Business services
Payment methods European customers expect at checkout
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Month in review: September 2026
Business services
Payment webhooks: integrating real-time pay-in notifications
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How to accept card payments on your website: step-by-step for EU merchants
How do you set up your payment infrastructure in Europe today? Is it already a single economic entity, or will it be in the future? Which currencies to use? How strict are the regulations? Our team will explain how it all works and how to accept card payments on your website. There are currently many payment methods across the EU that people use – digital wallets and direct bank transfers are rapidly growing as an alternative to card payments. Card networks Visa and Mastercard are holding nearly half of European payments, and the digital Euro – an EU competitor in
Business services
Payment methods European customers expect at checkout
Selling across Europe can help your e-commerce business reach more customers, but payment preferences vary from country to country. Even within the EU’s single market, shoppers have their own preferred ways to pay. A checkout that works well in Paris may need different payment options to suit customers in Amsterdam, Warsaw, or Stockholm. To successfully scale across borders, digital merchants must look beyond generic payment configurations. Offering the precise payment methods European customers expect at checkout is one of the most effective levers for driving your checkout conversion rate and reducing your cart abandonment rate. The fragmented landscape of European
Product news
Month in review: September 2026
September at Genome was all about making business payments easier to understand. We covered checkout options, card security, settlement times, and the best way to send euro payments across Europe. Read on to find out more. What should you check before choosing a European payment provider? When you’re looking for a provider, a low transaction fee can look appealing. But before you commit, check what else comes with it: supported payment methods, currencies, settlement times, security, and the cost of integrating the service. Our guide to choosing a European payment provider gives you practical questions to ask before your team
Business services
Payment webhooks: integrating real-time pay-in notifications
Using payment webhooks can significantly improve your company’s operational flow. Some platforms use API polling – one of the standard payment models that works by asking the payment gateway’s API about the payment status. How do payment webhooks work? Technically, instead of repeatedly asking a payment provider for updates, a merchant’s backend receives an HTTP notification the moment an event occurs. In other words, if API polling is asking for confirmation every 10 seconds, webhooks are like requesting: “Notify me the moment the payment arrives.” This isn’t a perfect analogy, but it gives you a sense of what is going
