How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lots of Pain

Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by mk89 on Sunday April 07, 2024 @04:53PM (#39963809)

Are these the same SMBs that ... accept only cash? :) Or do they really exclude CCs?

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Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by ricc on Sunday April 07, 2024 @05:01PM (#39963880)

They exclude CCs. They have a card reader but they either have a sign saying, or the vendor will simply say, “keine Kreditkarte”.

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Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by 4ad on Sunday April 07, 2024 @05:26PM (#39964087)

If you use contactless payments, this is a non-issue, they can't detect it. Although they wish they could.

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Re:How to Found a Company in Germany: 14 "Easy" Steps and Lo... by amaccuish on Monday April 08, 2024 @08:46AM (#39969147)

So a lot will have in their contract with their processor that they actually can accept Visa/Mastercard, so the sign is there to put you off.

But actually a lot don't, and when you try to pay, even contactless, with a non-Girocard, it won't work.

Visa and Mastercard don't magically let you on their network because you have a card machine.

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