USIO

MAY 16, 2025

The way businesses pay vendors, employees, gig workers, and customers is changing fast. And prepaid card issuing is leading the charge. If your business still leans on traditional payout methods like paper checks or manual ACH, it’s time to consider what you might be missing. No bank account? No problem. Its modern.

Payment Methods 130

Payment Methods Payment Services Banking Scale 130

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Bill.com had to develop a network that today has millions on vendors processing bills and payments on it. So they let folks use the platform the way they wanted, from paper checks to fax and more. #2. The payments / fintech side of Bill took a decade to come together. Bill.com has a direct sales force, even at $2k ACV.

SaaS Payments 64

SaaS Payments Payments Payment Services Scale 64

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Wherever you are in your revenue journey, adopting certain growth strategies can help you keep growing fast. Joined by Katie Wickham, Payrix’s Director of Marketing, Butler shares essential tips on accelerating your business to $100 million ARR and beyond. . Brex then scaled its payments business quickly.

Payments 243

Payments Payment Methods Embedded Payments Scale 243

Stax

MAY 13, 2025

In this blog, we’ll explore how to approach credit card processing like an opportunity instead of just another expense. We’ll also outline how to choose the best payment solutions for your unique business needs. Talk to sales What Are Credit Card Merchant Services?

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 88

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2024

Instructure is one of the leading learning management systems for education with its Canvas product. It was founded in 2008 but took a while to get going, hitting $1m in revenue in 2011 selling to Utah schools — and then scaled from there. That’s the power of compounding revenue in SaaS!

Scale 303

Scale SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments 303

SaaStr

OCTOBER 31, 2023

With nine figures in revenue, Ariel and SaaStr founder and CEO Jason Lemkin talk about all things Navan, rebranding when you have brand equity, building B2B software for people, pricing and business models, and much more. But, if you have a founder leading the way, it can be successful. The “why not” was obvious.

Payment Solutions 288

Payment Solutions Payments Travel Scale 288

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2021

Investor Insights for Scaling from Seed to Growth Stage with Sage Intacct. Global Head of Sales, Square. Mahmoud Abdelkader & Christina Monets. Getting Fintechs to Market Fast: How to Leverage Your Bank and Tech Partners with Treasury Prime. Piermont Bank & Treasury Prime. Reserve my place. Dan Preston.

Payments 246

Payments Payment Services Scale Banking 246

Stax

MAY 23, 2025

If youre a software provider looking to boost revenue, streamline operations, and deliver more value to your users, ISV integrated payments can be a game-changer. Embedding payments directly into your platform can unlock tremendous benefits both for you and your users. The best part?

Payments 88

Payments Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 88

SaaStr

MAY 8, 2021

Close say a $125k contract, even after a healthy sales commission, that’s $100k+ in the bank right now! bills, “payment terms”, and often, repeated follow-up. Forcing your sales team to do collections is OK in the early days, but doesn’t work perfectly either, and doesn’t scale.

SaaS Payments 317

SaaS Payments Payment Services Scale Payments 317

SaaStr

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Enter the platform company. So Plaid, we build the infrastructure that lets consumers interact with their bank accounts on the web. The core thesis behind it is banking was built for a world that didn’t envision the internet. You link a bank account and then you can immediately do what you want to do. Zach : Yet.

Payments 214

Payments SaaS Payments Banking Underperforming Technical Team 214

SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

Weave started off as a dental ERP and comms platform (including VoIP / phone), and then expanded beyond that as it scaled. It’s a tough outcome for a team that is working hard to scale well into the nine figures of ARR. 907 employees at IPO, so about $150,000 revenue per employee. 5 Interesting Learnings: #1.

SaaS Payments 290

SaaS Payments Scale Payment Methods SMB 290

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Everything is done under one platform. And it’s all thanks to embedded finance and embedded fintech. Embedded finance isn’t entirely a new concept. Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while.

Payments 88

Payments Payment Methods Merchant Services Finance 88

USIO

JANUARY 15, 2024

Subscription Models: Usio will provide general insights into why subscription-based payment processing is often considered advantageous for Software as a Service (SaaS) businesses. Predictable Revenue Streams: Subscription models provide a consistent and predictable revenue stream for SaaS companies.

SaaS Payments 130

SaaS Payments Payment Services Payments Payment Solutions 130

SaaStr

MARCH 7, 2024

This was precisely my experience upon meeting Toni and Carlos, the founders of Embat, in an area we’ve extensively have been exploring: treasury management and payment automation. This includes real-time bank connectivity, treasury forecasting, payment automation and automated accounting and reconciliation with e.g. ERPs.

Payments 284

Payments Payment Services Payment Solutions Scale 284

SaaStr

MARCH 26, 2019

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide. Manual processes first. Know your forever user.

Scale 162

Scale Payment Services Payment Methods Scaling 162

Stax

OCTOBER 13, 2024

We will compare both software solutions by outlining their key features so that you can decide which is best for your small business. The main difference between Quicken and QuickBooks is that Quicken is primarily a personal finance management software while QuickBooks is a full-featured small business accounting software.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Payment Services 88

SaaStock

JANUARY 25, 2019

We will gather 300 leading SaaS founders, executives and investors for three days packed with opportunities and rich exchange of knowledge to push the whole ecosystem forward. ContaAzul is a business management platform for small businesses created in Brazil. CEO : Vinicius Roveda Goncalves. RD Station. Founded : 2015.

SaaS Payments 257

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Payment Methods Payments 257

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

If I had 1 mentor, just 1, Who said: If you are at $10m ARR, Growing 100%, With 150% net revenue retention, With 80% viral and free lead acquisiton, And 50+ NPS, Then, You have already build a unicorn-in-waiting. This CXO asked me if I could help him find a few good advisors to help them on the revenue side. Find yours.

Scale 275

Scale Sales Hiring Payments Banking 275

FastSpring

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

As you work to expand your SaaS, software, mobile games, or other digital product business worldwide, having the right payment methods available to global customers is key to ensuring they all feel comfortable purchasing. If you want to offer more payment methods around the world, don’t miss this episode of Growth Stage.

Payment Methods 158

Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payments Merchant Services 158

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

Payment Services 148

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 148

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 30, 2022

But these days, there are so many innovative and impactful tools that can massively streamline your workflows and help to set you up for success as you scale. This is especially important for small teams, where you need to operate at a scale far beyond your headcount (without burning out your team by working around the clock).

Scale 163

Scale Payment Services Startup AWS 163

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. If you’re not sure how to kickstart growth for your digital products or software business in Asia, listen or watch now! Before joining FastSpring, I spent quite a number of years within the payments industry.

Merchant Services 192

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 192

FastSpring

JANUARY 17, 2023

Most subscription billing platforms let you: Automate invoicing and payments. Provide a self-service portal to customers so they can manage their accounts (including payment information, seats, and more). Gather metrics and view reports on monthly recurring revenue. Optimize Your Checkout Process to Increase Conversions.

Payments 125

Payments Payment Features Payment Methods Payment Services 125

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

How can a simple offering be transformed into its own platform? Renaud Visage, Co-Founder of Eventbrite, and Romain Huet, Head of Developer Relations at Stripe, know what it takes to effectively evolve your offering into a platform without losing what made offering appealing in the first place. Want to see more content like this?

Payments 174

Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 174

Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

Back to customer stories A cut above the rest Why Real Green Systems, the leading software platform for lawn care businesses, chose Payrix. Real Green’s journey to embedded payments is also rooted in innovation. Our first integrated payment solution was a referral agreement with a third-party ISO.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Solutions Payment Features Merchant Services 130

SaaStr

AUGUST 7, 2020

From strategies in recruitment and team building to sales tactics, these leaders from Salesforce, nCino, and Vlocity, will discuss the top tips for moving beyond horizontal SaaS and building a billion-dollar SaaS company. These companies can scale really efficiently. They need fewer sales as a percentage of overall employees.

Payment Solutions 218

Payment Solutions Pricing Payments Payment Services 218

Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

Storable , the leading provider of all-in-one software for the self-storage industry, has a vision for its payments solution that is reminiscent of the industry it serves. We want our customers to not have to manage payments anymore. But they’re everywhere (up to 60,000 nationwide), hiding in plain sight. It just happens.

Payment Services 130

Payment Services Payments Merchant Services Payment Solutions 130

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Completing online payments via manual card entry can be time-consuming and off-putting for customers. Research shows that 55% of customers will abandon their cart if they have to re-enter checkout information like credit card details, negatively affecting your business conversion rate. Learn More What is Click to Pay?

Payment Methods 68

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 68

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Chargebee is a robust subscription management platform. However, there are certain aspects of collecting recurring payments that you would still be responsible for when using Chargebee, such as: Connecting to payment gateways manually. Reconciling payments, fulfillment, refunds, etc. Process chargebacks.

Payment Methods 148

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Services Payments 148

SaaStr

APRIL 30, 2022

Average Revenue per Customer. The last kind of constituent here is investors and business owners. And basically SaaS revenue models is just magical for investors and for businesses. And you can basically predict revenue ahead of time and therefore raise money early on to grow even faster. MRR, obviously.

SaaS Payments 246

SaaS Payments Metrics Payment Methods Scale 246

FastSpring

JANUARY 10, 2023

Checkout (including payment processing and gathering sales tax, GST, and VAT). Handling failed payments and customer notifications. Reconciling payment with accounts and remitting sales tax, GST, and VAT. The second factor to consider is whether or not the solution was built for your type of business.

Payment Solutions 146

Payment Solutions Payment Features Payment Methods Software Review 146

Baremetrics

MARCH 31, 2021

SaaS and subscription companies like yours need to collect and manage recurring payments at scale. Regular payment gateways like SagePay and WorldPay won't cut it. All the data your startup needs Collecting payments is just one step of effective subscription management. The platform's usage-based pricing (no monthly fees!)

Merchant Services 98

Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Features 98

SaaStock

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

When we announced a few weeks ago that we would be bringing our leading SaaS conference to Asia, and running it in Hong Kong, many locals thanked us for choosing the city. Ultrasite is a global website builder, Chinafy is a tool for making websites China-compatible, and Connect is their collaborative content management platform for brands.

SaaS Payments 225

SaaS Payments Payment Solutions Merchant Services Payment Methods 225

Casey Accidental

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Casey’s first sequencing business models essay talked about the transition from a SaaS business model to marketplace business model, and why it’s so difficult. In this essay, we’ll go deeper into the gradients of marketplace models that a company can sequence to, and as a follow up, we will do the same for platforms.

Marketplace as a Service 141

Marketplace as a Service Business Model SaaS Payments Payments 141

Baremetrics

MARCH 23, 2021

Your payment processor may be an important element of your business. However, with so many of these payment platforms on the market, how are you supposed to choose? If you’re searching for one of these platforms, what qualities are important to you? After all, it plays a big role in how you get paid.

Payment Methods 93

Payment Methods Payment Services Payments Merchant Services 93

FastSpring

MARCH 6, 2019

One challenge many online merchants face after they’ve finished developing their product is figuring out how to easily accept payments on their online store. But navigating the complex world of online payments for the first time is challenging work. shop confidently knowing that their bank and payment card information is encrypted.

Payment Methods 90

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 90

Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

At the heart of this transformation is a growing ecosystem of Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) building applications that plug into broader platforms and solve specialized problems. As these ecosystems evolve, ISV partnerships have become essential for companies looking to scale, reach new markets, and offer integrated ISV solutions.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services Payments 88