For businesses dealing with Stripe closures, reviews and cross-border cards
The right payment optionfor your business.
Cross-border card payments, digital goods, underwriting, payout schedules: practical information on the payment problems online businesses run into, written by a founder whose own Stripe account was suspended. Tell us about your business and we'll point you to payment services that may be able to support it.
Whether a payment service accepts your business is decided by its own review.
- Based on the operator's own experience
- Linked to official sources
- Free to ask
What we can help with
How it works
- Tell us about your businessWhat you sell, which payment service you use now, and what went wrong.
- We map out your requirementsProduct type, where your customers are, monthly volume, refunds and recurring billing.
- We point you to candidatesPayment services that may be able to support a business like yours.
- The provider reviews youApproval and contract terms are decided by the payment service itself.
Guides
See all guidesStripe Closed My Account: What to Do in the First 72 Hours
A step-by-step checklist for when Stripe closes or restricts your account: protect your revenue, get your funds released, and move your customers to a new processor.
Read the guide Stripe closuresStripe Holding Your Funds? How Long It Lasts and How to Get Them Released
Why Stripe holds your balance after a closure or review, how long holds usually last, and what you can do to get paid out faster.
Read the guide How underwriting worksWhy Stripe Closes Accounts After You've Already Started Selling
Stripe approves almost everyone instantly and reviews them later. Here's how that model works, the most common triggers for a closure, and why legit businesses get caught.
Read the guide Stripe closuresStripe Account Under Review: What Stripe Wants and How to Respond
Stripe asked for more information or paused payouts. Here's what the review is checking, what documents to send, and how to give yourself the best chance.
Read the guide Choosing a providerStripe Alternatives in Japan: A Guide for Foreign Founders
Running a business in Japan and lost Stripe? How Japanese payment providers differ, what their underwriting checks (including the 特定商取引法 notice), and how to choose one.
Read the guide Choosing a providerStripe Alternatives for AI Companies: Getting Paid When Your Model Looks 'Risky'
Why AI startups get flagged by instant-signup processors, which types of payment providers fit AI products, and how to prepare an application that gets approved.
Read the guideMy story
“Those come later.”
That is what a payment provider told me when I said I had 400 orders and zero refunds or chargebacks. Here is what happened after Stripe reviewed my shop, and what I learned.
Read my story