Stax

MAY 20, 2024

The concept of unearned revenue can easily trip up SaaS companies that offer subscription services and products on a recurring basis. In the case of SaaS subscriptions, this could take several months—or even years. Consequently, they are one of the most commonly cited unearned revenue examples in the SaaS space.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Steps To Implementing Payment Tokenization In the SaaS Industry The global economy is shifting to digital currencies andtransactions. If your SaaS business is facilitating payment collection from within your platform, this article is worth a read to understand and secure your system. What Is Payment Tokenization?

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) and Software-as-a-Service Providers (SaaS) operate within the same market, thus creating a push-and-pull revenue dynamic. SaaS companies deliver software applications over the internet on a subscription basis, simplifying access and management for users. What are SaaS companies?

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Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Your provider will offer a set of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) your developers can use to integrate the Click to Pay systems with your website CMS, eCommerce platform, or SaaS platform. Learn More What is Click to Pay? The customer will then input the passcode to complete the authentication process.

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Stax

MARCH 19, 2024

Business owners are increasingly showing an overwhelming preference for SaaS platforms with embedded payment capabilities as part of their offerings. Only SaaS companies that take the step to offer seamless integrated payment processing on their platforms will retain the loyalty of their customers and gain an advantage over their competitors.

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Stax

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The US, therefore, requires financial institutions as well as financial services firms to have anti-money laundering (or AML) compliance programs in place. In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about ensuring AML compliance as a payment facilitator (or PayFac). Non-compliance can have major implications.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Software as a Service (SaaS) has made business software more accessible by offering cloud-based, on-demand access to a range of solutions, from project management and collaboration to sales and marketing. But not all SaaS products are alike. Other types of SaaS are relevant only to companies in specific industries.

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Stax

MARCH 21, 2024

Research shows that the global software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry was valued at $248.76 As such, the advantages of SaaS offerings can’t be easily overlooked. SaaS business applications are web-based, which means that they are hosted on cloud infrastructure. TL;DR The benefits of SaaS offerings can’t be easily overlooked.

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Stax

JUNE 25, 2024

TL;DR Key features your charity payment solution should cover include PCI compliance and security, streamlined integrations, a great user experience, reporting and analytics, and customization and flexibility. At Stax Connect, we work with a subscription-based mode l with a 0% markup on direct-cost interchange.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Software-as-a-service (SaaS) businesses need to constantly evolve their offerings to stay fresh and relevant. By partnering with a trusted SaaS billing platform. In this guide, we’re going to cover what companies need to consider when choosing a SaaS billing platform—and how Stax Connect makes this process simple.

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Stax

AUGUST 22, 2024

In this article, we’ll discuss what SaaS companies looking to become payment facilitators need to know about risk management strategies. PayFacs handle risk assessment, underwriting, settling of funds, compliance, and chargebacks which exposes them to greater potential risks.

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Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about the ACH payment facilitator model and how SaaS companies can go about facilitating ACH payments easily. Provides compliance and security advantages ACH payments are one of the most secure payment options your customers can have. Let’s get started.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Moreover, companies need to follow data privacy and compliance requirements to stay in business. Besides the enhanced data security, other benefits include reduced risk of breaches, easier regulatory compliance, and compatibility with legacy systems. To find out whether Stax Connect may be the right partner for you, contact us today.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Subscription-based models range from ongoing deliveries to monthly or annual subscriptions from SaaS companies. Keeping track of various state and country laws can be tough, so choosing a payment processor that ensures compliance is key to addressing this challenge. Ready to Learn More? Get in touch!

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SaaSOptics

MARCH 10, 2022

Is your company taking advantage of CFO tools like automated invoicing, database management, and automatic tax-compliance updates? Spreadsheets quickly become unwieldy for a scaling SaaS company; SaaSOptics is the financial reporting tool you’ll never outgrow. Stripe is a great configurable billing tool for SaaS companies.

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Stax

APRIL 17, 2024

When it comes to payments,partnering with an ISV like Stax Connect is a great way for companies to go to market with their own payment platform. It’s important to carefully go through criteria like transparency, PCI compliance, and payment monetization when selecting an ISV payments partner.

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Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

For SaaS companies, becoming a payment facilitator (or PayFac) offers a ton of advantages—including but not limited to—boosting retention and profitability while exercising greater control over the customer experience. However, several complex types of risks come along with this. Let’s get started.

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Stax

JANUARY 22, 2024

The PayFac benefits the acquiring bank by assuming the risk for a large number of smaller merchants, continuously monitoring merchants for security and compliance, and ultimately reducing the burden on the bank. An example of a Payment Facilitator is Stax Connect. Gateway or Facilitator: What’s the Difference?

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FastSpring

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

subscription management, payment processing, and more) for SaaS companies. As your MoR, we take on transaction liability for you which means we take the lead on compliance, audits, chargebacks, and more. Then, we’ll cover five more Recurly alternatives for companies in all industries. We also take on transaction liability for you.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

If you’re starting a vertical SaaS company, Know Your Customer (KYC) should be high on your list of priorities to check off before launching. While internationally CDD can be seen as a key component of KYC compliance, within the U.S., Either way, the stakes can be high and the consequences far-reaching.

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Stax

JUNE 18, 2024

This could be a subscription box, a SaaS (Software as a Service) product, or even just a streaming platform like Netflix. Key benefits of subscription management platforms include compliance with accounting standards, accurate revenue recognition, and reliable financial reporting.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

In the ISO model, an ISV partners with a third party that handles merchant account setup, payment processing, risk, and compliance. In the ISO model, an ISV partners with a third party that handles merchant account setup, payment processing, risk, and compliance.

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FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2022

FastSpring handles the entire payment process from checkout to remitting end-of-year taxes for SaaS companies. FastSpring: Takes on Responsibility for Payment Processing, Remitting Taxes, and More for SaaS Businesses. If something goes wrong with taxes, local compliance, chargebacks, accounts not balancing, etc., And more…. …

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Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Some challenges and considerations of embedded finance and fintech involve regulatory and compliance issues, data privacy and security, and stiff competition. Besides, these licenses aren’t easy to obtain since they have strict compliance requirements. It integrates fintech solutions to enable billing capabilities.

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Stax

MARCH 6, 2024

Mobile apps make up 53%, and the SaaS market is worth $152 billion. Mobile apps make up 53%, and the SaaS market is worth $152 billion. Legal and payment compliance Adhering to compliance standards, including those set by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), is essential.

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Stax

MAY 30, 2024

Develop and Innovate the Product Product development and innovation are the pillars of any SaaS company’s success. Stax Connect ticks all of these boxes. On top of providing all the tools users need to accept payments, we also ensure security and compliance in all payment transactions.

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Stax

JULY 25, 2024

Thanks to the rise of SaaS platforms, that’s no longer the case. For example, you can integrate your POS system with a payment processor like Stax Payments and enjoy fair payment processing rates, third-party app integration, and comprehensive reporting. Today, a small business is barely complete without a POS system.

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Stax

JULY 2, 2024

Step 5: Check for compliance with data security best practices and industry standards Your bookkeeping software provider should be PCI DSS compliant. Most modern bookkeeping apps operate on a SaaS model with subscription-based pricing. It is an information security standard designed to help protect credit card and other financial data.

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Stax

JUNE 27, 2024

However, coordinating intercountry ACH-like networks and upholding them to the same regulation and compliance standards is challenging. This can be inconvenient when you want to make payments to suppliers based overseas. But there are Global ACH payments available for bank-to-bank networks.

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Stax

MAY 6, 2024

In our latest webinar, Garrek Harris, Director of Platform Management at Stax, discussed the ins and outs of data security for merchants and ISVs. We talked about PCI compliance (and beyond) and what organizations can do to stay on top of all things data security. TL;DR Data security and PCI compliance are critical for growth.

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Stax

JANUARY 27, 2025

Forward-thinking vertical SaaS companies recognize why adding payment processing capabilities is so beneficial. While payment initiatives may vary from one SaaS platform to the next, their journeys often share common milestones. At Stax, we describe that journey in three key phases: build, launch, and grow.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As anISV, Stax works with a number of software partners to give sub-merchants total control over how they operate their businesses. Expanding into new markets by leveraging ISV solutions that cater to global compliance requirements and multilingual support. How does an ISV integration work? Whats the value of an API?

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Stax

MARCH 3, 2025

In a recent interview with Austin Prey from PYMNTS , Adam Gray , Chief Transformation Officer at Stax, shared his perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing independent software vendors (ISVs) as they integrate payment solutions to meet the diverse needs of their merchant customers. Contact sales

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Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

As a SaaS business owner, you are always looking for ways to improve your software and boost your bottom line. However, in many cases, SaaS companies dont have the time, resources, or cash flow to allocate toward providing additional support for new features, and they could be suffering. The Pros of Outsourcing Payments Support 1.

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Stax

JANUARY 21, 2025

Ensure the gateway offers PCI DSS compliance, encryption, tokenization, and fraud prevention tools to safeguard transactions. If you have a Software as a Service (SaaS) or any other subscription-based business, you need a solution that provides recurring payment support. Learn More What is a Payment Gateway?

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Stax

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Merchant services help small businesses simplify payments, save money with transparent pricing, and secure transactions with fraud protection and PCI compliance. Heres how merchant service providers like Payment Depot by Stax can help in terms of efficiency, security, and cost savings. They work through a dedicated merchant account.

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Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

For example, Stax Pay charges a fixed monthly membership fee which might not be the best option for very small businesses with low transaction volumes, but could be extraordinarily cost-effective for businesses that process more than $5000 per month. It also lets you accept and process in-person, online, mobile, and recurring payments.

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