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by PaulsWallet 1399 days ago
> In fact, in some countries, there are

Such as?

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How about we start with:

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Vatican City

They all use the same system, namely SEPA Direct Debit. It has only been around for 13 years or so. The Stripe website has a decent introduction: https://stripe.com/docs/payments/sepa-debit

So yeah, as a Dutch person all of my subscriptions use this. In fact, I get a bit annoyed when someone does not offer it, because I do not own a credit card.