Stax

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Acquisition of BlockChyp brings new technology and industry expertise to Stax, furthering its evolution as a leading payment processor ORLANDO – October 1, 2024 – Stax , a leading payment technology provider, today announced its acquisition of BlockChyp , further expanding the company’s end-to-end processing capabilities.

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SaaStr

JUNE 28, 2025

But a very different one from the 2021 wave: Deal volume is surging : 2025 has been a “green light” year for IPOs, with 52 new U.S. 21 billion 2021 valuation, $1.6B+ revenue Navan (formerly TripActions) – Corporate travel and expense management, confidentially filed June 2025. IPOs priced so far—up 62.5%

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SaaStr

APRIL 24, 2021

50% revenue from software (recurring), 50% from payments (not-recurring). . Half of its revenues comes from its software. And half from fees on transactions it processes: Is this all really ARR? And yes, it’s a software company. In 2021+, Yes. 220m in ARR, $13B market cap. But it isn’t.

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SaaStr

APRIL 17, 2021

. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 16, 2021. Squarespace may be more design-focused, Wix the somewhat more cost-effective solution. Monetizing ecommerce via subscriptions, but not payment processing. Billion in GMV processed, up a stunning 91% from 2019. 85% NRR.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

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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Tom Tunguz

MARCH 28, 2021

UIPath, leaders in the Robotic Process Automation (RPA) category, filed their S-1 last week , revealing an impressive business. Founded in 2005 in Bucharest, Romania, by Daniel Dines and Marius Tirca, the company now operates more than 60 offices housing nearly 3000 employees.

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SaaStr

APRIL 29, 2021

Shopify’s first quarter revenue: Q1 2021: $989 million Q1 2020: $470 million Q1 2019: $321 million Q1 2018: $214 million Q1 2017: $127 million Q1 2016: $73 million Q1 2015: $37 million Q1 2014: $19 million Q1 2013: $9 million. — Jon Erlichman (@JonErlichman) April 28, 2021. But likely it’s below 100% excluding payments.

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SaaStr

APRIL 23, 2021

. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) April 21, 2021. automating the back office and payments and billing for SMBs), and doing it with 120%+ NRR. This is pretty impressive, although on reflection, perhaps what one would expect from a mission-critical SMB app. Making more and more money on each payment.

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SaaStr

APRIL 12, 2022

The majority of its revenue is now from Bitcoin transactions, not “traditional” payments and software. And yet … and yet … its engine is all software and really SaaS. Its software and services business is the one with the real operating margins. At least still for now. businesses.

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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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SaaStr

AUGUST 3, 2022

Zoom came out of 2020-2021 with SMBs no longer growing, but a huge boost in the enterprise. Payments still materially accelerating overall growth to 16%, and predicting revenue growth from payments and merchant solutions to more than double that of subscriptions and SaaS. More on that here.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

If you sell software internationally, you know how difficult handling cross-border payments can be. From making sure you display the right currencies for each region to supporting your customers’ preferred payment methods, global commerce can come with its fair share of challenges. Table of Contents. What is SEPA Direct Debit?

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SaaStr

MARCH 19, 2021

The Cloud is expanding and moving forward at a phenomenal rate, so we invited the team at Bessemer Venture Partners back to SaaStr to unveil their latest findings in the 2021 State of the Cloud. As of January 2021, there were over 527 private unicorns with a total cumulative value of over $1.9 Hello Unicorns .

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

And its payments network to roll out. Up from 110% at IPO, 124% in 2021, and 121% in 2020. Like Shopify, Bill.com is now less a SaaS company than a transactions company built on top of a software layer. Both Bill.com and Shopify now get the majority of their revenues from payments and payment processing.

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FastSpring

MAY 15, 2024

District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers’ order to allow app developers to “steer” users to third-party payment options outside of the native App Store. The evidentiary hearing regarding Apple’s subsequent compliance began on Wednesday, May 8. is 3.5%, with a yoga app CEO testifying that he pays 3.5%

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Baremetrics

MARCH 30, 2021

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.

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FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

The country recently published guidance requiring providers of electronic services — select digital products and services — to register for VAT if they meet certain criteria and thresholds. Foreign e-services provider requirements What are Thailand’s VAT rates for E-Services? What are Thailand’s VAT rates for E-Services?

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SaaStr

JANUARY 30, 2023

They focused on building a payment platform that empowers international talent and independent contractors to get paid on time in a compliant way while also ensuring that companies can hire international talent and make payments efficiently. This insight led Deel to focus on solving payments and compliance.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

This may be concerning for certain types of businesses as they need to spend more to process credit and debit card payments as compared to cash. Moreover, you must watch out for hidden service fees and/or long-term contracts your provider may try to lock you into.

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Stax

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

ACH transfers, or payments made through the Automated Clearing House network, account for billions of dollars in payments annually. In fact, NACHA, the nonprofit that governs the ACH payments network reported 6.1% in payment volume growth in Q4 2021. in Q4 2021.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 19, 2021

“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.

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FastSpring

JUNE 21, 2024

and Google LLC from limiting third-party companies that want to distribute and monetize their own apps on Google and Apple devices. This is to prevent the platform providers from “gatekeeping” while also forcing more competition between their own apps and others on the platforms. Related Reading News: U.S.

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Payrix

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

billion to fraud in 2022, an increase of over 30% from 2021, according to the latest Federal Trade Commission data. For software companies embedding payments into their platform, being aware of payment fraud is critical for several reasons. What is payment fraud? Consumers reported losing close to $8.8

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 22, 2021

— Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) October 18, 2021. It was just amazing that when iPhone launched, you could now take a picture of receipts and have them somewhat automatically “expensed” A jaw dropping, amazing use of the first generation on mobile apps. but it’s growing from 9% in 2019 to 11% in 2021.

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FastSpring

OCTOBER 11, 2021

The Reserve Bank of India issued new guidelines for subscription purchases earlier this year — and the new rules came into effect a few days ago, on October 1, 2021. This process is straightforward, and we describe it in detail below.). The Reserve Bank of India Is Enforcing its Rules Effective October 1, 2021.

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FastSpring

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Note: Apple announced that it would be reducing the App Store fee from 30% to 15% for most developers starting on January 1st, 2021. For app entrepreneurs and ecommerce store owners, the battle to be noticed in the marketplace is ongoing. How viable is it for companies to shop their apps outside of mainstream marketplaces?

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Stax

AUGUST 26, 2024

The year 2024 is a special one for everyone at Stax because we’re celebrating a decade of transforming the payments industry and supporting our merchants and partners with innovative technologies and unwavering support. Launching PayFac and ISV solutions In 2019 and 2020, Stax became more than just a payment processor for merchants.

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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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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

With cashless now BEING king, credit and debit cards are the primary method for your customers to make payments. of consumer payments came through card payments. And electronic payments were at 14.2%, closing in on cash at 15.5%. Credit card and debit card payment processing fees apply to them all.

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SaaStr

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The goal was to build safe AGI — AGI being autonomous systems that can perform work as well or better than humans. In 2021, they trained GPT3 on Github repositories, produced a model that could code, and released embedding that allowed people to vectorize language and search across it to perform recommendations.

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SaaStr

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

An ICP aligns your product, sales, marketing, service, and executive teams to all focus on your highest-value accounts. Brex then scaled its payments business quickly. Then, it built an entire ecosystem around it, soon launching Shopify payments, an embedded payment tool that quickly became the largest piece of the business.

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Agile Payments

MARCH 18, 2019

As the idea of Payment Facilitation gains traction, more and more SaaS companies are exploring becoming a PayFac. In fact, independent software vendors and SaaS companies are poised to generate $4.4 billion in revenue from payment processing alone by 2021.

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Unbounce

MAY 13, 2021

As a marketer, your job is to tell folks what makes your product or service the best out there. A value prop has three main parts: Your solution to your customers’ problem The specific benefits you offer The strengths that set you apart from your competition. The software as a service (SaaS) world is all about solving problems.

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SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

The Macro Impact On Public Cloud Software Over The Past Year Cloud stocks dropped in 2022 in a severe market pullback event that Bessemer Venture Partners call The SaaSacre. That’s definitely a departure from the heights of 2020 and 2021. In 2021, the average multiple was 34x, decreasing to 30x in 2022, and 26x in 2023.

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SaaStr

JULY 20, 2022

Today, it crosses dentistry, optometry, veterinary, physical therapy, specialty medical services, audiology, plumbing, electrical, HVAC and other home services. It IPO’d in November 2021 and today is doing $130m ARR, growing a respectable 30% year-over-year. 56% Gross Margins overall, Negative on Hardware and Services.

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Stax

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Although credit cards have been around since the 1950s, in recent years, they’ve started to dethrone cash from its position as king of payment methods. With a whopping 84% of American adults owning at least one credit card (the average is 3 credit card accounts per person), card payments reached $9.43 trillion in 2021.

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Neil Patel

JANUARY 26, 2021

If you’re looking to grow your small business in 2021 and beyond, you need to organize every aspect of your company. This can be difficult if your small business doesn’t have the cash or resources to put systems in place that lead to long-term organization. Here’s how to stay organized in 2021 and beyond.

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