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0 pointsWhitneyLand9y ago0 comments

Stripe was founded in 2011. Regardless of whether or not AmEx sees Stripe as a competitor/threat, they wasted 5 years not building out similar tech after the blueprint was laid out at their feet.

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ChemicalWarfare9y ago

Payment processors like First Data and Cybersource have had these types of APIs available to their merchants since the late 90s actually.

Since you mentioned Stripe - they are actually one of the cheapest options to process AmEx, depending on the volumes and CC/Debit breakdown even cheaper then going through AmEx directly in some cases.

So again this is more of a business driver vs. the available tech thing.

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0 pointsWhitneyLand9y ago0 comments

Stripe was founded in 2011. Regardless of whether or not AmEx sees Stripe as a competitor/threat, they wasted 5 years not building out similar tech after the blueprint was laid out at their feet.

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ChemicalWarfare9y ago

Payment processors like First Data and Cybersource have had these types of APIs available to their merchants since the late 90s actually.

So again this is more of a business driver vs. the available tech thing.

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