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  <body-formatted>&lt;p&gt;An interesting question and I don't know the answer. We only use the major ones globally and have never had anyone complain or ask for others. I think, between them, they have most of the global market covered. You also have to factor in the extra cost/hassle in supporting other more niche cards.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think the bigger factor is not *which cards* to support when looking global but *which payment methods* to support. Germany is well known in Europe, for example, for not being big into credit card payments online (lots more direct debit and payment on delivery). Whilst I imagine if you were selling in Africa you might want to look more at mobile payments. Elsewhere the like of PayPal are very dominant.&#160;&lt;/p&gt;</body-formatted>
  <body-unformatted>&lt;p&gt;An interesting question and I don't know the answer. We only use the major ones globally and have never had anyone complain or ask for others. I think, between them, they have most of the global market covered. You also have to factor in the extra cost/hassle in supporting other more niche cards.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I think the bigger factor is not *which cards* to support when looking global but *which payment methods* to support. Germany is well known in Europe, for example, for not being big into credit card payments online (lots more direct debit and payment on delivery). Whilst I imagine if you were selling in Africa you might want to look more at mobile payments. Elsewhere the like of PayPal are very dominant.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</body-unformatted>
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