I evaluated stripe for a French company here in Europe, having heard lots of good things about them, and I have to say that while the integration was top notch, they were vastly inferior to local bank competitors in two areas : no support whatsoever for 3D secure (once you've started using it, you never want to go back), and way higher pricing. National banks (CIC, Caisse d'Epargne) both offered % way, way lower than stripe (under 0.5% per transaction, stripe being almost 3* that for European card and 6* that for non European card).
Even including the small monthly fee and the harder / higher cost integration, it made no sense to go with them.
Was a bit surprised, mostly by the good terms that could be obtained in locally national banks once you sit with someone. Company I was representing wasn't very large (12 employees). I wonder what others here have experienced? Is it a special scenario that never happens, is it usual?
Even including the small monthly fee and the harder / higher cost integration, it made no sense to go with them.
Was a bit surprised, mostly by the good terms that could be obtained in locally national banks once you sit with someone. Company I was representing wasn't very large (12 employees). I wonder what others here have experienced? Is it a special scenario that never happens, is it usual?