[LRUG] Credit card processing in the UK

[Stevie Graham]

Unfortunately you will encounter a lot of problems finding a gateway that
is compatible with a merchant account at a UK bank and has a sane API.

My advice to you is:

- Open a Delaware LLC, a US business checking account, and get a EIN from
the IRS. That way any of the American options are open to you, including
Stripe and Braintree, which are the best things going IMO.
- Contact Braintree anyway, they have a closed beta for UK merchants.
- Use GoCardless if you're not married to the idea of credit cards.

Best

S

On Tue, Aug 7, 2012 at 9:09 AM, J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno at pupeno.com>wrote:

> Hello rubists!
>
> My startup is getting closer to the point when we start charging. Yay!
> So... Any recommendation on a merchant, or however you'd call such a
> provider, that would store the CC number for me and allow me to place a
> charge of variable amounts every month? Yeah, I know, the trickiest of the
> cases. The most promising companies offering these types of services that I
> found all fail at the geographic level: they are US-centric and can't
> operate in the UK.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> J. Pablo Fernández <pupeno at pupeno.com> (http://pupeno.com)
>
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