Payoneer. He can open an virtual account there and get their mastercard for free which he can use whereever he needs. And you send money to that account easiliy

Payoneer. He can open an virtual account there and get their mastercard for free which he can use whereever he needs. And you send money to that account easiliy. Most freelance sites use something like this to pay freelancers. Even Upwork that you used can send earnings to freelancers Payoneer account, so you could have just skipped giving money to Upwork and paid him directly