Alternative Payment Methods Archives - The Payments Edge Your Edge in Payments Thu, 13 Aug 2026 06:49:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://thepaymentsedge.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cropped-image-1.png The Payments Edge https://thepaymentsedge.com/ You’re Losing EU Revenue: The Local Payment Methods High-Risk Merchants Keep Skipping https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/eu-local-payment-methods-high-risk-merchants/ https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/eu-local-payment-methods-high-risk-merchants/#respond Tue, 30 Jun 2026 21:04:24 +0000 https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/eu-local-payment-methods-high-risk-merchants/ Cards decline more than they should in the EU. These are the local methods that rescue the sale.

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]]> https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/eu-local-payment-methods-high-risk-merchants/feed/ 0 Where Open Banking Is Actually Winning Against Cards https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/open-banking-card-networks-high-risk-merchants-2026/ https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/open-banking-card-networks-high-risk-merchants-2026/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2026 02:28:42 +0000 https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/open-banking-card-networks-high-risk-merchants-2026/ For some high risk verticals, open banking A2A rails now beat cards outright. Here is where the fee gaps and chargeback math favor leaving the card networks.

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]]> https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/open-banking-card-networks-high-risk-merchants-2026/feed/ 0 Why Dutch Customers Prefer iDEAL Over Credit Cards (And What It Means for Your Business) https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/why-dutch-customers-prefer-ideal-over-credit-cards/ https://thepaymentsedge.com/payments/apm/why-dutch-customers-prefer-ideal-over-credit-cards/#respond Mon, 22 Jun 2026 17:28:48 +0000 https://thepaymentsedge.com/?p=33 iDEAL takes roughly 73% of Dutch checkouts. Cards take 8%. Sell to the Netherlands without iDEAL and you are turning away most of your buyers at the last step.

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