Comments on: Braintree’s recent move overseas helps double its payments volume to $8B http://gigaom.com/2013/03/14/braintrees-recent-move-overseas-helps-double-its-payments-volume-to-8b/ Sat, 18 May 2013 06:17:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David Mytton http://gigaom.com/2013/03/14/braintrees-recent-move-overseas-helps-double-its-payments-volume-to-8b/#comment-1320307 Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:34:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=620475#comment-1320307 The real comparison isn’t with Square but with Stripe. We’re in the UK and switched from the horrific NetBanx / Optimal Payments to Braintree in the summer last year as part of their international launch. They make it very easy to get payment processing up and running with good documentation, good libraries and excellent support. So we process UK £ and US $ through them as well as make use of their subscription management.

However, I’ve found the pace of innovation and new functionality a little frustrating with Braintree. They seem to rarely improve or add functionality and their control panel lags behind what Stripe provide, for example. Now Stripe have announced their UK beta, it’s going to be interesting to see how things progress. Braintree have a big advantage with being much more international than Stripe’s US, Canada and UK.

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