diff --git a/Components/Adyen/PaymentMethodService.php b/Components/Adyen/PaymentMethodService.php
index b9c44e7a..f53401f2 100644
--- a/Components/Adyen/PaymentMethodService.php
+++ b/Components/Adyen/PaymentMethodService.php
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ public function getPaymentMethods(
         $locale = null,
         $cache = true
     ): array {
+        $cache = $cache && $this->configuration->isPaymentmethodsCacheEnabled();
         $cacheKey = $this->getCacheKey($countryCode ?? '', $currency ?? '', (string)$value ?? '');
         if ($cache && isset($this->cache[$cacheKey])) {
             return $this->cache[$cacheKey];
diff --git a/Components/Configuration.php b/Components/Configuration.php
index 03bd76cf..fea234e5 100644
--- a/Components/Configuration.php
+++ b/Components/Configuration.php
@@ -160,6 +160,15 @@ public function getGoogleMerchantId($shop = false): string
         return (string)$this->getConfig('google_merchant_id', $shop);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param bool $shop
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    public function isPaymentmethodsCacheEnabled($shop = false): bool
+    {
+        return (bool)$this->getConfig('paymentmethods_cache', $shop);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @return string
      */
diff --git a/Resources/config.xml b/Resources/config.xml
index 32cddac4..a313fcc4 100755
--- a/Resources/config.xml
+++ b/Resources/config.xml
@@ -47,10 +47,15 @@
             <name>notification_auth_password</name>
             <label lang="en">Notification Auth Password</label>
         </element>
-        <element type="text" scope="shop">
-            <name>google_merchant_id</name>
-            <label lang="en">Google Merchant ID</label>
-        </element>
+		<element type="text" scope="shop">
+			<name>google_merchant_id</name>
+			<label lang="en">Google Merchant ID</label>
+		</element>
+		<element type="boolean" scope="shop">
+			<name>paymentmethods_cache</name>
+			<label lang="en">Enable Payment Methods cache</label>
+			<description lang="en">Caches the payment methods active in Adyen Customer Area for better performance.</description>
+		</element>
         <element type="button">
             <name>testAPIconnection</name>
             <label lang="en">Test API connection</label>