For European businesses Paymill might be an alternative. It works pretty much exactly the same as Stripe, just available in more/different countries.
(Paymill is Europe-only, and when a US bank detects a payment going out to Europe, it flags it as fraud. Thanks, US banks!)
What do you mean with "Requests for updates are ignored"?
The current documentation has been around for a while and is currently being entirely updated. I would be happy to hear your thoughts to ensure the new version will be satisfying for our users.
Feel free to contact me, I'll help you with that.
yann.irbah[at]paymill.com