[gnyman]

I believe this is due to them being a French entity and the French laws or banking systems requiring this. But I could be wrong, I'm basing it on the fact that Gandi had the same thing unit they created a US Entity which could do the billing. I'm guessing this is not far away for OVH either now.

[hyperknot]

Their biggest competitor - Online.net - is also French, yet offers recurring payments and even PayPal subscriptions.