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I don't know a lot about Stripe, but I have been using Paypal to accept payments for work (I'm a web developer) from the US (I live in Ireland). Would Stripe be a viable alternative to this approach (I'm not fully comfortable with Paypal)? Stripe seems to be aimed moreso at transaction based payments (shops etc.)
Disclaimer: I'm not part of TransferWise, I just really like the idea.
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Sadly, it is not mere FUD for people based here in Ireland. (I agree that it was somewhat better in the US.) Here's what Liam Casey (CEO of PCH International[1]) said earlier: https://twitter.com/liamcasey/status/374690420556443650 . He's speaking from personal experience. (I've talked to the engineers who were trying to set up that merchant account.) And, yes; we charge VAT on our services in Europe; this goes strai…
Do you pay corporation tax in Europe? If "stripe in Ireland", and an office in London then you should right?
If they do a Google they will claim that UK transactions are really Irish transactions and pay tax in Ireland.
If they do an Apple they will claim that their Irish company owes vast technology licensing fees to a company in Bermuda.
Net result is that revenue is shuffled around until it ends up in a tax haven, ready for future distribution when the political tax climate or personal circumstance of key shareholders allows.
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Clearly you have not dealt with other payment gateways. Regardless, news about payment gateways is interesting for developers because we have to implement them. And some of us are entrepreneurs and we have to choose a payment gateway to get money from our customers. If you don't like Stripe articles then don't upvote them.
I have implemented a few payment gateways, none were particularly taxing for even a novice developer.