SaaStr

JUNE 9, 2025

Learning #3: Security/Compliance Isn’t a Sure Thing SailPoint’s negative returns remind us that even “essential” categories like identity management can struggle if execution falters or competition intensifies. at $47-55 range, priced at $40 Current Performance : +250.4%

B2B

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Following are some of these factors: The business’s existing billing system is outdated. It does not support multiple payment gateways, and modern compliance standards. If your SaaS business’s customer base is rapidly growing, you would require a more scalable billing platform to handle high volumes of transactions for you.

Payment Solutions

USIO

JUNE 19, 2025

‍ Compliance, Trust & Platform Value If you’re in a regulated industry—like healthcare or finance—offering a compliant payment experience inside your platform is a huge value-add. Choose a payment partner like Usio : Evaluate options based on your industry, compliance needs, and desired revenue share.

Payments

SaaStr

MARCH 18, 2025

This represents an under-recognized opportunity for B2B AI startups focusing on compliance, risk management, and administrative controls. Large enterprises have an immediate need for governance solutions to handle AI at scale. The bar has risen significantly from the “growth at all costs” mindset of 2021-2022.

Technical Review

Stax

JUNE 18, 2025

Horizontal SaaS Vertical SaaS Horizontal SaaS Target Audience Built for businesses in a specific industry or niche (e.g., Functionality Vertical solutions are built with industry-specific workflows and compliance needs in mind. Q: Why is Vertical SaaS considered a profitable business model?

Merchant Services

USIO

AUGUST 1, 2025

They rely on external partners for support, compliance, and even settlement. That means we built our entire platform in-house from card and ACH processing to onboarding, disbursements, compliance, reporting, print and mail, and even prepaid card issuing. Because most providers don’t own the payments stack. We own the technology.

Payments

USIO

JULY 14, 2025

Automated Disbursements for Complex Payout Models If your subscription model includes payouts to partners (like content creators, service providers, or affiliates), embedded payments streamline the complexity. You can automatically split payments, send digital disbursements, and manage compliance—all from a single system.

Payments

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

This setup is commonly used in marketplaces, software platforms, or businesses that facilitate payments for a network of sellers, service providers, or smaller businesses. The master merchant simplifies the onboarding process for sub-merchants by handling the complexities of payment integration, security requirements, and compliance.

Merchant Services

Blulogix

OCTOBER 24, 2024

By BluLogix Team Navigating Tax and Regulatory Complexities in UCaaS Billing Summary: Managing tax and regulatory compliance is a complex challenge for UCaaS providers, especially as they introduce bundled offerings, hybrid price models, and serve diverse geographies.

Payment Features

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Compliance with financial laws Calculating your tax, and then making sure that you are compliant with all the relevant tax laws is something that you have to do often. If you sign up with a billing software that cannot auto-generate reports for you, or ensure compliance, you would have to consider migration.

Payment Services

Stax

JANUARY 23, 2025

The merchant underwriting process helps reduce fraud (including chargeback volume), ensures compliance with regulations, and protects financial stability in the payment processing space. Key steps include application review, risk assessment, credit checks, and compliance verification. Learn More What is Merchant Account Underwriting?

Merchant Services

Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

As David notes, the challenge lies in adapting to constantly evolving factors such as regulatory changes, new business models, and sophisticated fraud tactics. When you’re tasked with ensuring the compliance and safety, there is a tension that this creates. At the same time, you can’t be overly restrictive.

Merchant Services

Blulogix

JUNE 9, 2025

It’s a business model transformation that spans your entire quote-to-cash process. Schedule a demo with a BluLogix billing expert today and take the first step towards revolutionizing your revenue management. Schedule a Demo Today Usage-based billing isn’t just a pricing toggle.

Payment Features

Stax

AUGUST 10, 2025

Running a business today means meeting your customers wherever they are—online, in-store, or on the go. No matter your industry or business model, having a seamless and secure way to accept payments is an absolute must. Step 2: Prioritize Security and Compliance Security should never be an afterthought.

Payment Services

SaaStr

JULY 1, 2025

The Vertical Insight: Explainability and trust rank even higher for companies building vertical AI applications, who “may deal with additional compliance and legal restrictions in regulated industries like healthcare.”

AI

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

To choose the right payment processing solution for your business, you need to evaluate your business needs, evaluate security and compliance standards, and evaluate different payment processors based on pricing, features, customer support, and scalability. Can it support new payment methods as your business grows?

Payment Services

Blulogix

JUNE 18, 2025

Taxation and Compliance: Some partners handle tax, others don’t—who’s liable? As MGI notes, many vendors in the agile billing space still cater to direct, one-to-one billing models. Provisioning Disconnects: Orders come in through different systems and don’t align with contract terms. Most billing platforms weren’t built for this.

Payment Features

Blulogix

JUNE 13, 2025

Here’s why we stood out: Broad and Deep Monetization Capabilities BluLogix supports a wide range of business models—from recurring subscriptions to usage-based and hybrid structures.

Payment Features

User Pilot

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Business model: SaaS companies with subscriptions should track stickiness since frequent use correlates with retention and customer lifetime value. Freemium models rely on sticky behavior for free-to-paid conversions. MAU/QAU: Works for monthly-user products, like billing or compliance software. Lness (L20/30, etc.):

Customer Lifetime Value

SaaStr

JULY 27, 2025

Vertical Specialization : Different industries have unique compliance requirements, benefits structures, and workforce management needs. They’re building sustainable, profitable businesses. ADP and Paychex have proven that massive, profitable businesses can be built in this space.

Scale

Sales Hacker

MAY 13, 2025

Navigating payroll, benefits, and compliance shouldnt slow you down. They work with startups and scaling businesses to help take HR off your plate, so you can stay focused on building product, growing revenue, and hiring great people – the go-to-market engine. Thats where TriNet comes in. Amazing, awesome.

AI Search

Stax

MAY 5, 2025

In recent years, businesses have seen this massive shift from desktop to mobile devices which has forced them to develop apps with built-in integrated payment gateways. In addition to the usual concerns around security and compliance, there’s also the issue of user experience.

Payments

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Expanding into new markets by leveraging ISV solutions that cater to global compliance requirements and multilingual support. A prime example is an accounting software company partnering with a tax compliance ISV to offer automated tax calculations, attracting businesses seeking regulatory compliance.

Payments

Sales Hacker

JULY 25, 2025

Historically, raising a round of this magnitude required dominating a massive, well-understood market like cloud infra (Pivotal) or compliance (OneTrust). Today, investors are writing these checks for foundational AI shifts and the product-led GTM models that power them.

Scale

Stax

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Consider the average transaction size and volume your business handles, as some processors are better suited for larger transactions, while others are ideal for high-frequency, low-amount payments. Does your business model include recurring billing? Read the complete guide on these pricing models here.) We’ve got a 4.4

Payment Services

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

Setup fees Admin fees PCI compliance fees Interchange fees It is also prudent to remember that while not all merchant account providers charge you the same amount, most of them charge you for each transaction they process. They could include setup fees, admin fees, PCI compliance fees, and interchange fees.

Accept Credit Card Payments

Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

Direct debit A direct debit is a payment method where your customer authorizes your business to withdraw a specific amount from their bank account at pre-determined intervals over a period. It’s a recurring form of payment perfect for businesses using a subscription business model.

Payment Methods

Stax

JUNE 24, 2025

The best payment processing solutions align with your unique business model and offer transparent pricing and the flexibility to accept payments however your customers prefer— credit card , mobile wallets, or recurring payments. Do they help with PCI compliance and dispute management? How quickly do they respond to questions?

Payment Services

Stax

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Step 2: Outline your specific business needs Here you will consider your specific business model and the services and equipment required to ensure seamless payment processing within that system. As a small business owner, you also have a part to play. Planning for future growth is just as important.

Payment Services

Natalia Luneva

AUGUST 7, 2025

Monitor Compliance Across Teams and Subs: If you work with subcontractors, make sure they’re licensed, insured, and trained to meet your standards. Ultimately, your business could be liable for their mistakes if they’re acting on your behalf. Look for areas where your business model and expertise can fill gaps or meet emerging needs.

Payment Methods

Stax

MARCH 5, 2025

To choose the right solution, you need to look at various factors when evaluating potential providers, including supported payment types, transaction fees and pricing structures, payout speed, and PCI DSS compliance. How Can Internet Card Payment Processing Help My Business? Evaluate your current business model.

Payment Services

SaaStr

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

They demonstrate spectacular growth and expansion while revolutionizing and disrupting industries with new business models. How Atlassian does business . The Atlassian business model is unique. Scale-ups are exciting. This makes it easy for customers to expand their use cases.

Scale

SaaStr

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

With a PLS motion, it involves addressing more complex purchasing behaviors like enhanced legal, security, and compliance measures, and you need to train your team on those complexities. For a PLG motion, you have standardized documents, terms of services, and security documents.

Scale

SaaStr

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Sage Intacct is a popular choice for automating bookkeeping because it includes features unique to the SaaS business model. For more information about how SaaS companies can streamline their sales tax compliance, download our free Sales Tax for SaaS Companies Checklist. .

Business

SaaStr

MAY 4, 2022

You can now outsource most of your business needs, from e-commerce (like Shopify) to website building (like Wix). Rise of subscription-based business models. Plan for compliance implications of your growth. As the internet economy grows, regulation and compliance costs grow with them. Key takeaways.

Payment Features

SaaStr

AUGUST 8, 2023

Basics: The Building Blocks of the Finance Team To understand how finance teams impact an organization, it’s helpful to break down various functions and how they support the business. Strategic Finance optimizes a company’s underlying business model to create long-term value by increasing revenue and decreasing costs.

Scale

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

For those that might not be familiar, FastSpring is a merchant of record platform that combines all the essential tools you need to scale a digital goods business. 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.

Merchant Services