Expanding Your Business Into Europe — Requirements for Payments Success

While PayPal and many credit cards are acceptable payment methods around the world, consumers in different countries have different preferences and expectations when checking out. Here’s a brief snapshot of what’s needed for online payments in several European countries:

The UK
The Maestro card is gaining traction in European e-commerce and is a very important factor for today’s online stores. In the U.K. especially, banks are replacing old Switch cards with Maestro cards because the Maestro card has an estimated U.K. customer potential of 20 million.