Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 22, 2021

After writing An Elegant Puzzle about the challenges of engineering management in high-growth organizations, his focus shifted to a career path that’s much less understood – the technical leadership track. Or does this whole tech career thing support the writing? Architect, Tech Lead, Solver, and Right Hand. I don’t know.

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SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2023

As buyers grapple with expanding technology, higher prices, and a need for efficiency, SaaS companies need to deliver what their audience is looking for to win in the market. They review the changing market, buyer trends, and tips for the road ahead. As a result, we’re seeing SaaS companies develop new pricing strategies.”

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Point-to-point encryption (P2PE) Technology standard created to secure electronic financial transactions. Risk management The process of assessing and mitigating potential risk associated with transactions and merchant boarding/activity, including fraud prevention, anti-money laundering compliance, and monitoring chargeback rates.

Payment Services 147

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Methods 147

SaaStr

AUGUST 17, 2024

This doesn’t mean from a product standpoint, but from how they engage with you and your team – from that first interaction on a review site or a search to how they interact during renewals as a customer. Technology is huge here, but it’s not where it ends. Now, more than ever, every single interaction matters.

Scale 306

Scale Sales Hiring Sales Technical Review 306

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.

Merchant Services 68

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods Development Team Review 68

BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Without a clear strategy and a system in place, your organization can quickly become a victim of SaaS sprawl – a chaotic landscape of redundant subscriptions, hidden costs, and potential security risks. A SaaS management platform is specifically designed to be a single source of truth for your entire tech stack.

Government 52

Government Technical Review Systems Review Software Review 52

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

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. In the recent years, we’ve seen the cross -border e -commerce market, especially in China, facing saturation due to intense competition from large platforms like Temu.com.

Merchant Services 192

Merchant Services Payment Services Payment Methods SaaS Payments 192

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. Beyond compliance, it simply makes good business sense. What are Compliance Audits? Both are essential, but they’re not the same thing. Sounds intimidating, right?

compliance 52

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Intercom, Inc.

JUNE 3, 2021

And so, now’s the time to start thinking about accelerating our business strategies and grabbing the opportunities it brings. Now that the worst seems to be over, what exactly should your strategy look like? But if the strategy was good to begin with, keep at it. How can we accelerate our current strategy? Hello Paul.

Strategy 228

Strategy Software Review Development Team Review Sales Recruiting 228

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Payment processor – Handles the technical aspects of the payment. Theyre easy to integrate and set up, with the host taking care of data security measures, including PCI compliance and fraud protection. On top of PCI compliance, you might have to pay extra for SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certification.

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Merchant Services Payment Solutions Payment Services 88

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

Instead, due to a decade-long exodus from Wall Street, the strategic CFO has burst onto the tech scene. I think what we’re seeing in all of our portfolio companies and tech at large is that finance is increasingly seen as strategic, and they now have a seat at the table when it comes to making major decisions at the company.”

Scale 239

Scale Finance Outsourcing Services Sales Recruiting 239

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. The due diligence doesn’t stop at onboarding.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Payfac SaaS Payments 88

BetterCloud

MARCH 17, 2025

SaaS tools are fantastic, but keeping your tech stack from turning into a financial snowball can be tough. ets break down smart SaaS budgeting , so you can make your tech work for you, without blowing the bank. This can quickly not only inflate your SaaS budget, but also introduce significant security and compliance risks.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Strategy Marketplace as a Service SaaS 52

Scytale

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

These companies come into contact with lots of sensitive data in one way or another and so, data security compliance has pretty much become a must in this digital and tech day and age. A careful compliance strategy is non-negotiable for SaaS businesses. However, successful compliance management doesn’t just happen.

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BetterCloud

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

in the next five years , its more important than ever to get a handle on your tech stack. It’s about getting the best return on your software investment and making sure your tech actually helps you achieve business goals. And its about constantly re-evaluating your choices to maximize tech ROI.

Technical Review 52

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Before we get into the dynamics of alignment, let’s briefly review the evolution of SaaS. is an adaptive system, and companies focus on strategies to help them achieve 10x growth. Common SaaS strategies for 10x growth. Achieving 10X growth results from the repeated execution of common SaaS growth strategies.

Scale 246

Scale Finance Sales Hiring Scaling 246

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. What is PCI DSS?

Payment Services 113

Payment Services Merchant Services Payments compliance 113

Payrix

APRIL 10, 2024

Finding value in value-added services and baking them into your strategy Many software companies have expressed interest in value-added services, and more specifically, embedded finance products, because they understand the opportunities they present to their business and their customers’ business too.

Merchant Services 130

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payments 130

Intercom, Inc.

AUGUST 1, 2019

This week, I invited Michael to come on the show and tell us about their growth strategy. Tara: You definitely had relevant expertise, but I really love that you made the transition from the traditional industry (on Wall Street) to tech. They understood technology, and they had a unique respect for regulatory and compliance.

Strategy 36

Strategy Payment Methods Payment Services Startup 36

Stax

JANUARY 8, 2024

Not only must PayFacs safeguard themselves and their clients against potential threats like fraud or cybersecurity breaches but also ensure PCI compliance , customer due diligence, and adherence to card regulations. Let’s get started. The potential impact of failed or inadequate internal systems, processes, procedures, etc.

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payfac Payment Services SaaS Payments 88

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Seamless integration with your existing tech stack: you must ensure that the providers payment gateway will easily integrate with your existing eCommerce CMS (Content Management System), website CMS, or SaaS platform. Your testing should check for security compliance, technical performance, and mobile responsiveness.

Payment Methods 68

Payment Methods Payment Services Merchant Services SaaS Payments 68

Intercom, Inc.

APRIL 23, 2018

We are taking a number of steps to ensure compliance with GDPR, but now is the time to consider the entirety of your security and data privacy strategy, both in terms of how you build it and how you communicate it. One way to do so is to set up contractual assurances that compliance will be achieved by all your vendors.

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Underperforming Technical Team compliance Systems Review Marketplace as a Service 220

Scytale

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

These criteria further highlight that every aspect of data is expertly managed to ensure complete protection and compliance. As SOC 3 reports are designed for public use and serve as excellent marketing tools, they offer a simplified, customer-centric overview of your organization’s security and compliance measures.

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compliance Underperforming Technical Team Scale Technical Review 52

Valuize Consulting

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Here is an example: Account Profile 1: Early Adoption Industry Vertical : Financial Services, requiring stringent compliance with their data and security policies. Providing training to a diverse set of business and technical users. Adoption Stage/Maturity : Onboarding with initial implementation underway.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Systems Review Headcount Scale 52

BetterCloud

MARCH 24, 2025

This guide is designed to cut through the noise and provide you with actionable strategies to tame the SaaS chaos. Contract negotiation and vendor management: Carefully review the contract terms, including pricing, service level agreements (SLAs), and data security provisions. And no, a shared spreadsheet isnt the answer.

Management 52

Management Technical Review SaaS Cost optimization & reporting 52

Scytale

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

With this DORA compliance checklist and clear outline of the DORA compliance requirements, financial entities have a clear roadmap of what they must follow to stay safe and sound. Standardize compliance : No more guessing games across EU countries. Enter DORA. DORA makes sure everyone’s on the same page, regardless of location.

compliance 59

compliance Technical Review Systems Review Development Team Review 59

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. Faster resolution speed reduces revenue loss due to fraudulent claims.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

FastSpring

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Each company brings different combinations of technology, teams, customer bases, and more to the negotiating table — any one of which could be a huge motivator for WP Engine to want to partner with them. And then we’ll get into a little bit of the strategy discussions we talked about a minute ago. Carl Hargreaves Yeah.

Software Review 148

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Branding 148

User Pilot

MARCH 30, 2025

But is your mobile user acquisition strategy strong enough? The odds are inherently against you, and without a proactive marketing strategy, youre turning those odds into impossibilities. There are many ways to approach each, so lets go over nine of the most effective strategies for mobile user acquisition: 1.

Mobile 66

Mobile Acquisition Software Review Social Media 66

Tom Tunguz

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Here are some predictions for 2019 and a review of my thoughts for 2018, many of which were wrong. Blockchain technology finds its second killer application. In retrospect, Kubernetes is the technology for 2018 that broke out, both in adoption and VMWare’s acquisition of Heptio. A cost of doing business.

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Blockchain Technical Review Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning 200

Stax

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

KYC’s three main components are the customer identification program (CIP), which was imposed by the USA Patriot Act in 2011; customer due diligence (CDD); and regular monitoring of the customer’s account and activities, which is also called enhanced due diligence (EDD). In the U.S.,

Merchant Services 88

Merchant Services Payment Services Systems Review Technical Review 88

SaaStr

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

It’s a defensible strategy to create differentiation when you and that partner build out specific integrations. Pick your strategies, invest in them, and start tiering. So, if a sales rep is in a sticky situation, they can pull in a compliance expert from the team, and that team is accessible to customers in live chat.

AWS 273

AWS Scale Sales Hiring Marketing 273

Stax

JANUARY 15, 2024

Learn how to achieve payment processing compliance when surcharging to improve your company’s financial stability and reputation. PCI DSS compliance, a global framework, mandates specific requirements and best practices for maintaining credit card data security. Consumers pay more for the convenience. Interchange fee management.

Payment Services 88

Payment Services Merchant Services Payment Methods Payment Solutions 88

Baremetrics

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Keep reading to learn everything you need to know including features, pricing, reviews, and more! Stripe vs. 2Checkout: Features Stripe vs. 2Checkout: Pricing 2Checkout Pricing Stripe vs. 2Checkout: Reviews Stripe vs. 2Checkout: The Bottom Line Conclusion. Learn more about the best SaaS pricing strategies here ! Look no further!

Payment Methods 88

Payment Methods Technical Review Payment Services Systems Review 88

User Pilot

MARCH 9, 2025

According to Harvard Business Review, 80% of new products fail, primarily because companies fail to conduct proper customer research. In fact, research shows that gamification-based strategies can boost user engagement by up to 30%. Also, check credible SaaS review sites like G2 and Capterra to see what users are saying.

SaaS 83

SaaS Social Media Interviewing Scale 83

BetterCloud

DECEMBER 2, 2024

When it comes to your SaaS tech stack, there’s a lot to keep track of. Challenge 1: Overlapping SaaS products In a time when getting a new application is as easy as having five minutes and a credit card, IT is all too familiar that shadow IT is always lingering in their company tech stack.

Outsourced Development 52

Outsourced Development Technical Review SaaS Software Review 52

FastSpring

JANUARY 27, 2022

Offering tiers is the most common SaaS pricing strategy that enables customers to scale with you, as well as customize options. This is a psychological strategy called “anchoring,” and it can be extremely effective. Let someone else manage VAT, sales taxes, and compliance. Tiered plans: A common step as companies grow.

Merchant Services 146

Merchant Services Payment Services SaaS Payments Payment Solutions 146