More and more people buy online – books, holidays, DVDs, music downloads, clothes – you can get just about anything on the Internet these days. To make it easier to pay for online products and services, the Dutch banking community has developed the iDEAL online payment method. iDEAL allows online payments to be made using online banking.

iDEAL allows you to make online purchases in a familiar, secure and simple way. iDEAL is the system that links you directly to your online banking application when you buy online. To start using iDEAL, you don’t need to register, download any files or open an account. If you already have online banking with ABN AMRO, Fortis, Postbank, Rabobank or SNS Bank, you can make payments using iDEAL right away. The transaction is completed swiftly and simply in the familiar online banking environment of your own bank – paying in a way you are already familiar with.

A few simple steps is all it takes to pay using iDEAL:

• Place your order
• Select iDEAL as payment method
• Select your bank
• This opens the familiar online banking application of your own bank
• The relevant details of your purchase will already be shown
• You merely authorise the payment in the usual manner
• Your bank confirms your payment
• You return to the online store – order accepted and payment successfull

Read more about iDEAL.