Offshore Merchant Accounts
I've never had to go this route before, so forgive me for what seems to be an ignorant series of questions, but I really have no clue how the offshore merchant account game works.
Anyway...I've got a client that has been turned down for a merchant account in Canada because of a credit issue. He can't go Stateside since he's based out of Canada and has no US physical presence or bank account.
So...right now, we're looking at offshore alternatives.
The requirements would be as follows:
The ability to host pages ourselves with an ASP-based API to work with (or does this even apply with offshore stuff?)
Visa/Mastercard
The cheaper the better, but reliability is the big thing
My questions are as follows:
1) Apparently Romania is the big country for this sort of thing. Is this correct? Or is it even really country-specific?
2) The API question...do offshore providers work like PrayPal in that they host the pages themselves?
3) Who exactly are the "players" in the offshore industry? In Canada, it's BeanStream, Internet Secure, and not really much else afterward that I'm aware of.
To summarize, I'm looking for a combination of recommendations and insights into offshore merchant accounts.
Thanks.
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