2/ On creditor identifiers: having your own creditor identifier makes your business more visible to customers on their bank statement, and can reduce the risk of chargebacks which are inherent to SEPA Direct Debit. True, you need to get one—possibly something we hope to help with in the future—but banks cannot force you to process SEPA debits with them. It is their duty to provide one to you. If you're not a business, there can be reasons to proceed with caution on SEPA Direct Debit, not least of which is the risk of chargebacks. I'd love to hear more about your case to see how Stripe can improve: my company email is just gabriel@.
Hi herbst - thanks for the note. No immediate release dates for that but we are focused on offering straightforward integration solutions that cover as many of the payment methods we support as possible.
Hi @wolfgke! I work at Stripe. You're right about the importance to cover other relevant payment methods locally. Happy to chat more about our SEPA debits plans, feel free to get in touch: I'm just gabriel at stripe dot com.
(I work for Stripe) Hey! Yes we're definitely aware of the need to take into account local payment landscapes that can be quite specific (you rightly mentioned iDEAL in the Netherlands, there's also EPS in Austria, Bancontact/MrCash in Belgium, to name a few others in Europe...). We're working on this and I'd be happy to connect to learn more about your needs. My email is just gabriel at, feel free to reach out!