I'm a Canadian seller, but when I click on "Your Shop" right now, I get a banner that says I can sign up to accept gift cards and credit cards. But when I click Sign Up, nothing happens. :(
I am Australian and as far as I know I can't do direct checkout or accept gift cards. The banner you refer to appeared at the top of my listings page yesterday. I thought 'great. they have extended DC and gift cards to us'. When I clicked on it, nothing happened. I checked the forums for an admin announcement. Nothing. Now it has disappeared. So, no we don't have it.