FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Foreign exchange rates, regulatory rules, payment systems, various bank accounts, establishing entities in different countries, and tax collection and remittance are just a few of the concerns you’ll need to stay on top of as your business expands into more countries and regions. Luckily, there is another, much simpler option.

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Payrix

APRIL 28, 2025

That expectation has driven software companies to build and grow their platforms rooted in customer centricity. As the demand for seamless platform experiences intensifies, theres only one way for software companies to effectively deliver on customer-centric strategies: with a digital-first approach.

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Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In today’s fast-tracked financial landscape, billing software has become a need. To run a business is like trying to balance several stacked plates in your hands. Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more.

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Blulogix

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By BluLogix Team Revenue Recognition: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy What is RevRec and how does it impact accurate reporting for compliance and financial integrity? Regulatory Compliance : Compliance with accounting standards is crucial to avoid legal issues and penalties.

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Scytale

DECEMBER 5, 2024

If you’re running a SaaS business that handles the personal data of California residents and are not actively addressing CCPA compliance, you’re missing a seriously big piece of the puzzle. If the thought of navigating compliance feels like an endless maze of legal jargon, you’re in luck. Can’t you just handle it yourself?

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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. Whats the relevance of a master merchant in software-led payments and financial services? 3 things you should know about a master merchant 1.

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Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The conversation unpacked notable trends, challenges, and opportunities for software companies navigating this dynamic landscape. Michael noted that software partners now demonstrate a sophisticated understanding of payments, driven by improved access to educational resources and prior experience with payment relationships.

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TechEmpower SaaS

MARCH 4, 2024

This shift allows business to reallocate human resources to more complex and strategic roles, or eliminate those positions entirely. In the sphere of software engineering , AI is pivotal for corporate IT by automating coding, optimizing algorithms, and enhancing security to boost efficiency and minimize downtime.

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SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

The harsh reality: Most enterprises are adopting AI due to FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) rather than for specific business outcomes. Software engineering teams have been early adopters of AI coding assistants precisely because they provide an immediate, measurable lift. This is exactly backward.

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Clouded Judgement

JANUARY 24, 2025

Every week I’ll provide updates on the latest trends in cloud software companies. For many current large language models, once they are exposed to domain-specific challenges or niche inquiries—like in-depth product troubleshooting or compliance-related questions—they can stumble. Follow along to stay up to date!

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Payrix

APRIL 17, 2025

A payment facilitator (or PayFac) is a software platforms all-in-one payment processing solution. Today, many software companies are opting to include PayFac capabilities directly into their platforms. A payment facilitator manages compliance with payment network rules and other financial regulations.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

Software that is difficult or time-consuming to remove is more likely to be purchased and renewed. Oates explains, “Software that supports critical infrastructure will continue to be purchased and renewed, year-over-year.” Businesses spend big money on tools they believe are indispensable to their operations and success.

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SaaStr

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

A-LIGN is a technology-enabled security and compliance partner that helps global organizations take a strategic approach to confidently mitigate cybersecurity risks. It helps companies simplify every aspect of managing an international workforce, from culture and onboarding, to local payroll and compliance.

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Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

In this blog, we will explore why companies migrate to a new billing system, the pain points of billing system migration, the best practices to overcome these obstructions, and SubscriptionFlow’s tailored solutions that guarantee your business a seamless transition. These factors come into being as a business expands, and its needs evolve.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

“My App Stack” is a new series where we dig in with top CMOs, CROs, CTOs and CEOs on just what apps they’re really using to run their business. I always learn a lot from these — they are in essence a best practices list from each leader. Last week we had a great one with Luca Penati, CMO & CCO of BEE, check it out here.

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FastSpring

JANUARY 28, 2025

Many Digital River customers are reporting that Digital River is having serious, material problems running their business. Their customers may need immediate help to maintain continuity for their own businesses. The post Need a Digital River Replacement ASAP?

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Scytale

DECEMBER 3, 2024

When it comes to keeping your business secure and meeting regulatory requirements, two big concepts often pop up: penetration testing and compliance audits. Penetration Testing Explained Imagine you hire someone to try to break into your business – not physically, but digitally. What are Compliance Audits?

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Scytale

OCTOBER 30, 2024

If your business has any connection to the healthcare space, you’ve definitely come across HIPAA by now… right? Well, if you haven’t, it’s best we dive in quickly (before non-compliance lands your business in some serious sh@#). The HIPAA Bible Everything you need to know about HIPAA compliance.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

To operate as an integrated software vendor (ISV) or payment facilitator, a software company requires a relationship with an acquiring bank and a payment processor. Choosing the right payment processor is key for software companies. in-person) and card-not-present (i.e. online) payments.

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2023

There are two approaches you can take with the platform layer: Developer Tool/API Managed Enterprise Service Large businesses will gravitate toward bespoke models to their specs. Jasper (Text), Gamma (Presentations), Synthesia (learning), Craiyon (design), AIDungeon( gaming) Copilots: Software that watches you work and helps you.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

After experiencing the pain of managing software subscriptions first-hand, Cristina, Cledara ‘s Founder and CEO, decided to build a platform that was 100% focused on the customer and solved that very issue. Insight Assurance is a professional services firm providing cybersecurity compliance, risk management, and tax services.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

This means they can assign, track, and collaborate on customer emails, as well as run the most advanced analytics and automations from the Gmail interface, without sacrificing any time on learning new software or switching tabs. Rocketlane is purpose-built software to accelerate and streamline implementation and customer onboarding.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this session, we brought together: Douwe Kiela, CEO of ContextualAI Benjamin Mann, co-founder of Anthropic Arvind Jain, CEO of Glean and Sandhya Hedge, General Partner at Unusual VC, To help us figure out how to sell GenAI software to some of the biggest organizations in the world. But actually, it turns out its still software.

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Payrix

OCTOBER 1, 2024

In the latest episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis sits down with Candice Raybourn, Head of Partner Activation at Payrix and Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss the crucial topic of PCI compliance. Candice underscores the financial and reputational risks associated with non-compliance.

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Payrix

APRIL 10, 2025

In todays competitive software market, forward-thinking trade and field service platforms are no longer asking if they should modernize their payment infrastructure, theyre working diligently to source the right payments partner to implement innovative solutions before their competitors beat them to the punch.

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Scytale

OCTOBER 22, 2024

When you first hear the term “SOC 2 Type 2 compliance,” it might sound like you’re entering some kind of information security maze. Whether you’re just starting out or are somewhere in the middle of the journey, SOC 2 Type 2 compliance is designed to help your business strengthen customer trust. But guess what?

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Scytale

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Scytale adds the DORA framework to its list of leading security and privacy compliance frameworks, enabling businesses to ensure effective and all-inclusive management of digital risks in financial markets within the EU. By doing so, businesses can ensure their critical financial services remain unscathed even during severe challenges.

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Tom Tunguz

JUNE 27, 2024

Most leaders wants to inject AI into their business to develop a competitive advantage. If PhDs in the domain are rushing to understand the capabilities reading papers every week, how are business leaders meant to grok the state of the art? What training data is used that might subject the software buyer to future legal action?

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TechEmpower SaaS

JULY 24, 2023

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product. Tell me about the business. Fulfillment?

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SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

No matter how innovative a product might be, a business can only succeed if it enables its customers. But, as a business grows, teams may find that this success hinges on overcoming one final hurdle: building a financial stack. What makes a SaaS business so hard? Rise of subscription-based business models.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 24, 2022

With that, I asked my first controller at my first start-up, Anita Kutlesa, who has since gone on to be CFO at several SaaS and software companies, from Pipedrive to Coverity and more, to share her suggestions and learnings: … The Top 10 Important Finance Mistakes First Time Founders Make. You are allowed to do this in business, too.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 18, 2022

ChurnZero is Customer Success software for growing SaaS and subscription businesses. Laika is an enterprise-ready compliance platform that lets growing companies compete on the same level as any large organization. Our platform is uniquely designed to integrate with CRM systems and tightly into an application or service.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Lucid is the leading provider of visual collaboration software with over 70M users worldwide. Lucid hired someone with a business background under a special project. Those characteristics determine how the customer purchases, adopts and engages with your account team to derive value from the software.

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USIO

JULY 1, 2024

In the competitive world of Software as a Service (SaaS), generating recurring revenue is essential for sustainable growth. Enhanced Security : Usio provides robust security features that protect customer data and ensure compliance with industry standards, building trust with your users. Some Usio partners are earning more $700,000.00

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Integrated payments are payment processing capabilities that are incorporated into a software companys platform to provide their user base with the ability to accept and manage payments for their businesses. Often, software customers have to hop from system to system and spend time reconciling their payments against their sales.

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SaaStr

APRIL 15, 2022

ActiveCampaign ‘s category-defining Customer Experience Automation Platform (CXA) helps over 150,000 businesses in 170 countries meaningfully engage with their customers. It brings three products into one system: all-inclusive accounts payable automation, software-enabled corporate cards, and simplified employee expense reimbursements.

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SaaStr

AUGUST 11, 2022

Its software sets HR free to do great work and be more strategic, which helps the entire organization do the same. Drata is the world’s most advanced security and compliance automation platform with the mission to help companies earn and keep the trust of their users, customers, partners, and prospects.

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