Our experience with Stripe Atlas (2017) • Hacker News Board

Re: Our experience with Stripe Atlas (2017)

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Post by cajdavidson » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 7:51 AM UTC

Silhouette wrote: post #52

cajdavidson wrote: post #32

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Thanks. We did take a look at them before, but unfortunately they appeared to have a few significant disadvantages for our situation (fees would have worked out very high, they seem to be very phone/app/online-centric in their access and security arrangements, missing some basic banking features). I'm also not quite sure how they get around the anti-laundering rules that everyone else has to abide by. They mention ch…

Fair enough, I'm essentially a contractor with a Ltd company so my use case is fairly simple and I'm the only one with access, I appreciate for larger organisations it may not be quite where it needs to be yet. Probably one to keep an eye on though.

Re: Our experience with Stripe Atlas (2017)

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Post by schrijver » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 8:00 AM UTC

pjc50 wrote: post #25

"You also realize that you don’t really need public financial help if you don’t get robbed to begin with. To create a SPRL/BVBA in Belgium, the capital must be fully subscribed at the time the company is incorporated, to the amount of €18,550 (of which €6,200 must actually be paid up in the account of the SPRL/BVBA). Also, the articles of association must be written before a notary. You need to be physically present…

Actually, I would imagine the equivalent Belgian structure to a C-corp to be a SA/NV, which has a required starting capital of €61.500, which has to be paid up in full at incorporation.

Re: Our experience with Stripe Atlas (2017)

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Post by patio11 » Wed, Apr 11, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

_urga wrote: post #80

patio11 wrote: post #75

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While we'd be happy to have you in Stripe Atlas, we'd also be happy to have you in the live preview for Stripe in Brazil. You can sign up here: https://stripe.com/global#br Send me an email after doing so (my email address is my HN handle at stripe.com) and I'll talk to the team running it to make sure you get access expeditiously. (Offer open to anyone on HN.)

Any plans to open Stripe in South Africa? Would be great to have Stripe in at least one country on the continent!

We're available throughout Africa through Atlas, and are happily serving customers in many African countries, including South Africa. (The community in Cape Town is huge!)

We want to be able to support entrepreneurs and businesses substantially everywhere. We don't talk about concrete timelines externally until we have something ready to show, because that is pure downside for our users if e.g. priorities change, a country launch gets delayed due to issues beyond our control, etc.

When we have plans for infrastructure that we can roll out in a fashion which is predictable enough to be viable to build a business on top of, you'll hear about it in all the usual places. Until then, https://stripe.com/global#za and Atlas are your best options.

Re: Our experience with Stripe Atlas (2017)

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Post by _urga » Thu, Apr 12, 2018, 7:31 AM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #83

_urga wrote: post #80

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Any plans to open Stripe in South Africa? Would be great to have Stripe in at least one country on the continent!

We're available throughout Africa through Atlas, and are happily serving customers in many African countries, including South Africa. (The community in Cape Town is huge!) We want to be able to support entrepreneurs and businesses substantially everywhere. We don't talk about concrete timelines externally until we have something ready to show, because that is pure downside for our users if e.g. priorities change, a c…

Thanks Patrick, we are in Cape Town. It will be great when Stripe has an office here.

Re: Our experience with Stripe Atlas (2017)

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Post by soneca » Sat, Apr 21, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

patio11 wrote: post #75

soneca wrote: post #15

My particular pain point is how to have a Stripe account living in an unsupported country (Brazil). Is Stripe Atlas the best solution? I am starting two very modest side business intending to sell to international customers (mostly US+Canada initially). One SaaS and one content membership. Any ideas?

While we'd be happy to have you in Stripe Atlas, we'd also be happy to have you in the live preview for Stripe in Brazil. You can sign up here: https://stripe.com/global#br Send me an email after doing so (my email address is my HN handle at stripe.com) and I'll talk to the team running it to make sure you get access expeditiously. (Offer open to anyone on HN.)

Just saw this, thanks!