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While this is great (although very late) it's biggest issue is that I have to implement this and another service if I care about the other credit card companies

While this is great (although very late) it's biggest issue is that I have to implement this and another service if I care about the other credit card companies. Merchants would be fools to just accept Visa.

Kinnard 11y ago
That's why Bitcoin's great! It's an electronic payment system, and the underlying currency.
- glibgil 11y ago
  ...and underlying economy (full of exchanges that cannot even OLTP)
- chc 11y ago
  I don't see how it's different at all in this respect. If you want to support other payment systems or currencies, you need to implement Bitcoin and another service. Just like the GP was saying about Visa.
BHSPitMonkey 11y ago
Perhaps this makes it slightly easier to compete with Stripe or Square in providing an all-in-one service.
TranquilMarmot 11y ago
From their "Things to Know" page[1]: "Visa Checkout currently supports Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover" So it seems like they're trying to position themselves as a sort of Square competitor? [1] https://developer.visa.com/products/visa_checkout/thingstoknow https://developer.visa.com/products/visa_checkout/thingstokn...
- dlubarov 11y ago
  FYI this isn't anything new. The networks (at least Visa and MC) have been routing payments to other networks for years, so that their customers don't need a separate integration with each network (or to use a middleman processor who has integrated with each network).
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