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For card payments, yes there is no verification but for bank transfers, at least here in the UK, "confirmation of payee" is a thing and wrong names are rejected [1].

[1] https://www.ukfinance.org.uk/confirmation-of-payee



How is this relevant?


> There is really no reason to use your real name and address for anything online

> wrong names are rejected

How isn't it? Unless you're saying 'there is really no reason to participate in e-commerce', which is... true I suppose...


No, I also thought that this was somewhat irrelevant ...

None of my e-commerce involves bank transfers. I would decline it as a payment method. I have no idea why anyone would be doing this.


Maybe the comment changed or I just skim-read it, but I'm not sure I understand now.

Anyway, in the UK billing name & postcode are/can be verified on card payments.

Bank transfers no basically never happen, too manual; exception being something like (Transfer)Wise - you set it up online, then transfer to their account in local currency, they transfer out of their account in another country to your intended recipient account in that local currency.

Direct Debits are a common ~'bank transfer' but recurring way of paying for utilities & subscriptions here though. Can (and these days normally would) be set up online.


It's probably very dependent on your local e-commerce environment.

Here in Germany I linked my bank account to Amazon, PayPal, local mobility service providers, etc.

Maybe 90% of my online transactions are bank transfers, 10% are debit card transfers.




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