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i moved away from paypal, went pci compliant, got a merchant account, was a pain stetting up but feel so much better on the other side.
by HNer 16y ago
i moved away from paypal, went pci compliant, got a merchant account, was a pain stetting up but feel so much better on the other side.
- jacquesm 16y agoYes, that's a good way to get payments from customers to you, but it sucks as a way of paying for auction goods and freelance work, which is how I used to use paypal. International wire transfers are a lot harder to do without actually visiting a branch of the bank I'm with and filling out a bunch of forms, and they take much longer to process too.
- nkassis 16y ago"International wire transfers are a lot harder to do without actually visiting a branch of the bank I'm with and filling out a bunch of forms, and they take much longer to process too." That's my personal problem too. Sending money from US to Canada or Canada to the US is a pain. If only they had the same check clearance system, it would solve so much. Same as how having similar phone numbers makes it so much easier.
- btilly 16y agoHeh. jacquesm lives somewhere that doesn't even have checks! When I needed to get paid by a Dutch company, the easiest solution turned out to be for me to open a new bank account.
- mkramlich 16y ago> Heh. jacquesm lives somewhere that doesn't even have checks! I pictured jacquesm needing to use a custom silver DeLorean to drive there and back. Flux capacitor and all.
- vegasbrianc 16y agoWell I think the US is one of the only countries left using checks. Everyone else (Most of Europe) has moved on to direct bank transfers for everything.
- caf 16y agoI can do international wire transfers straight from my bank's online interface - is there a regulatory reason that US and Canadian banks can't offer something similar?
- John212 16y agoNope, we have this too. I know Chase & BoA both do it online.
- zackattack 16y agohave your sales increased
- zackattack 16y agodon't tell me you aren't using analytics!