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Thanks for the answer. Yes, I can imagine the work for database coding and so on. A lot of Sexmoney's clients are from Europe and you have reacted to the needs of the customers.
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It has much less to do with the database coding, and much more to do with banking procedures and credit card regulations. In order to charge in Euro's, the BANK must charge in Euro's. This typically involves using an EU bank. According to cross-border acquiring rules, the processor, the bank, and the merchant must all be located in the same region. Once you find a bank that will accept IPSP merchant accounts, and bills in Euro's, you THEN have to find one that is willing to bill in Dollars also (since 70%+ of credit card transactions online are in Dollars).
Finding a bank that will do all this is virtually impossible, especially given the complexities of tracking and seperating the origin of the transactions and also conpensating for changing exchange rates in dealing with the Processor. THEN the processor would have to deal with exchange rates in dealing with the merchants, etc, etc, etc.....
The problems become immense.
BTW.....Hi Chipmonk! How are things going with you?
