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Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in th

by TeeWEE 13y ago

Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).

selectstar 13y ago
Debit cards are quite prevalent here, rather than Credit i'd say.
- xsace 13y ago
  Actually most people speak about credit card when they actually mean a debit one.
  - selectstar 13y ago
    I agree, in a similar vein I still call my debit card my "switch" out of habit.
  - efdee 13y ago
    We refer to a "bank card" when we mean debit and "credit card" when we mean credit. YMMV :-)
padenot 13y ago
Well, this statement is wrong. In France, at least, virtually everybody has a debit card and we use cards all the time. However, closer to the point, Germans are known to use cash a lot, so it's interesting that Stripe launch there.
Jakob 13y ago
While that was true some years ago, right now, in Germany almost everyone I know has a credit card, too. Some popular banks like the DKB hand it to you with no additional cost, perhaps to incentivize the usage of cards away from cash, which is still very prevalent.
bolder88 13y ago
In Europe, you can't generalise. The countries that make up Europe are extremely diverse.
DrJokepu 13y ago
That really depends on the country, Europe is not homogenic like that. Here in the UK everyone has a debit card and almost everyone has a credit card and people use them to pay online a lot. In France paying with your Carte Bleue online is also pretty standard. Online debit/credit card payments are fairly common is Eastern Europe as well. I could go on.
egeozcan 13y ago
In Germany, mine and most of my friends' favorite is Sofort Überweisung[1] [1]: https://www.sofort.com/eng-DE/ https://www.sofort.com/eng-DE/
Kiro 13y ago
In Scandinavia you use the card for everything so not sure what you're talking about.
workhere-io 13y ago
You should read this: http://soimovedhere.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/stop-generalizing-about-europe/ http://soimovedhere.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/stop-generalizi...

by TeeWEE 13y ago

Fun to see stripe in europe, however in europe almost nobody pays by card, or let alone: even owns a credit card. We pay by baking systems such as Ideal (in the netherlands).

selectstar 13y ago

Debit cards are quite prevalent here, rather than Credit i'd say.

xsace 13y ago
Actually most people speak about credit card when they actually mean a debit one.
- selectstar 13y ago
  I agree, in a similar vein I still call my debit card my "switch" out of habit.
- efdee 13y ago
  We refer to a "bank card" when we mean debit and "credit card" when we mean credit. YMMV :-)

padenot 13y ago

Well, this statement is wrong. In France, at least, virtually everybody has a debit card and we use cards all the time. However, closer to the point, Germans are known to use cash a lot, so it's interesting that Stripe launch there.

Jakob 13y ago

While that was true some years ago, right now, in Germany almost everyone I know has a credit card, too. Some popular banks like the DKB hand it to you with no additional cost, perhaps to incentivize the usage of cards away from cash, which is still very prevalent.

bolder88 13y ago

In Europe, you can't generalise. The countries that make up Europe are extremely diverse.

DrJokepu 13y ago

That really depends on the country, Europe is not homogenic like that. Here in the UK everyone has a debit card and almost everyone has a credit card and people use them to pay online a lot. In France paying with your Carte Bleue online is also pretty standard. Online debit/credit card payments are fairly common is Eastern Europe as well. I could go on.

egeozcan 13y ago

In Germany, mine and most of my friends' favorite is Sofort Überweisung[1] [1]: https://www.sofort.com/eng-DE/ https://www.sofort.com/eng-DE/

Kiro 13y ago

In Scandinavia you use the card for everything so not sure what you're talking about.

workhere-io 13y ago

You should read this: http://soimovedhere.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/stop-generalizing-about-europe/ http://soimovedhere.wordpress.com/2013/03/04/stop-generalizi...