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Re:How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ in... by gnaritas on Tuesday August 01, 2017 @06:02PM (#14905801)
Correct, and the big reason for that is it means you don't have to be PCI compliant since the card never touches your server, only stripes. That's why Stripe blew up, Paypal had no such offering for allowing you to use your own checkout form but not have to pass the card through your server.
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Re:How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ in... by surfmike on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @03:24AM (#14908578)
Not true, PayPal Payments Pro offered that.
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Re:How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ in... by Kluny on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @08:45AM (#14910070)
That product seems to have a marketing problem. I've heard plenty of PayPal horror stories over the years, but this thread is the first time I've ever heard of Payments Pro.
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Re:How the Collison brothers turned ‘seven lines of code’ in... by gnaritas on Wednesday August 02, 2017 @11:46AM (#14911465)
Not exactly, the Paypal transparent redirect one still bounces you through paypal's URL; the Stripe one never leaves your domain.
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