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Ask HN: Stripe is asking for bank statements to check financial health

Isn’t stripes job to simply process payments? What kind of liability would stripe need to account for any merchant processing 1$ on its behalf?


kasey_junk3 days ago

There are lots of different places credit is extended between counterparties in the credit card processing flow.

The most obvious one for processor to merchant is chargebacks. The window fo those can be up to 6 months.

Bank statements might also be used for fraud prevention and kyc requirements.

Disclaimer: I used to work at stripe but not in this area and I don’t know the specifics of why Stripe is asking for these documents.

segmondya day ago

They want to know your accounts, they will force you to link it so they can reach there and claw back money for disputes etc.

gethly2 days ago

Don't use stripe. It's none of their business and they already have a bad reputation.

yombya day ago

Any alternatives that you recommend?

pickle-wizard17 hours ago

What about the old school processors like Authorize.net and Cybersource? It has been over a decade since I worked with them, so not sure what they are like now.

gethly21 hours ago

Braintree is now essentially paypal, so that is off the list. Adyen is good but can be strict with what businesses they support.

In short, i recommend using local providers, not these multinationals. Each country has a bunch of them, so there is plenty of choices, they are just not world renown brands.

carlosjobim14 hours ago

And how to connect them to your services without being a programmer?

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