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Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

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Are Stripe going to expand any further into Europe in the near future? I've integrated with Stripe several times now for US-based clients and am getting severely jealous!

What countries would you like to see supported? (You can sign up in a number of European countries today: https://stripe.com/global. )

Austria, Switzerland (both central europe, next to Germany)

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#32
Where are the currency codes? I couldn't find a list on https://support.stripe.com/questions/in-which-currencies-can...

In either case, this is really awesome. What sets this apart from Stripe's competitors, is that those companies (or at least Braintree) require you to set up a different account for each currency, which is a huge pain in the ass. Or at least this was the case last time I checked.

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#33

Where are the currency codes? I couldn't find a list on https://support.stripe.com/questions/in-which-currencies-can... In either case, this is really awesome. What sets this apart from Stripe's competitors, is that those companies (or at least Braintree) require you to set up a different account for each currency, which is a huge pain in the ass. Or at least this was the case last time I checked.

We use the standard ISO 4217 codes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217). But we should probably include them explicitly on that list. Willfix.

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#34
I noticed the example uses "cny" in lower case. ISO currency codes are always uppercase. I imagine the API is case insensitive then. Which may pose a problem for the poor fellow who considers GBP the pound but GBp the pence. That is an established convention on some systems (e.g. Bloomberg, I think).

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#35
post #27

Are Stripe going to expand any further into Europe in the near future? I've integrated with Stripe several times now for US-based clients and am getting severely jealous!

What countries would you like to see supported? (You can sign up in a number of European countries today: https://stripe.com/global. )

Any chance of coming to Asia (specifically India). Payments are a pain here!

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#36
post #33

Where are the currency codes? I couldn't find a list on https://support.stripe.com/questions/in-which-currencies-can... In either case, this is really awesome. What sets this apart from Stripe's competitors, is that those companies (or at least Braintree) require you to set up a different account for each currency, which is a huge pain in the ass. Or at least this was the case last time I checked.

We use the standard ISO 4217 codes ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217 ). But we should probably include them explicitly on that list. Willfix.

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Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#37
post #33

Where are the currency codes? I couldn't find a list on https://support.stripe.com/questions/in-which-currencies-can... In either case, this is really awesome. What sets this apart from Stripe's competitors, is that those companies (or at least Braintree) require you to set up a different account for each currency, which is a huge pain in the ass. Or at least this was the case last time I checked.

We use the standard ISO 4217 codes ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217 ). But we should probably include them explicitly on that list. Willfix.

Do you support marketplace models (internationally)?

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#38
post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Although they are convertible one for one with the Pound Sterling. It's the same with the Isle of Mans currency the Manx pound. This is because these are British dependencies or have a special relationship with the UK but at the same time are independent.

Note though that those pounds (I have a 5 Jersey Pound bill somewhere) are not legal tender in the UK [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey_pound

Good luck defining legal tender in the UK; a lot of English retailers won't take Scottish notes.

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#39
post #34

I noticed the example uses "cny" in lower case. ISO currency codes are always uppercase. I imagine the API is case insensitive then. Which may pose a problem for the poor fellow who considers GBP the pound but GBp the pence. That is an established convention on some systems (e.g. Bloomberg, I think).

Interesting point. You're right; the currency param is case-insensitive. (And with regard to GBP vs GBp, our amounts are always denominated in the smallest unit of the currency.)

Re: 135 new currencies at Stripe

#40
post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What countries would you like to see supported? (You can sign up in a number of European countries today: https://stripe.com/global. )

For myself, Poland. I've also had clients in Italy and the Czech Republic make similar noises (although, I must confess, I know comparatively little about their local alternatives).

I'll second the Czech Republic - I've a client that would love it if you could - right now, they're Paypal only.
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