I agree, when done correctly, PayPal is a good provider. My advice on PayPal:
- Use an email account with 100 % filter.
- Use a strong password of at least 15 characters.
- Close all Internet connections before you log into your PayPal account.
- Only log in when needed.
- Use the Opera browser. If you do not close all windows as explained in point 2 above, cross site scripting XSS is (nearly) impossible in the Opera browser.
When I categorize on line payment solutions, I put them in two categories:
- Premier providers. There are only three -- in alphabetic order:
- American express, MasterCard and Visa
- Other.
That (revised) categorization have shown to be very effective.