You can use the sources API for both cards and SEPA: https://stripe.com/docs/sources/cards

On the UI side, mind shooting me an email at eduardo@stripe.com? I can share some stuff we're working on!

while you are talking about SEPA, i know that there is a support for SEPA Direct Debit, but are you thinking about implementing Swiss Direct Debit, right now there are two sub implementation one from Postfinance and one from the Banks, there are talks about combining it in one system in 2 years or so but right now its kinda shitty + i would rather work with stipe api then with camt and pain files.

Working on it!

(I work at Stripe)

This is great news! Any rough estimates on when this will be available?

(I work at Stripe.)

Although it’s kind of proving your point that the API could be easier to use/better documented, here are some simpler ways to do what you’re looking for:

* Upgrading a plan (no cancellation needed): https://stripe.com/docs/api#update_subscription-plan

  > `curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/sub_foo -u sk_test_bar: -d plan={new_plan}`

* Canceling a subscription at the end of the billing cycle (no need to handle on your end): https://stripe.com/docs/api#update_subscription-at_period_en...

  > `curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/sub_foo -u sk_test_bar: -X DELETE -d at_period_end=true`

* Anchoring subscription to a date (sorry! :( , this is undocumented but should be out soon): https://stripe.com/docs/api#create_subscription

  > `curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/subscriptions/sub_foo -u sk_test_bar: -d billing_cycle_anchor={timestamp}`

That said, agreed overall that our subscriptions support needs some love. We're starting to spend more time on exactly this, so would love any feedback you (or anyone else reading) are willing to share. I'm eduardo@stripe.com.

No way!

Thank you so much for the response! Complaining on the internet finally worked! :) I definitely hold nothing against Stripe, I still love you guys.

Thanks Eduardo. I've interacted with you (I think) a couple times and really appreciate the effort you all put into customer outreach. It is appreciated. I will have my team jot down thoughts on subscription functionality and send it over.

Is this in an obvious place in the docs or in an FAQ?

- https://stripe.com/docs/api#subscriptions

- https://stripe.com/docs/subscriptions/guide

Stripe is quite good

Eduardo from Stripe here - sending you an email now; I think we can help!

Love this, and have been thinking about it for a while (after having moved literally 10 times in 10 years). I picture something similar to OAuth permissions, where at any point I can revoke access to all or specific pieces of information to anyone.

As an extension (and this is potentially where the money is), I can think of an intermediary service (a-la Google Voice call widgets) that allows entities to contact me without ever giving away my phone/address/etc.

Absolutely. Currently I have zero control over who has what contact details. I have good friends that still email me on an eight year old gmail address that I don't use. I need to be able to pull addresses, push new ones, have certain details only available to certain friends and maybe, like you say, have ways of letting people get in touch with me once without actually giving out my details.

What I'd like to explore, is if you can help catalyze the effect PG is talking about by concentrating whatever startup activity exists in a city to one central location. In other words can you fake a hub, and thereby encourage its growth, by 'artificially' concentrating this critical mass of people?