Erik Moeller wrote:
It would be cheapest if Wikimedia itself could process credit card payments directly, although I don't know how complex the necessary software is. There are a lot of CC processing companies, but some of those may end up being as expensive as PayPal.
Well, we'll be accepting credit cards directly, but my understanding, which is limited at this point, is that people were saying that Europeans often don't have credit cards. Anthere reports that the French do, but other reports have suggested (if I understood) that Germans mostly don't?
It seems like the easiest thing would be for me to open a bank account in Germany for the purpose of accepting bank transfers from Europeans. If someone could direct me to a web page in English of a bank that could do this, that'd be great.
Possibly one of the bigger multinational financial institutions, like Citibank, would be the best for this, as they are presumably well prepared to handle such international situations.
--Jimbo