Payments
How money actually moves from a customer to a merchant account, and who takes a cut along the way. This section covers the plumbing of card processing and its alternatives: acquirers, processors and gateways, scheme fees and interchange, settlement and payouts, and the growing set of payment methods that bypass cards entirely. Written for merchants who want to understand what they are paying for before they negotiate.
Start here: The processor showdown · Where open banking is actually winning against cards · EU local payment methods for merchants in tough verticals
APM You’re Losing EU Revenue: The Local Payment Methods High-Risk Merchants Keep Skipping
Cards decline more than they should in the EU. These are the local methods that rescue the sale.
APM Where Open Banking Is Actually Winning Against Cards
For some high risk verticals, open banking A2A rails now beat cards outright. Here is where the fee gaps and…
Payments Adult, Dating & AI Payments: The Processor Showdown (2025)
CCBill, Epoch, Segpay, Verotel, and CURO powered DialXS compared for adult, dating, and AI merchants. Rates, payouts, and the fine…
APM Why Dutch Customers Prefer iDEAL Over Credit Cards (And What It Means for Your Business)
iDEAL takes roughly 73% of Dutch checkouts. Cards take 8%. Sell to the Netherlands without iDEAL and you are turning…
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