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Visa and Mastercard are not the only payment processors. Moreover, they're not even the primary payment processors for most adult websites, and haven't been fo
by gamblor956 6y ago
Visa and Mastercard are not the only payment processors.
Moreover, they're not even the primary payment processors for most adult websites, and haven't been for over a decade.
- hcurtiss 6y agoI suppose companies like Epoch are alternative payment processors, but in the wake of this decision by Visa and MasterCard, my understanding is that you cannot use cards with those logos with any payment processor. Is that incorrect?
- parsimo2010 6y agoUltimately they have control. Your payment may go through an intermediate website, but if you give them a credit card number, it was likely a Visa or MasterCard. It’s possible that a person can pay with one of the less prevalent options, but Visa and MasterCard holds a lot of power. If they want to sanction a porn website, they just cut the intermediate processors of from their network, and they’re pretty much guaranteed to fold.
- duskwuff 6y agoVisa and Mastercard aren't payment processors at all. They're card issuers. The only other major card issuer in the US is AMEX, and they don't generally do business with adult sites at all.