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883 points freedomben | 3 comments | 18 Jul 25 15:54 UTC | HN request time: 1.119s | source
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Abishek_Muthian ◴[19 Jul 25 05:07 UTC] No.44612738[source]▶
Payment processors(Visa, Master) , payment gateways(Stripe, Paypal...) and payment hosts (Patreon, Gumroad...) are a huge pain to deal with even when you're selling something which is legal and risk free just because their algorithm or employees are often overcautious, anything out of mundane they'll ban first and then ask questions(if you're lucky).

I have a FOSS project called Open Payment Host[1] which removes the payment hosts from the equation and removes the technical hassle of integrating multiple payment gateways but it does not solve the pain of having to deal with the payment gateways and by extension payment processors and banks.

My long term plan is to integrate direct banking API where ever it's available.

Is there any bank from any country which provides direct banking API to end customers for plain savings bank account (I've seen some provide for current accounts).

[1] https://github.com/abishekmuthian/open-payment-host

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1. herbst ◴[19 Jul 25 07:31 UTC] No.44613354[source]▶
I built a cool tool the last week's. I spent more time on evaluating payment processor than the code itself.

I have ~5 projects in my shelf I did never launch because I didn't find a payment solution.

Got instantly banned with all of them, had to write them an email wait for days to get some response.

I usually just use crypto whenever it makes sense. And still have a hard time to believe that I can move as much as crypto as I want but a single payment from a Dubai account can get my bank account frozen for days ...

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2. jimjimwii ◴[19 Jul 25 12:14 UTC] No.44614880[source]▶
This is what i settled on as well. I maintain a side project that is completely legal and above board but i refuse to go through the nonsense i was forced to go through the last time i had to integrate with a credit card payment gateway (another side project that went belly up).

If someone wants to buy something from me badly enough, they'll figure out how to get some bitcoin.

I don't have the time and energy to deal with their arbitrary bullshit anymore.

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3. herbst ◴[19 Jul 25 13:29 UTC] No.44615322[source]▶
Exactly. Same boat here, fully legal normal business. My main issue is literally having customers from middle east. I've had bank accounts frozen, PayPal reverting my business account to personal without notice, fees, crazy amount of fees everywhere ... So much pain for no benefit compared to crypto.