. Products include hosted checkouts, payment links, buy buttons, an API, signed webhooks and automation integrations.

- **Products:** Hosted checkout and payment links, Buy buttons and pricing tables, Smart Routing, Merchant API and signed webhooks, WooCommerce integration
- **Notable:** Published a public merchant API, signed-webhook documentation and separate Test/Live modes., Released official n8n community node version 0.1.0 on October 14, 2026., Published assistant-connection guides and linked public Claude and Cursor plugin repositories.

## Products & services

- **Hosted checkout and payment links** — Branded checkout pages, shareable links and QR codes for card-funded payments settling to the merchant’s own wallet.
- **Buy buttons and pricing tables** — Embeddable purchase buttons and plan tables linking to Railbed checkout.
- **Smart Routing** — Ranks available independent on-ramp providers using buyer and payment signals, seeking acceptance, fewer identity checks and lower costs; providers make final decisions.
- **Merchant API and signed webhooks** — Create checkout sessions, read payments, orders and customers, and automate fulfilment from verified payment events. Test and Live modes are separate.
- **WooCommerce integration** — Documented WordPress store integration using a plugin, API key and webhook secret.
- **Railbed for n8n** — Official community nodes for checkout creation, record lookup, fulfilment updates and signed payment-event triggers. Version 0.1.0 published October 14, 2026.
- **Railbed MCP server and assistant plugins** — Assistants read business records and propose checkout, payment-link and webhook changes; merchants confirm changes inside Railbed. Public Claude and Cursor plugin repositories are linked in the guide.

## Achievements

- Published a public merchant API, signed-webhook documentation and separate Test/Live modes.
- Released official n8n community node version 0.1.0 on October 14, 2026.
- Published assistant-connection guides and linked public Claude and Cursor plugin repositories.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — Official n8n package version 0.1.0 published October 14; the n8n guide carries the same update date.
- **2026-10** — Terms dated October 9 describe connected assistants, non-custodial settlement, separate fee components and merchant-managed refunds.
- **2026-10** — GitHub organization created October 23; its public profile links railbed.com and identifies the location as United States of America. This is not a company founding date.

## Links

- Website: https://railbed.com/
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/RailbedPay
- GitHub: https://github.com/Railbed

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Last updated: 2026-10-24