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Approaching Half a Million Customers: How to Win in SMB with BILL CEO and Founder René Lacerte

SaaStr

A mobile phone is their dominant source of managing business activities. When you get bigger, say 20 to 50 to 100 monthly transactions, you probably have an accounting person in BILL daily. Then, in 2017, with around $50M in revenue, BILL added payment capabilities. If you screw up one payment, customers are going to be angry.

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M&A Is Back! Melio’s $2.5B Exit to Xero — In Just 7 Years!

SaaStr

to dominate US SMB payments. Founder Matan Bar’s payments pedigree (sold first company to PayPal, ran PayPal’s Global P2P) meant he understood the pain intimately. Melio didn’t just move payments online; they made bill pay delightful. TL;DR : After years of M&A drought, big deals are returning.

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Embedded Payments in 2024: A year in review for platforms | Episode 44

Payrix

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.

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How SaaStr Fund-Backed RevenueCat Went from a $1.5M Round at $7M Valuation in 2018 to $500M+ Today

SaaStr

The Problem Was Real: Apple and Google’s app stores weren’t giving developers the data they needed. Developer Experience Wins: When developers love using your product, word-of-mouth becomes your primary growth engine. Basic questions like “What’s our churn rate?” The Bottom Line From a $1.5M

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An Omnichannel Payment Solution––Without the Complexity

Simplify omnichannel payments with a solution that unifies every channel through your platform. By integrating front-end systems like online, mobile, and in-store payments with robust back-end infrastructure, you can deliver a seamless payments experience without the need for heavy engineering.

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Embedded Payments: No-Nonsense Guide for Developers

USIO

Ah yes, webhooks—the backbone of many payment platforms. merchant account status changes) Hosted Payment Pages (e.g., when a customer completes a payment) Since those happen outside of your API requests, we’ll ping you with a webhook when something changes. What’s the best way to collect payment info?

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The Vertical SaaS Gold Rush: Why Non-Tech B2B Is Growing 250%+ Faster

SaaStr

Less Budget Being Routed to AI Initiatives (For Now) Tech companies are pouring massive budgets into AI initiatives – new models, AI infrastructure, prompt engineering teams. The insight : Mission-critical infrastructure in non-tech industries > nice-to-have productivity tools in tech. Non-tech industries?