SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

And, when you do, do you even think about sale tax compliance? As you scale up, it’s essential to ensure that your sales tax management process is accurate and automated, so you don’t run into compliance issues in the future. . Let’s explore a few more ways in which sales tax compliance could impact your growing business.

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Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

Ian Hillis welcomes David Blair, Senior Director of Product Management at Worldpay for Platforms, on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast to explore the critical roles of merchant underwriting and onboarding for software providers. Whats on the horizon? Regularly testing and iterating the onboarding journey ensures continuous improvement.

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Stax

JANUARY 23, 2025

The merchant underwriting process is a critical step that payment processors and financial institutions use to assess the risk associated with onboarding new businesses. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

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USIO

JULY 25, 2024

Hiring your own staff as a payment facilitator involves significant costs and risks. Key Roles and Estimated Salary Ranges Compliance Officer Role: Ensures that your operations adhere to all relevant regulations, mitigating legal risks. Estimated Salary: $85,000 – $150,000 per year.

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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. While many strategies involve significant investments in marketing, sales, and technology, there are also effective methods to boost recurring revenue that require minimal financial outlay.

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Stax

JULY 9, 2024

We can hail a ride from a mobile app, and our transactions for all sorts of goods and services can be easily paid for from our phones. Physical wallets are phasing out, left behind in favor of digital wallets and other digital payment options. In 2019, 77% of US consumers were using at least one type of digital payment system.

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Stax

MARCH 13, 2025

Credit and debit cards have become the preferred payment methods for many, and it isn’t hard to see why. This small rectangular piece of plastic enables customers to ditch bulky wads of cash, making payments easier and safer. TL;DR Interchange fees make up the bulk of the processing fees merchants pay to accept cards.

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Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

In this episode of PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments Podcast, host Ian Hillis welcomes Matt Downs, President of Worldpay for Platforms, to discuss software-led payments predictions for 2025 and beyond. Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum.

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USIO

APRIL 22, 2024

One pivotal yet often overlooked area is payments. Integrating efficient payment systems along with offering revenue share will significantly impact a SaaS company’s revenue streams and overall expansion. In fact, Usio powers many other payment providers via a white-label solution.

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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. Customer Retention: Subscriptions encourage customer loyalty as users are committed to the service for a predefined period.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Both Bill and Shopifty have morphed over the years from almost pure SaaS companies to payments platforms built on top of a SaaS core. But payments and transaction are far bigger at $800m run rate — and growing faster at 38%. #2. are realtively low, as a huge amount of their payments revenue goes out to the payment processors.

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Stax

JANUARY 17, 2024

Automated Clearing House (ACH) payments are a type of electronic bank-to-bank payment system in the US. Unlike payments facilitated by card networks like Visa or Mastercard, ACH payments are managed by a body called the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA). Let’s get started.

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Tom Tunguz

JULY 16, 2024

Large scale ETL (extract, transform, load) processes are a critical part of any data pipeline. In the world of blockchain, these processes are even more complex. In web2, the engineering team building a payment processing system will convey to the analytics team the data schema.

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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. What is PCI DSS? Candice explains the basics of PCI DSS. The shift to PCI DSS 4.0 The shift to PCI DSS 4.0

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

When you research payment solution providers , you’ll start hearing the term “interchange” used when talking about payments. Set rate processing Subscription rate processing TL;DR Interchange fees are not collected by your payment processor or bank; they go directly to the card-issuing banks.

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Payrix

JULY 24, 2024

With their sights set on elevating the customer experience, deepening user engagement, and driving sustainable growth, there’s one thing software companies are making room for in their roadmap: Embedded Payments. However, not all Embedded Payments solutions are built under the same standards.

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USIO

AUGUST 15, 2024

We’re diving headfirst into an essential topic: the stability of your current payment partner is crucial for maintaining the smooth operation of your business. Unfortunately, not all payment partners are equipped to handle the challenges and complexities of the modern market.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. 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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Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. It streamlines your entire billing process from invoice generation to payment collection. Sounds like a mountain of work! What is a Billing Software?

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SaaStr

JUNE 6, 2024

What’s your most recent disclosed investment? What’s your sweet spot for investing — check size, stage, type of deal? We invest in early-stage startups, so we’ll participate in Seed through Series C rounds, with an emphasis on Series A and B. What’s different about your fund / how you invest and support founders?

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Payrix

JULY 30, 2024

Why there’s greater value in a payments integration supported by white-glove service than a DIY, documentation-driven approach The decision to embed payments into your software platform as a key part of your growth strategy is a significant starting point from which you can create new value and revenue streams for your business.

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SaaStr

JULY 15, 2024

At SaaStr Europa, Skyflow’s CEO, Anshu Sharma, and COS, Rajsi Rana, shared examples of what does and doesn’t qualify as a pivot and the biggest lessons learned from over 50 investments for making a pivot successful. An Actual Pivot: Yelp Yelp started as a service where they solicited reviews by email. That is an evolution of strategy.

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Stax

JUNE 4, 2024

Selecting the right payment processing software is crucial for any business aiming to streamline transactions and enhance customer experience. You should consider factors like integration capabilities, user experience, scalability, and pricing structures, to ensure a seamless and cost-effective payment process.

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SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

Overcoming challenges by optimizing for success In the early stages of setting up your SaaS business, it’s always a good idea to invest time thinking about the direction you want to take. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance. Trust the process. Get comfortable with the unknown.

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Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

An integrated software vendor more commonly known as an ISV is a software company that engages in a partnership with a payments provider in order to integrate payment processing capabilities into their platform. Doing so enables their customers to accept and manage payments for their businesses, all from the same platform.

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Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Data cited by Statista shows that the software as service is expected to hit $299 billion by the end of 2025. Join the payments-led growth movement Sign up to keep up-to-date with the latest trends in payments, vertical SaaS, and technology from industry experts. Churn rate. More on that later.

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SaaStr

MAY 25, 2024

Lesson #1: Invest In Customer Support Early Cloudinary strongly believes that customer success and support are enablers of PLG growth and aren’t just a cost center. Twelve years after hiring their first CS person, customer service is still the number two reason people like Cloudinary and what drives word of mouth in the developer ecosystem.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Bill.com had to develop a network that today has millions on vendors processing bills and payments on it. The payments / fintech side of Bill took a decade to come together. Rene cautioned folks to understand the regulatory and fraud elements of doing payments are significant. And a self-service component.

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Payrix

APRIL 24, 2024

Andy Meadows, the Head of Partner Success at Payrix joins host Ian Hillis to continue their conversation about building a successful Embedded Payments strategy. As the last episode of a four-part series on the topic, Andy and Ian tackle how software companies can minimize attrition and why it’s important to the payments conversation.

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Tom Tunguz

NOVEMBER 6, 2021

The contracts are identical twelve month contracts except for the payment terms. Contract B relaxes payment terms to monthly payment, 12 monthly installments for the next year. All of the sales and marketing dollars invested to obtain persuade the buyer to put digital ink to pdf have been recouped immediately.

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Subscription Flow

MAY 2, 2024

Just when you thought the world of SaaS would not be changing any time soon, the groundbreaking new shift to crypto payment solutions hit SaaS businesses like a bus full of bricks. Despite their current status as a relatively uncommon payment option in global e-commerce, accounting for less than 0.2% Let us dig into what this means.

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SaaStr

JULY 10, 2024

Billion market cap But, Instructure has A lot, lot of debt to service. That’s a lot of debt to pay back and service. Instructure is generating significant cash now — before it services its debt. That’s about $100m a year in debt service for now. big balloon payment to pay it all off comes in 2028.

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Stax

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The commerce landscape—whether it’s retail, services or software—is moving faster than ever. That’s why businesses are constantly seeking innovative ways to streamline operations and enhance customer experiences. So, let’s dive into the realm of recurring payments and how they can benefit your business.

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Payrix

JANUARY 30, 2024

Checking all the boxes How Payrix is helping the leader in self-storage operations software unlock value for customers. 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. It just happens. They’re not technologists.

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