[ppradhan]

not exactly a paypal alternative but if more devs outside the US could use reasonable companies like stripe, braintree etc for CC processing we would.

until good CC processing companies go worldwide, what are the choices? just an idea, but I wonder if it is legally possible for an american company to provide the services of a payment collector on behalf of non-US devs. people could integrate stripe's API to pay to this company and they could handle wiring money worldwide for a small reasonable fee.

Even in countries like Australia CC processing is expensive and potentially restrictive to small startups and devs. Some kind of company in the US that takes payment on your behalf and wires it worldwide with reasonable charges would be a boon to countless devs and startups all over the world. That or bitcoin takes off and everyone just starts using it. Until then, Paypal is your payment buddy albeit a dodgy one that rips you off every chance it gets. Thus their immense power.

EDIT: Also worth pointing out that the guy above is being given a hard time by his country's laws and it's banking system - not just Paypal.