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The Best FinTechs for PayFac-as-a-Service: Because DIY is Overrated

USIO

Becoming your own Payment Facilitator (PayFac) sounds greatuntil you realize its a regulatory nightmare , a financial black hole , and takes longer than your last DIY home improvement project (which, lets be honest, is still unfinished). Biggest Perk: Generous revenue share (up to $1M+ per year for some partners). Lets break it down.

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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

in revenue. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. Businesses take time to adopt, unlike consumers who joined TikTok by the tens of millions. If you screw up one payment, customers are going to be angry. Be prepared for that if you move peoples’ money as a business.

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UIPath S-1 Analysis: How 7 Key Metrics Stack Up

Tom Tunguz

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees. The services gross margin is -19%.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Lightspeed Commerce at $750,000,000 in “ARR”

SaaStr

One leader in SMB commerce is Lightspeed Commerce, founded way back in 2005. And their mix of software, payments and hardware revenue drives up the total deal size — but puts a lot of pressure on margins. 39% of their revenues from software, and going down. A nice multiple of its $300m software business.

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News: Japan Enacts Regulatory Law Targeting Apple and Google Smartphone Marketplace Dominance

FastSpring

and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies that want to distribute and monetize their own apps on Google and Apple devices. This is to prevent the platform providers from “gatekeeping” while also forcing more competition between their own apps and others on the platforms. Related Reading News: U.S.

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5 Interesting Learnings from Olo at $130,000,000 in ARR

SaaStr

Growth fueled by the addition of transactional revenue, not SaaS revenues. Olo’s explosive growth in the past 24 months prior to IPO wasn’t fueled so much by its SaaS revenue, but by transaction revenue as part of orders. As last as 2018, 93% of Olo’s revenue was pure SaaS.

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FastSpring and EBANX Forge Partnership to Expand Pix Payments for Digital Products in Brazil

FastSpring

Pix, Brazil’s instant payment system introduced by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2020, has rapidly gained popularity among consumers as a preferred digital payment method. Director of Payments, Risk, and Compliance at FastSpring.