online payment/providers

List

The best-known provider of online payment services, by far, is PayPal. Unfortunately PayPal is surrounded by ethical and customer service issues.

Alternatives to PayPal include:

• 2CheckOut
• Amazon Payments: company has ethical issues
• Authorize.Net
• Braintree Payments: subsidiary of PayPal
• Click2Sell
• ClickBank
• Dwolla: US-only, bank transfers only (ACH system)
• Google Checkout: company has ethical issues
• Intuit: company has ethical issues
• ProPay
• Popmoney (personal): high transaction fees; volume limitations
• RipplePay
• Skrill
• Square, Inc.: card-readers are mobile-device-only, and tend to be Apple-oriented
• Stripe: for businesses; investors include Peter Thiel
• WePay

Links

• 2013-10-27 The Top 12 Online Payment Alternatives to PayPal

Reference

• Wikipedia:
  • List of online payment service providers
  • Comparison of payment systems
• CardPaymentOptions: ratings, reviews, and search