To answer your question, payment methods are certainly stored in the database, they don't have their own table but are stored in the core_config_data table

To get the payment methods you can do the following:

select * from core_config_data where path like 'payment/%active' order
by path;

This will display values with their ACTIVE bit (yes/no):

payment/paypal_express/active 1

payment/wps_express/active 0

The means that PayPal Express has "Enabled = YES" on Admin Whilst WPS Express has "Enabled = NO" in the Admin.

I hope this helps with your query.

To answer your question, payment methods are certainly stored in the database, they don't have their own table but are stored in the core_config_data table

To get the payment methods you can do the following:

    SELECT * FROM core_config_data WHERE path LIKE 'payment/%active' ORDER BY path;

This will display values with their ACTIVE bit (yes/no):

payment/paypal_express/active 1

payment/wps_express/active 0

The means that PayPal Express has "Enabled = YES" on Admin Whilst WPS Express has "Enabled = NO" in the Admin.

I hope this helps with your query.