SaaStr

JULY 26, 2025

“In any city block, you may have a pet store, a drugstore, a salon—then you’ll have four restaurants.” Unit Economics Enable a Distributed Workforce The Business Model Advantage : Toast’s software + embedded payments model creates unit economics of ~$10k ACV that justify field-based sales teams.

SMB

Stax

JUNE 18, 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. financial services, healthcare, real estate, eCommerce, etc.), electronic health records (EHRs) in healthcare—that allow for seamless data transfer and improved efficiency.

Merchant Services

Payrix

JANUARY 10, 2025

Ian Hillis welcomes David Blair, Senior Director of Product Management at Worldpay for Platforms, on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast to explore the critical roles of merchant underwriting and onboarding for software providers. This personalized approach not only improves efficiency but also enhances the overall merchant experience.

Merchant Services

Stax

JANUARY 23, 2025

The merchant underwriting process is a critical step that payment processors and financial institutions use to assess the risk associated with onboarding new businesses. Merchant account underwriting is the evaluation process payment processors use to assess whether a business meets the criteria for accepting credit card payments.

Merchant Services

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

To run a business is like trying to balance several stacked plates in your hands. Operating a business entails a number of processes like managing products and payments, invoices, customer engagement, revenue, unpaid invoices and much more. A billing software is the ultimate solution to your growing business’s complex needs.

Payment Services

How To Buy Saas

MAY 26, 2025

Customizable templates: Skynova provides invoice templates you can personalize with your logo and business details, helping invoices look professional. Cons Limited advanced features: Skynova lacks sophisticated accounting tools for growing businesses (no double-entry accounting or robust reporting). Its very basic by design.

Software Review

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

As your business grows, the tools powering it need to evolve tooand that includes your payment solution. From handling higher transaction volumes to enabling new revenue models, the right system should grow with you and streamline both your operations and your customers checkout experience. The right system simplifies growth.

Payment Solutions

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. But when it comes to payments, mobile apps have to contend with a few unique challenges. A bad payment experience can lose customers and damage your brand.

Payments

User Pilot

JULY 17, 2025

Effective customer churn prediction relies on data. Your current method impacts how early you can intervene and prevent customers from leaving. A timely, personalized approach is key to reducing customer churn. Increasing retention rates by just 5% can boost profits by 25% to 95%, depending on your business model ( Bain ).

Churn

SaaStr

JANUARY 15, 2025

Marchelle’s personal journey took her from early adopter of Mangomint, to 6 years later, VP of Sales over a 25+ person SMB sales team. While nowadays the company has perfected a high-velocity inbound model, Michelle’s domain expertise originally helped her (and Mangomint) successfully break into outbound sales.

Scale

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

For example, in fintech, ISVs provide specialized payment processing solutions that integrate with point-of-sale (POS) systems, enhancing transaction security and efficiency. Companies can integrate specialized features, such as: CRM and ERP systems to streamline customer and business management. The Benefits of ISV Integrations 1.

Payments

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2025

The Core Strategic Divergence The fundamental difference between Olo and Toast isn’t just about technology – it’s about market segmentation philosophy that has created two entirely different business models with dramatically different outcomes. margin) Net Income: $11.8M margin) Net Income: $11.8M

Technical Review

Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

Customers in this age of instant gratification always expect a smooth and seamless online payments experience. As a business owner, you must have a clear understanding of how online payments processing works to be able to create a hassle-free checkout process that will keep buyers coming back to your eCommerce store.

Payment Methods

Stax

MARCH 5, 2025

Fact: modern consumers are increasingly gravitating towards eCommerce businesses. While brick-and-mortar retail isnt going away, todays customers value the convenience of shopping online. That means selling your products and services online allows you to better serve your customers (and reach new ones!)

Payment Services

Stax

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Whether you are starting a new online store or looking to grow your existing brick-and-mortar small business, you must make provisions for accepting credit card payments. In this article, you will discover all you should know about credit card payment processing for small businesses.

Payment Services

Stax

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Hunting for a payment processor provider for your business shouldn’t be one of those things. When digging through the thousands of solutions that are meant to help you accept payments, finding the right tools is a priority but it’s not everything. Learn More 7 Steps to Select the Best Payment Processor for Your Small Business 1.

Payment Services

Stax

JUNE 24, 2025

Consumers are increasingly gravitating towards cashless payment options, including debit card and credit card payments, as well as online payments, contactless payments , and mobile credit card processing services. A smooth, secure payment experience builds customer trust. Hidden fees can eat into margins.

Payment Services

User Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

They track 47 different key performance indicators (KPIs) in their mobile analytics platform , spend hours debating dashboard numbers, yet can’t predict which users will churn next week The problem here isn’t a lack of data. Teams are drowning in the wrong usage metrics while missing important behavioral data signals.

Payment Solutions

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. Epic Games wants to take control of their online sales with its own marketplace.

Payment Methods

FastSpring

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Many companies that expand globally reach a point where they can’t properly support their international customers with their current payment platform. An international payment gateway can help with some of these issues, but it’s only one piece of the puzzle. What is an international payment gateway? Table of Contents.

Payment Services

FastSpring

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

The payments landscape and how it affects businesses trying to grow in Asia. If you’re not sure how to kickstart growth for your digital products or software business in Asia, listen or watch now! Podcast Full Interview: Audio Listen online or find it on more podcast services. Jump to video. | Jump to transcript.

Merchant Services

FastSpring

APRIL 23, 2024

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.

Payment Methods

USIO

JUNE 10, 2024

In today’s fast-paced digital world, providing a seamless payment experience is crucial for businesses of all sizes. As we venture into 2024, the landscape of payment integration continues to evolve, presenting both opportunities and challenges for merchants. Key Trends in Payment Integration for 2024 1.

Payments

Stax

JULY 9, 2024

More and more, cash-only businesses are falling by the wayside, unable to keep up with consumer demand for convenient electronic payments. The world of Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) payments is vast, spanning just about every payment method you can think of. What is an Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) Payment?

Payment Methods

Stax

AUGUST 29, 2024

The dominance of cashless commerce means only businesses that ensure the seamless processing of in-store and online credit and debit card payments will remain competitive. The question is: how do payment service providers work and how can you choose the right one for your business?

Merchant Services

FastSpring

JANUARY 29, 2020

Keeping up with the latest and greatest in ecommerce can be a lot of work. Between new legislation going into effect and shifting consumer preferences, the ecommerce landscape is anything but stagnant. As your global ecommerce partner, we make it our mission to stay on top of the latest trends. But don’t worry, we got your back.

Payment Methods

FastSpring

OCTOBER 25, 2023

We’ve analyzed aggregate sales data to give you insights into just how important Q4 can be for your software, SaaS, or other digital goods business. Are you looking for a merchant of record to help you grow your business internationally? we combined data with the same parameters from the U.S.,

SaaS Payments

FastSpring

JANUARY 25, 2019

Keeping up with the latest and greatest in ecommerce can be a lot of work. Between new legislation going into effect and shifting consumer preferences, the ecommerce landscape is anything but stagnant. As your global ecommerce partner, we make it our mission to stay on top of the latest trends. But don’t worry, we got your back.

Payment Methods

Stax

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Cash is no longer having its moment; card payments are in. From debit and credit cards to Google or Apple Pay, digital, contactless, and mobile payments are on the rise. That’s why for most businesses, it’s almost impossible to make do without a credit card terminal. Learn More What’s a Payment Terminal?

Payment Services

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

Steps To Implementing Payment Tokenization In the SaaS Industry The global economy is shifting to digital currencies andtransactions. Because of this,the concern for payment security is at an all-time high. Payment tokenization helps safeguard cardholder data, so your users can collect and process payments securely.

Payment Services

Subscription Flow

JUNE 26, 2024

Did you know that the Dutch payment processing company Mollie was only able to raise $100 million in 2020 as its growth tech investment? Lo and behold, in no time Mollie became the third largest European payment processor (after the fellow Dutch company Adyen and the London-based Checkout.com). So what happened? billion in 2024.

Payment Features

USIO

JUNE 3, 2024

In the dynamic world of Software as a Service (SaaS), staying ahead of the curve means continuously evolving and integrating new functionalities that enhance user experience and streamline business operations. One such critical functionality is integrated payments. Here’s why Usio should be your go-to solution for Integrated Payments.

Payments

FastSpring

AUGUST 2, 2023

Now as a successful international business, TestDome has been with FastSpring through all of it, and even when other payment platforms launched intriguing new products, Mario never saw a good reason to leave FastSpring. Are you looking for a merchant of record that will partner with you to grow your business internationally?

Payment Solutions

Stax

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The writing on the wall is clear—businesses need to start accepting digital payments and software providers need to start offering payment services one way or another. In this article, we’ll break down two popular terms used in the payment processing industry—ISV and PayFac —and see what they exactly mean.

Payment Services

Subscription Flow

JUNE 27, 2024

Quickbooks Payments is a popular feature offered by Intuit’s Quickbooks accounting software service. This feature allows businesses to accept credit and debit card payments from customers helping them manage their finances more efficiently. What are Quickbooks Payments? This decreases manual data entry error risks.

Payment Services

Stax

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We can see this trend in action in the realm of payment processing with the advent of recurring payments, also known as automatic payments. Industry data shows that subscription-based businesses are growing 3.7x So, let’s dive into the realm of recurring payments and how they can benefit your business.

Payment Services

Stax

AUGUST 20, 2024

Airline credit cards, payment plans for costly items, and car rental insurance are forms of embedded finance that have been around for a while. Some challenges and considerations of embedded finance and fintech involve regulatory and compliance issues, data privacy and security, and stiff competition.

Payments