Here is a list of major credit card payment systems
the foundation could directly integrate with from a
discussion on the tech list last month:
http://mail.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2005-December/032824.html
I suspect many of them would have much lower
transaction amount % fees than PayPal; however, these
will likely never be lower than 2% due to the fact
that the payee receives the funds immediately while
the card holder has a 20-30 day no-interest grace
period in which to pay back the amount.
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:56:24 -0800 (PST)
From: Daniel Mayer <maveric149(a)yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] fund drive, and e-gold
revisited
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
<foundation-l(a)wikimedia.org>
[snip]
There are dozens, if not hundreds, of other systems
we could use. While Im not completely
satisfied with PayPal (they need to give us a price
break; fees in the 4 to 5% range are closer in
value to point-of-sale taxes than normal transaction
fees) or MoneyBookers (not the easiest
service to use), I do think that the two together
fit our current needs. Thus, IMO, there is no
pressing need to add another payment option at this
time.
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