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Is What Epic Wants for App Stores What Other Game Developers Actually Want?

FastSpring

Epic’s outsized voice and the reluctance of other studios to speak up publicly for fear of repercussions from app stores leaves us wondering: Is what Epic wants for app stores what other game and app developers actually want? There were no gatekeepers — just a computer, a player, and a game. But the world has changed.

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5 Best Paddle Alternatives in 2024

FastSpring

The company handles transactions for sellers of digital products, providing the infrastructure for global online payments while taking responsibility for tax collection and remittance, fraud prevention, and other aspects of the checkout process. It’s a capable solution, but by no means is Paddle a universal, one-size-fits-all option.

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FastSpring and EBANX Forge Partnership to Expand Pix Payments for Digital Products in Brazil

FastSpring

Pix, Brazil’s instant payment system introduced by the Central Bank of Brazil in 2020, has rapidly gained popularity among consumers as a preferred digital payment method. Director of Payments, Risk, and Compliance at FastSpring. It’s a must-have payment method in Brazil.

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

FastSpring

How Apple Is Responding The Associated Press reported that this lifts a hold on an order to give devs more freedom to use other payment options. Warn consumers using a “scare screen” if they click a link pointing them to an alternate payment system, stating that Apple is not responsible for those purchases regarding privacy or security.

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Software Transcends Borders—Why Not Money?

Andreessen Horowitz

While embedding financial services is relatively easy in some countries, a global software company that wants to add payments, lending, or some other financial service in multiple countries has to navigate a complex web of local infrastructure companies and regulations. has had real-time payments since 2005 via the Faster Payments network.

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Is Estonia the Next Silicon Valley?

OpenView Labs

But thanks to the government’s e-Estonia Project , nearly every aspect of modern life in that nation now happens online. Estonians can bank, apply for government assistance, get medical care, and even securely vote online—as they have been doing since 2005. You process a lot of personal data and need to be GDPR compliant.

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How Founders Can Take Control of Their Destiny with Tradeshift (video + transcript)

SaaStr

Tradeshift has grown to 650+ people with offices in 12 countries from its start as a mere vision in 2005. Tradeshift Pay is an entrant payment solution for supply chains, meaning no matter where your supplier is in the world, we can make sure they get paid. We can do the payments, and we have all of these third party app providers.”