Quote Originally Posted by Rinhi View Post
so is my paypal account, the billing address shouldn't matter for this anyway
maybe it's worth e-mailing SE support about this because that's a pretty weird issue

for the record, these are the options I get, UK account like talitha
It's most likely a historical remnant. The "ELV" system shown by ACE135 refers to "Elektronisches Lastschrift Verfahren" (direct withdrawal), a very German banking system very popular here. When the SEPA system was introduced Europe-wide (and yes, that still includes UK) it was supposed to be replaced by the SEPA withdrawal service. My guess it that SE only did implement the bare minimum and only activated that on German accounts. Which is bad as you can't change your county of registration, like ever ...