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Re:Payments Startup Balanced (YC W11) Is Processing $370M a ... by jeffblake on Thursday January 16, 2014 @08:35PM (#7073733)
Stripe, Balanced, Braintree, etc all look like much better technical solutions (Apis, ease of integration) than what I use currently, but the pricing is SO prohibitive! Are there any plans for these guys to do Interchange+ pricing, and lower per txn down to a reasonable 10c? At the end of the day, payment processing is a commodity and I'll gladly do the extra work it takes to integrate with a cheaper processor.
Re:Payments Startup Balanced (YC W11) Is Processing $370M a ... by zende on Thursday January 16, 2014 @10:02PM (#7074036)
(ceo of balanced)

We don't have any plans to offer interchange+ pricing. We found that would create more work for our customers. The predicability in pricing is part of the value that Balanced provides.

Re:Payments Startup Balanced (YC W11) Is Processing $370M a ... by jeffblake on Friday January 17, 2014 @12:42AM (#7074489)
OK, but you can't get more "open" than interchange plus :)