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