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Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen (https://www.theregister.com)

199 points by toomuchtodo about 4 hours ago | 54 comments | View on ycombinator

arjie about 4 hours ago |

Surprisingly small contract. It's interesting to see that a full government contract for a payment provider is a fraction of a US mid-size company's cloud bill. I am constantly surprised by things like this. Here's another: there are more foreigners in Taiwan (total pop. 25 m) than in China (total pop. 1.4 b).

siren2026 about 3 hours ago |

I wish Adyen was as good at marketing and hype as Stripe was.

Stripe is really good at making themselves look like a way bigger deal than they are.

zuzululu 23 minutes ago |

doesnt seem like stripe has anything to worry about here the total contract value is of irrelevant scale

i guess i expected it to be more significant seeing that its the UK gov

m101 about 2 hours ago |

The solution to all these expenses is to just have the user pay the transaction costs. Then everyone will start using bank transfers.

gib444 14 minutes ago |

Got to love the people taking a swipe at the company. They found their market, can't you just be happy for them? They're hardly the only company in the world to only deal with bigger clients.

This site regularly dunks on European tech as being subpar, but when an American company gets ditched for a European one, barely anyone can find nice words to say. You really reveal yourselves in times like this, I've got to admit.

oakinnagbe about 3 hours ago |

I'm curious whether this will materially reduce costs for local authorities or whether the benefits are primarily in expanding payment options.

maelito about 2 hours ago |

Adyen refuses small clients, under the million :/

thomashabets2 about 3 hours ago |

So maybe it'll stop taking three requests, 1-2 months, and a certified letter every year to receive your tax refund?

HMRCs digital services in general are pretty good, but refunds not so much.

telesilla about 4 hours ago |

Stripe allows for these kinds of payments, we've been updating our store to support Wero etc. It should give better conversation and processing rates than the US credit cards.

gaiagraphia about 4 hours ago |

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wg0 about 4 hours ago |

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ChrisArchitect about 3 hours ago |