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Tap to Pay: What It Is and How It Works

Stax

Since the first plastic credit card was issued by American Express in 1959 , payment tech progress has been growing exponentially. Magnetic stripe payments enjoyed a 30-year reign between the ’70s and ’90s. Contactless payments became a must-have during COVID. NFC technology is in the midst of an evolution.

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Our New Transparent Pricing Dashboard: Where Your Money Goes When You Buy a Buffer Subscription

Buffer Resources

We shared a post about where your money went when buying a $10 Buffer plan back in 2014 — but it was well time for an update. Since 2014 our team has grown from 34 to 78 team members. Our Average Sale Price (ASP) in 2014 was $13, while our total Operating Costs were $3,575,897. Stripe payments make up 98.5

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Avoid Trapdoor Decisions: 5 Lessons Learned from Scaling Stripe (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Speaker video: Stripe is really a set of developer tools for building and operating an online business. I’m an execution person.

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SaaStr Podcast #217: Stripe COO Claire Hughes Johnson on The Trapdoor Decisions to Avoid When Scaling

SaaStr

Formerly a senior leader at Google, Claire Hughes Johnson is now Chief Operating Officer at Stripe, where she’s helped guide the online payments firm through rapid growth. Payments has been around for thousands of years. Stripe today has more than 1,400 employees and processes billions of dollars for millions of users worldwide.

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Collect’s founder Alex Delivet on automating data collection

Intercom, Inc.

I think you’re only the second person since COVID started who’s come into the Intercom podcast studio here in the Dublin office. Alex: Well, the idea came a long time ago from a personal need. Liam: You mentioned data, so obviously, security and compliance are going to be a big part of that. Alex Delivet: Thank you.

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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. It’s a story that began decades ago, with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Fintech SaaS: The State of Play for 2024

Panintelligence

Our own SaaS originated as an internal solution for a leading payment gateway provider. The origins of Fintech SaaS From its origins as a B2C payment enabler to a staple across insurance, lending, compliance and more, Fintech SaaS now boasts a solid foothold within B2B and B2B2X markets. Let's get into it!