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A solved problem in the Netherlands? What payment processor do you recommend?

The options I have looked at in the Netherlands all seem really bad or run on ancient technology. You can't even get Paypal Payments Pro, Amazon payments or google checkout. You can't get Braintree or any of the other web 2.0 payment processors.

Ogone looks sort of OK, but I don't know of any others.

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We use MultiSafePay, which is a "online checkout" solution (you're routed to their site with your template if you have the most expensive plan). They support credit cards, but that's based on acceptance by their processor, PaySquare. The problem boils down to, just like Canada mentioned above, there are only two or three credit card processors. Even Ogone uses PaySquare or Atos Worldline in the Netherlands (they, like FeeFighters have different relationships in different countries). Ogone is a spinoff of Fortis bank, so is quite "bank minded".

I meant iDeal, which will allow you to reach most Dutch internet users, as opposed to PayPal or credit cards (relatively few Dutch people have credit cards).

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