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Europe Local Payment Playbook: SEPA, National Wallets, and Strong Customer Authentication

Europe unified the clearing layer, not the payment method layer. Dutch shoppers use iDEAL, Belgian shoppers use Bancontact, Polish shoppers use BLIK. This playbook goes country by country through dominant local methods, mechanism types, and settlement traits, then covers direct debit mandates, why German bank redirects disappeared, and how SCA exemptions drive checkout conversion.

GoCardless Guide: Bank Direct Debit and Subscription Collection

Bank direct debit and card acquiring are two different mechanisms: no card number, no 3-D Secure and essentially no card scheme chargebacks, replaced by mandate management and returns handling. The core engineering problem is not the payment page but the mandate lifecycle. This guide covers positioning, onboarding, integration, fee components and misreadings.