
Laos · Banking app
Works with Moreta Pay
Pay OnePay codes without a Lao bank
Yes. Moreta Pay lets visitors pay OnePay codes in Laos without a Lao bank account. Add money from the bank or card you already have, scan the OnePay code at the counter and slide to pay in Lao kip. The merchant is paid the same way as when a local scans it.

The network
What is OnePay?
OnePay is the QR payment feature of BCEL One, the mobile banking app of BCEL, Laos’s largest commercial bank. BCEL customers pay instantly from their account by scanning a merchant’s OnePay QR code.
- Country
Laos
- Currency
- Lao kip (LAK)
- Type
- Banking app
- Run by
- BCEL
- How locals pay
- They scan the code with the bank’s own app
- With Moreta
- Pay it from your Moreta balance

How to spot it
A QR code with the BCEL OnePay logo at the counter, common in Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
Can tourists pay OnePay?
OnePay lives inside a bank’s app, so it needs an account opened in Laos. A card from home can’t pay the code on the counter, and opening a local account takes paperwork a visit rarely leaves time for.
Moreta closes that gap. It pays the OnePay code itself, from a balance you top up with your own bank, card, Apple Pay or Google Pay, and converts at the live rate at the moment you pay. One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay.
Card or cash
- A foreign transaction fee on most cards
- Your bank's rate, or the terminal's worse one
- ATM fees from your bank and the operator
- Leftover Lao kip to change back
Moreta
- One flat fee, shown before you slide to pay
- The live rate at the moment you pay
- No ATM and no card to hand over
- What you do not spend stays for the next country
How to pay a OnePay code
Set Moreta up once, at home or on the plane. After that, paying a OnePay code in Laos is a scan and a slide.
Costs, limits and tips
Paying in Laos
- Transaction fee
- 1.5%per payment, at the live rateEvery fee
- Exchange rate today
- 22,124LAKfor 1 USDLive rate, updated recentlyCompare rates
- Max payment
- 65MLAKabout 2,940 USD
- Weekly limit
- 130MLAKabout 5,880 USD
The app always shows the live rate and the exact cost before you pay.
Guide updated
Before you go
- Moreta Pay doesn't currently support LAO QR codes. If a merchant only has one, ask if they have a OnePay QR you can scan.
Local tips
- Look for the OnePay mark. Small guesthouses may keep the code on a card behind the desk.
- Keep kip in small notes for tuk-tuks, temple fees and villages without a signal.
- The app needs data when you scan, so add an eSIM or a Lao SIM at the airport.
OnePay questions
What visitors ask before paying OnePay in Laos.
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Guides for Laos
Activate your Moreta Pay account before your trip
Set up Moreta, add money and land in Laos ready to scan. No cash to change, no card to worry about, and one flat fee at the live rate on every payment.
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