IDEAL

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iDEAL

Developer(s)	Currence (Payconiq, ABN AMRO, Friesland Bank, ING Bank, Knab, Rabobank, Triodos Bank, Van Lanschot, De Volksbank)
Initial release	2005
Website	www.ideal.nl

iDEAL is an e-commerce payment system used for online banking in the Netherlands. Previously controlled by the Dutch e-commerce organization Currence since 2006, the company became owned by the European Payments Initiative (EPI) from October 2023.^[1]

It is an online payment method that enables consumers to pay online through their own bank. In addition to online merchants, other organisations that are not part of the e-commerce market also offer iDEAL.^{[citation needed]}