Comment by neonstatic

10 hours ago

I refuse to see Stripe as anything other than inconvenience. They refuse all my payments, because they don't like my debit card provider. When a service uses Stripe for payments, I just assume they don't want me as a client.

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rrr_oh_man  8 hours ago

> "they don't like my debit card provider"

Can you elaborate?

  • neonstatic  6 hours ago

    The provider is Wise - an "e-money" institution. I've been using them for well over a decade. They are very good. Never had any issues until recently - a service I was interested in uses Stripe to "verify" the card before charging. Stripe rejected all Wise cards - physical and digital. I had to use my legacy bank's debit card. Problem is, the legacy bank charges outrageous forex fees and has an awful spread on top of it, so if I can't use Wise card after "verification", I will have to give up on the service. I asked them what could be done and they just said they use Stripe and that's it.