After auditing the European offers (for France and Austria), I found several providers (AtosOrigin for France and Mpay24 for Austria). Anyway, these providers cost more than any US third party providers (average of 10% per transaction + €0.5).
I was wondering:
- Would it be better to open an US bank account to be able to get a US merchant account? If yes, how? Who should we contact? Is this legal?
- Would it be better to continue with third party payment gateways and wait the opportunity, in a near future, to switch to a better EU offer (as soon as it will be available) ?
- Is there any other EU alternatives I am not aware of?
This question is, I guess, a redundant question to all NON-US businesses. Some countries may offer interresting alternatives to their customers but here, in EU, it seems there is still a lack of offers.
Maybe I wasn't able to find the good providers and some members here already found the beauty pearl.
Please share your lucky finds. 
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photoshop250 posted this at 05:11—2nd September 2006.
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Just make sure that the fee's for having a bank account in the U.S are not more than just going in your own area
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christina posted this at 03:23—6th September 2006.
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IMHO, its always good to find a solution at your regional level, check with few processors like Multi Cards (EU), Velocity Pay(UK), WorldPay (EU), ChronoPay, SecPay (UK), Pay Pal, SaferPay (EU) a multiple option are available in EU.
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pnelson posted this at 11:59—3rd October 2006.
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I can recommend worldpay (EU)
2checkout.com are fairly liberal
Offshore payment processors for high-risk activities are harder to find
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number7 posted this at 11:59—4th October 2006.
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Hmmm WorldPay have quite high fees. Haven't they ? You may also check out Verotel or Centipaid(for micropayments)
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