SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Sage Intacct is a popular choice for automating bookkeeping because it includes features unique to the SaaS business model. For more information about how SaaS companies can streamline their sales tax compliance, download our free Sales Tax for SaaS Companies Checklist. .

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Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

As David notes, the challenge lies in adapting to constantly evolving factors such as regulatory changes, new business models, and sophisticated fraud tactics. When you’re tasked with ensuring the compliance and safety, there is a tension that this creates. At the same time, you can’t be overly restrictive.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Solutions Payments 130

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

Basics: The Building Blocks of the Finance Team To understand how finance teams impact an organization, it’s helpful to break down various functions and how they support the business. Strategic Finance optimizes a company’s underlying business model to create long-term value by increasing revenue and decreasing costs.

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Stax

JANUARY 23, 2025

The merchant underwriting process helps reduce fraud (including chargeback volume), ensures compliance with regulations, and protects financial stability in the payment processing space. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Development Team Review 68

Blulogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By BluLogix Team Navigating Tax and Regulatory Complexities in UCaaS Billing Summary: Managing tax and regulatory compliance is a complex challenge for UCaaS providers, especially as they introduce bundled offerings, hybrid price models, and serve diverse geographies.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For those that might not be familiar, FastSpring is a merchant of record platform that combines all the essential tools you need to scale a digital goods business. In simple terms, we handle everything from payments to fraud management, to custom support and tax compliance, so that sellers can focus on growing their business.

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Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 192

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

To choose the right payment processing solution for your business, you need to evaluate your business needs, evaluate security and compliance standards, and evaluate different payment processors based on pricing, features, customer support, and scalability. Can it support new payment methods as your business grows?

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Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

They learned the importance of sales tax compliance the hard way—when they had to pay millions in back taxes. When the company first began web app development and selling software-as-a-service in 2004, their business model wasn’t even called SaaS. It’s not hard to understand how Basecamp got this wrong.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 5, 2023

Founded in 2019, Laika (an enterprise-ready compliance platform) closed a $50MM Series C by the summer of 2022. Eva Pittas (Co-founder and COO at Laika) and Dicken Chaplin (CFO at Laika) discuss the value a well-versed CFO brings to their business as well as a few key lessons they’ve learned along the way. Gross Retention.

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FastSpring

APRIL 17, 2024

How to Connect With FastSpring at SaaStock USA 2024 Stop by our booth or connect with the team via the SaaStock USA 2024 app to learn more about subscription management, international taxes, and how using a merchant of record can enable you to collect payments faster for your business model. The post FastSpring at SaaStock USA 2024!

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Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 158

Scytale

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Have you ever felt overwhelmed by the compliance requirements of running a startup? As a startup founder trying to build your new organization from the ground up there’s a ton to do – And one of the commitments is keeping security compliance regulations and industry standards, and all that red tape! You’re not alone.

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SaaStr

JULY 12, 2024

Grafana Labs still has features and capabilities they hold back that appeal to large enterprises, such as things around security and compliance. How do you drive business around that? They’ve achieved that goal, but the balance is hard. But they’re still one of the last remaining open-source companies at scale.

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FastSpring

APRIL 26, 2024

How to Connect With FastSpring at VivaTech 2024 Stop by our booth or connect with the team via the VivaTech app to learn more about subscription management, international taxes, and how using a merchant of record can enable you to collect payments faster for your business model. Schedule a demo now or at VivaTech in person!

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods Artificial Intelligence 146

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Compliance with financial laws Calculating your tax, and then making sure that you are compliant with all the relevant tax laws is something that you have to do often. If you sign up with a billing software that cannot auto-generate reports for you, or ensure compliance, you would have to consider migration.

Payment Services 59

Payment Services Payment Solutions Payment Features SaaS Payments 59

OPEXEngine

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

“Industry-Centric” SaaS business models offer an alternative SaaS company categorization to the “Customer-Centric” SaaS model, which is defined based on the “go-to-market” strategy used by a management team. When SaaS business models originated, the most successful venture-backed startups used a horizontal model.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 12, 2022

5M in ARR b/c we were too small a co and compliance dept blocked renewal (shoulda raised price I guess…) ” — Jared Hansen, CEO Thrilling Foods. “Dig deep about their business model before sending them a proposal.” Lost a bank customer we had served well for 5 years and up to.5M

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USIO

JUNE 3, 2024

This leads to quicker payments and a more predictable cash flow, which is crucial for the growth and sustainability of your business. Compliance and security are paramount in payment processing, as it involves handling sensitive customer data. This operational efficiency can result in cost savings and a more scalable business model.

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Payments Payment Solutions Payment Services SaaS Payments 130

FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

FastSpring includes global payment processing and recurring revenue management, of course, but the platform also takes care of the end-to-end checkout process, including optimization of your checkout flow, collecting and remitting sales tax and VAT, localization, fraud prevention, global compliance, and more.

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Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions 139

CloudGeometry

JANUARY 15, 2022

There are at least three foundational dimensions that translate your business assumptions into critical technical solution inputs: User Model Monetization Measurement In this blog series, we explore how these three dimensions figure into key technical recommendations which enable scale in pursuit of SaaS business growth.

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Scytale

AUGUST 21, 2024

The world is becoming increasingly more tech-driven, so having solid data security and compliance is a must for all kinds of businesses. It provides a detailed set of controls that organizations must implement to achieve HITRUST compliance. SOC 2, on the other hand, has broader applicability across various industries.

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Scytale

AUGUST 21, 2024

The world is becoming increasingly more tech-driven, so having solid data security and compliance is a must for all kinds of businesses. It provides a detailed set of controls that organizations must implement to achieve HITRUST compliance. SOC 2, on the other hand, has broader applicability across various industries.

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compliance Healthcare Data Technical Review 52

IT World

JUNE 30, 2023

“Wanting to anchor the regulation of generative AI in law and proceeding with a rigid compliance logic is as bureaucratic of an approach as it is ineffective in fulfilling its purpose,” the letter said. “In

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Chargebee

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The journey is complex, with many strategies available to grow and diversify revenue, like venturing into new geographies, expanding the product line, and launching new business models. In today’s dynamic business landscape, one of the key challenges businesses face when expanding their operations globally is e-invoicing compliance.

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Chargebee

DECEMBER 27, 2023

The journey is complex, with many strategies available to grow and diversify revenue, like venturing into new geographies, expanding the product line, and launching new business models. In today’s dynamic business landscape, one of the key challenges businesses face when expanding their operations globally is e-invoicing compliance.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

While the above “small change” examples are compelling, maybe you’re looking for help with a very common SaaS struggle: optimizing your revenue stream by experimenting with new pricing models. If you’re trying to find the best SaaS business model and incentives for your company, here are nine tips to optimize your recurring billing.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This setup is commonly used in marketplaces, software platforms, or businesses that facilitate payments for a network of sellers, service providers, or smaller businesses. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

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Clouded Judgement

MARCH 22, 2024

In it's truest form, ARR is used by pure SaaS business models to describe the aggregate annual value of the entire customer set. Many laude the SaaS business model because ARR is inherently predictable - you know what you’re revenue will be over the coming 12 months, and sometimes even further out than that.

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USIO

JUNE 10, 2024

Compliance with standards like PCI-DSS (Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard) is also crucial for safeguarding transactions. Choosing the Right Payment Integration Solution Selecting the right payment integration solution depends on various factors, including your business model, customer preferences, and technical requirements.

Payments 130

Payments Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods 130

FastSpring

MARCH 15, 2021

Forgetting Tax Compliance. Tax law and compliance are complicated. Or, you can avoid the stress and hire a partner like FastSpring to ensure your business remains compliant with all tax laws. Or, you can avoid the stress and hire a partner like FastSpring to ensure your business remains compliant with all tax laws.

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Payment Features Payment Services Subscription Payment Solutions 147

FastSpring

JULY 10, 2019

Thinking about transitioning to a subscription-based business model? In fact, according to a recent report from Gartner, more than 90 percent of software providers are expected to migrate to a subscription-based business model by 2022. We know this is a big decision for businesses. You’re not alone.

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Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions Payment Services 99

Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

While they operate under different business models, ISVs and SaaS share similarities in software development, cross-platform accessibility, and industry reach. ISVs and SaaS providers differ in software distribution, licensing models, hosting responsibilities, support options, upgrade and maintenance procedures, and scalability.

Outsourcing Services 88

Outsourcing Services SaaS Payments Payment Services Payment Methods 88

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Tokenization streamlines PCI DSS compliance, can improve customer retention, and provides an extra layer of security for payment collection. By doubling up on security and working with a payments facilitator like Stax Connect, you can protect your SaaS customers and your business.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments Merchant Services 88

Stax

AUGUST 22, 2024

TL;DR Payment facilitators remove the need for businesses to open merchant accounts of their own to accept payments. PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks. On the other hand, this exposes PayFacs to greater potential risks.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payfac SaaS Payments 88

Clouded Judgement

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

There are many limiters here - data security and compliance are big ones. At the end of the day, these large language models are quite expensive! Either way - it’s clear these models are becoming cheaper and more effective, which is an exciting future for AI! But even more important right now is cost.

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Cloud Artificial Intelligence GCP(Google Cloud Platform) AI 190

Stax

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

TL;DR Recurring payments refer to a financial arrangement where a customer authorizes a business to charge their account at regular intervals for products or services. There are a few types of recurring payments to be aware of, which one your business uses will depend on the business model and need for recurring or automatic payments.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Payment Features Merchant Services Payment Methods 88

Frontegg

JUNE 10, 2021

These applications are hosted centrally and licensed on a subscription basis, making it a very efficient and manageable business model that can be scaled up fast. It’s a software licensing and delivery business model where you get partial or full access to the centrally-hosted application that is easier to consume and update.

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SaaStr

MARCH 8, 2019

If you haven’t adopted one of these light touch business models, you are screwed, in my opinion. But a go to market advantage, business model advantage, that is much more sustainable. Make this much about the business model when you go to market. If you’re B2C, the train’s left the station.

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