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Adding Payments and Fintech to SaaS Can Be Great. But You Gotta Watch the Margins.

SaaStr

So in the Boom Times of later 2020 and 2021, almost every VC pushed SaaS companies to at least become a little bit of a fintech. Shopify now gets 2x the revenue from payments and merchant services than it does from SaaS subcriptions. So it makes sense bolting on payments to SaaS can be attractive. Weave: 56% Gross Margins.

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Is it Really ARR? In 2021+, Yes. As Long As NRR is > 100%

SaaStr

50% revenue from software (recurring), 50% from payments (not-recurring). . Half of its revenues comes from its software. And yes, it’s a software company. Fast forward to day, Merchant Solutions is a much larger share of revenue than software subscriptions. In 2021+, Yes. Call it ARR.

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6 B2B Payment Processing Tools for 2021

Baremetrics

Your business requires a fast and reliable tool for sending and receiving payments from clients. But with so many payment processing tools on the market, which one should you choose? Here's a list of six payment processing platforms for 2021. 1 Different B2B Payment Processing Tools 1. Payment-tracking.

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Fed’s Zelle-like instant payment system to go live in July, hundreds now testing

IT World

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is preparing to launch a new financial network that would eliminate any wait time for sending and receiving payments. The system is now being tested by more than 100 market participants. 2021 , is planned to launch in July. It’s the first Federal Reserve-sponsored real-time system.”

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News: U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Appeals From Apple and Epic in Antitrust Case

FastSpring

In 2021, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected most of Epic’s claims against Apple but ruled in Epic’s favor regarding Apple’s policies against developers sending users outside Apple’s system to make digital purchases. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco agreed with much of Judge Rogers’ 2021 decision.

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5 Interesting Learnings From Bill at $1.2 Billion in ARR

SaaStr

Billion ARR, growing a stunning 48% (!) – 111% NRR, although down from 131% in 2021 – 15 Month CAC – Gotten very efficient, +$194m net profit – Transactions growing faster than software, like Shopify – From $120m ARR in… pic.twitter.com/hYImIBKyNQ — Jason ✨Be Kind✨ Lemkin  ?? And Far Bigger.

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What the Epic Games vs. Apple Injunction Means for Software Companies

FastSpring

“When we heard about it, we just stopped what we were doing,” an app developer told us on a recent call. “It Pending Apple’s appeal, the Gonzalez Rogers ruling would enable developers to link to external payment systems (like FastSpring!) New Revenue Opportunities From Mobile Apps. It shut down our shop for a while.