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How to Choose a Payment Gateway for Your Startup

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  In July 2018, Value Market Research released a report on the state of online payment platforms in the previous year. The report addressed, among other things, the value of the industry – $13.5 billion. Now it’s 18 months later, and a new report indicates that value has increased to a stunning $29.4 billion – that’s 55% percent higher than the previous number. Each year, payment gateways are improved and aggressively promoted to the general public. And it’s hardly ever an unsuccessful promotion – nowadays, it is hard to find an online service, be it an e-shop or a paid web app, that includes only one payment option. Furthermore, the topic has become so hot that technology companies are now in competition to provide the fastest,  smoothest  (whatever that’s supposed to mean), most user-oriented payment gateways. Despite the competition, there will never be a universal solution that meets all needs (unless all businesses suddenly agree to follow a single business model). A...

Using PayPal in Uganda for online transactions

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Founded in 1998 by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, Luke Nosek, and Ken Howery, Paypal is the most popular online payment system in the world and it is globally accepted. Despite PayPal having been in business for over 20 years, it still has many restrictions in different countries around the world, especially in Asia and Africa. In this tutorial, I will take you through everything you need to know about Using PayPal in Uganda: Sending, Receiving, Withdrawing and Limitations. I have also written and published other guides on how to: Withdraw PayPal money in Kenya Withdraw PayPal money in Rwanda Withdrawing money from PayPal in South Sudan Withdraw money from PayPal in Burundi Note:   I will keep updating this article from time to time to ensure that readers get current the most correct info on how to receive and withdraw money from PayPal in Uganda. BIG UPDATE (2020): Great News! You can now create a Virtual PayPal account that allows you receive PayPal funds in Uganda and withdraw it dir...