USIO

JUNE 20, 2025

If you’re running a business today, Embedded Payments aren’t just a tech buzzword. Let’s explore what these payments really are, why they matter, and how your business can leverage them to streamline operations, improve customer experience, and unlock new revenue streams. What Are Embedded Payments? No redirects.

Payments

USIO

JULY 1, 2025

Let’s be honest: payments used to be a pain. If you’re a SaaS founder, product leader, or engineer, you’ve probably stared down the barrel of a tangled payment integration wondering, “Why does something so essential feel so unnecessarily complicated?” The truth is, the world of embedded payments has evolved—dramatically.

Payments

Payrix

DECEMBER 18, 2024

The world of Embedded Payments saw remarkable developments in 2024, shaping strategies and innovations across the industry. In a compelling discussion on PayFAQ: The Embedded Payments podcast, Ian Hillis hosted payments veterans Ella Aguirre and Michael Veatch to reflect on the past year.

Payments

USIO

JUNE 27, 2025

If you’re running a business today, chances are you’re already relying on APIs in some form—whether you realize it or not. But when it comes to payments, API solutions are more than just tech—they’re a practical tool for improving speed, security, and efficiency. What Are API Solutions in Payments?

Payment Solutions

USIO

JULY 14, 2025

That’s where embedded payments come in. Whether you’re building a SaaS product, launching a curated box service, or running a subscription model, embedded payments aren’t just a backend upgrade. They’re the silent force behind a seamless user experience and a more scalable business. What Are Embedded Payments?

Payments

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Billing system migration is the process of replacing your existing billing system with a new one. Billing system migration is painstaking without a proper plan in place. Our platform, SubscriptionFlow, is a billing system migration expert. These factors come into being as a business expands, and its needs evolve.

Payment Solutions

FastSpring

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Selling internationally can get complicated very quickly if you’re trying to manage cross border payments yourself. And typical payment service providers won’t help you with most of those concerns. Read on to learn: Why cross border payments are key to taking your business global.

Merchant Services

USIO

MAY 23, 2025

If you’re still relying on manual payout processes, paper checks, or disconnected systems, you’re more vulnerable than you think. But here’s the good news: digital disbursements offer a faster, smarter, and far more secure way to manage outbound payments. Digital Disbursements Reduce Fraud and Payment Errors 1.

Payment Services

SaaStr

JANUARY 20, 2025

What To Do Next Audit your current payment/finance offerings Survey your customers about their financial pain points Start conversations with embedded finance providers Focus on partners who can scale globally with you Remember: In SaaS, revenue diversity is power. But the window for being early won’t last forever.

Payments

SaaStr

JUNE 29, 2025

I dream about clients telling me, ‘Hey, I did not receive my payment today. ” In Y Combinator’s 10-week program, Deel burned through 20% of their time selling a payments platform that nobody wanted. ” The Discovery : Companies didn’t just need payments—they needed payments plus compliance.

Payment Services

USIO

JUNE 19, 2025

But then you think, “Why not also offer payments to our users?” For example, PracticeSuite doesn’t just help medical offices automate appointments—it also gives them a built-in way to collect payments from patients directly through the PracticeSuite platform. Payments create a parallel revenue stream without causing sticker shock.

Payments

Stax

JUNE 18, 2025

Software tailored to your industry? Unlike horizontal SaaS solutions that serve a broad range of businesses, vertical SaaS solutions are designed with deep knowledge of specific markets—making them more intuitive, efficient, and impactful. these software companies are able to develop deep expertise in those niches.

Merchant Services

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

Like most business owners, your instincts tell you to hop on the bandwagon and launch an online store for your business. But launching your eCommerce store is just half the equationaccepting payments efficiently and effectively is a whole different ball game. of retail sales in 2025, amounting to $6.862 trillion.

Payment Methods

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. Check out this helpful blog: The essential elements of merchant underwriting for software companies.

Merchant Services

USIO

JUNE 6, 2025

That’s not a blip—it’s a massive shift in how businesses are managing money. I f you’re running a SaaS platform, marketplace, or digital-first business, you’ve probably already bumped into the complexities of payment processing. The compliance. You get the benefits of owning the payment experience. It’s a lot.

PayFac as a Service

USIO

JUNE 9, 2025

You’re here because someone—maybe your CEO, maybe your investor, maybe your gut—told you that owning payments could be a game-changer for your platform. But here’s the part that gets glossed over: how you own payments matters. Should you become a full Payment Facilitator (PayFac)? First, What Is a Payment Facilitator (PayFac)?

Payment Services

USIO

AUGUST 1, 2025

A candid look at payment monetization and why so many SaaS platforms are still waiting for results. If you’re a SaaS CFO or finance leader who decided to monetize payments, the pitch probably sounded like a no-brainer: embed payments, flip the switch, and watch a new revenue stream flow in. You signed the agreement.

Payments

USIO

FEBRUARY 14, 2025

Efficient and reliable payment systems play a crucial role in maintaining vendor relationships, the backbone of every successful business. Digital disbursements have emerged as a powerful tool, not only streamlining payment processes but also fostering trust and collaboration between companies and their vendors.

Payment Services

SaaStr

JUNE 7, 2025

Fresh data from Ramp’s AI Index suggests that the meteoric rise in business AI spending might be showing signs of deceleration, raising questions about whether we’re witnessing market maturation or beginning to hit a potential adoption ceiling: The numbers tell a nuanced story. businesses has reached an incredible 41.7%

AI

Stax

MARCH 18, 2025

According to the US Federal Reserve in 2022, general-purpose card payments reached $153.3 On top of that, 69% of Americans online in 2023 said they used digital payment methods to make a purchase. As a business owner, you just cant afford to ignore these statistics. But selecting a good payment solution can be overwhelming.

Payment Services

Stax

JUNE 3, 2025

The term SaaS platform gets tossed around a lotbut what does it actually mean, and why does it matter for today’s software companies? Whether you’re building your first product or scaling an established solution, understanding the SaaS platform model is essential for long-term growth. Contact sales What is a SaaS Platform?

Payment Services

USIO

JULY 23, 2025

As businesses continue to modernize their payment operations, digital disbursements have become a powerful alternative to traditional methods like checks and wires. At its core, digital disbursements are the electronic delivery of funds to individuals or businesses. Let’s connect and build a payment process you can trust.

Payments

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

What is a payment processor? A payment processor facilitates the flow of transactions typically made with credit cards, debit cards, and other digital payments. To operate as an integrated software vendor (ISV) or payment facilitator, a software company requires a relationship with an acquiring bank and a payment processor.

Payment Services

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

What are integrated payments? Integrated payments are payment processing capabilities that are incorporated into a software companys platform to provide their user base with the ability to accept and manage payments for their businesses. 3 things you should know about integrated payments 1.

Payments

Stax

MAY 13, 2025

When leveraged strategically, these services can become a key driver of business growth. With the right provider, merchant services can improve your checkout experience, increase cash flow, and unlock valuable business insights. We’ll also outline how to choose the best payment solutions for your unique business needs.

Merchant Services

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

A master merchant, often referred to as a payment facilitator or merchant aggregator, is a third-party agent that acts as the link between acquirers and online merchants. The master merchantis the primary account holder for a payment processing system, overseeing and managing multiple subordinate accounts, often referred to as sub-merchants.

Merchant Services

USIO

JULY 29, 2025

Embedded Payments = Growth Without the Expensive Baggage Growth doesn’t have to mean burning through capital or stretching your dev team thin. With embedded payments, your software becomes a revenue engine. They added embedded payments with Usio—and their valuation shot up 300%. And we built Usio for you. No gimmicks.

Payments

Subscription Flow

OCTOBER 16, 2024

In today’s fast-tracked financial landscape, billing software has become a need. 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.

Payment Services

USIO

JULY 21, 2025

businesses still rely on paper mail. Because the transition from print to digital sounds more like a tech project than a business upgrade. The finance team dreaded the last week of the month—folding invoices, stuffing envelopes, printing return slips, manually processing payments. So, they kept licking stamps. No disruption.

Payment Services

Payrix

APRIL 17, 2025

What is a payment facilitator? A payment facilitator (or PayFac) is a software platforms all-in-one payment processing solution. Instead of your customers needing to create their own merchant account to process payments, you as the PayFac developer handle all the payments setup and complexity for them.

Payment Services

Payrix

JULY 8, 2025

The Canadian card and payments market is valued at approximately $913.4 The Canadian eCommerce and online payments sectors continue to thrive as well, with expectations of reaching north of $140 billion in growth by 2025, a CAGR of 17% over the past 5 years. For software companies operating in the U.S.,

Merchant Services

USIO

APRIL 15, 2025

Real-time payments: Funds move instantly between financial institutions, even on weekends and holidays. B2B & B2C friendly: Ideal for consumer-to-business, business-to-business, and government disbursements. B2B & B2C friendly: Ideal for consumer-to-business, business-to-business, and government disbursements.

Payments

Payrix

APRIL 28, 2025

For many, daily activities are now often accompanied by apps we cant live without. As the attachment to these apps grows, theres an expectation that theyll consistently deliver convenience and flexibility. That expectation has driven software companies to build and grow their platforms rooted in customer centricity.

Merchant Services

USIO

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Becoming your own Payment Facilitator (PayFac) sounds greatuntil you realize its a regulatory nightmare , a financial black hole , and takes longer than your last DIY home improvement project (which, lets be honest, is still unfinished). Payrix is a solid PayFac-as-a-Service solution, but its not for the faint of heart.

PayFac as a Service

Stax

JULY 2, 2025

The real key to sustainable growth and increased revenue lies in maximizing payment attachment – the adoption and usage of integrated payments by your existing customer base. We recently had the privilege of sitting down with a panel of payments experts from Stax for a masterclass on this critical topic.

Merchant Services

Blulogix

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

By BluLogix Team Revenue Recognition: Ensuring Compliance and Accuracy What is RevRec and how does it impact accurate reporting for compliance and financial integrity? The Importance of Accurate Revenue Recognition Revenue recognition refers to the process of recording revenue when it is earned, regardless of when payment is received.

Payment Services

Payrix

JUNE 10, 2025

White label merchant processing enables third parties like integrated software vendors (ISVs) or independent sales organizations (ISOs) to customize and sell the payment processing technology and services of a payments provider under their own brands. What is white label merchant processing?

Merchant Services