USIO

JUNE 24, 2025

5 Competent support for big clients — but not built for startups or mid-market partners. Lightspeed Lightspeed builds POS systems and embedded payments for the hospitality and retail industries. Lightspeed/Global/NMI : Legacy or POS-focused players not built for embedded SaaS monetization. Support Rating: 3.5/5

Payments

SaaStr

MAY 24, 2025

Top 10 Strategies Toasts CRO Uses to Crush Sales Quotas So a little while ago Toasts CRO Jonathan Vassil joined Sam Blond on SaaStr CRO Confidential on how Toast built one of the strongest but toughest rocketship in sales: a lower gross margin, lower ACV ($10k), sales-led SMB sales motion. Field-Based Sales Model.

Strategy

Stax

AUGUST 10, 2025

Transaction is completed The gateway relays the bank’s response to your website or POS system. A good fit also means supporting the payment methods your customers prefer, offering seamless integrations with your eCommerce or POS platform, and providing strong security measures to protect sensitive data. Scalability matters, too.

Payment Services

Payrix

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The setup connects payment processing with a point-of-sale (POS) system software that can sync with other business-critical systems and streamline processes. Offering payment processing as a feature of your software is an integral part of providing a market-leading user experience to customers thats unified and seamless.

Payments

Stax

JUNE 18, 2025

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. Vertical SaaS is industry-specific software designed to meet the unique needs of a particular niche or market. What is Vertical SaaS?

Merchant Services

Stax

JULY 2, 2025

Our host, Ray Lau , VP of Marketing, led an insightful discussion with Jeremy Krahl , SVP of Payment Partner Growth; Fred Nelson , VP of Sales Enablement; and Brandon Ewell , Partner Growth Manager. ” This can lead to leaving significant money on the table as the market and costs evolve.

Merchant Services

How To Buy Saas

DECEMBER 20, 2024

So if you are a new SaaS business owner or are planning to explore this market, here is a complete and comprehensive SaaS accounting guide to get started. However, SaaS accounting involves various factors and conditions that you must know if you are a business owner or planning to explore this market. So keep reading till the end!

Payment Services

Stax

JANUARY 28, 2025

Interoperability with your existing software tools and apps: the payment processing platform must be interoperable with your existing software tools, like CRM (Customer Relationship Management), inventory management, POS (Point of Sale), and accounting software. Minimal or no integration with marketing systems.

Payment Methods

Payrix

JANUARY 28, 2025

Navigating market dynamics in 2025 and beyond Matt emphasized the cyclical nature of the payments industry, likening it to a pendulum. remains the largest interchange and software market, Matt predicts a loosening of regulatory constraints. Those that fail to adapt risk losing market share to more innovative players.

Payments

Sales Hacker

MARCH 18, 2025

Prior to Mutiny, Jaleh was the Head of Marketing and Business Development at Gusto, where she grew the company from 500 to 50,000 customers over 4 years. She was the Director of Product Marketing at VMware prior to Gusto. 06:49 How 1:1 sales personalization drives 14x higher conversion rates. Uber or Salesforce. Uh, and then.

Scale

Stax

APRIL 3, 2025

How to Choose the Right Payment Solution for Your Business With the multitude of options in the market today, selecting the right eCommerce payment software for your business can be overwhelming. On the other hand, brick-and-mortar retail stores may require physical POS solutions. Do you process international payments?

Payment Methods

SaaStr

JULY 23, 2025

Field Sales Drives Higher Conversion Rates at Toast Jonathan Vassil, CRO of Toast, shared a similar perspective but tailored to Toast’s unique market: restaurants. Toast’s sales model relies heavily on field reps who own their territories and immerse themselves in the local restaurant ecosystem.

Scale

SaaStr

JULY 10, 2025

Sometimes the bigger market wins, even with lower initial margins. That’s lead to a $25B market cap today. Olo’s “fewer but bigger” customers represent a smaller percentage of the total addressable market but generated superior unit economics – until Toast’s scale advantages kicked in. 10x larger.

Technical Review

Stax

MARCH 4, 2025

Meanwhile, retailers that provide at least three of the most popular payment methods in any market increase their conversions by up to 30%. TL;DR Online payments rely on API or hosted gateways with encryption and fraud detection, while in-store transactions require POS hardware with EMV chip technology and NFC capabilities.

Payment Methods

Stax

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Unlike traditional vendor-client relationships, ISV partnerships are often built on mutual benefits, where both parties enhance their market positioning through integration. Expanding into new markets by leveraging ISV solutions that cater to global compliance requirements and multilingual support.

Payments

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

In this blog, well unpack what scalability really looks like in a payment solution and how to choose one that wont hold you backwhether you’re just beginning to start accepting payments or scaling to new markets. A scalable solution should give you real-time insights into sales, settlement timing, payment types, and customer behavior.

Payment Solutions

Stax

AUGUST 11, 2025

Multiple integrations As one of the largest payment gateway providers, Authorize.net offers a variety of pre-built integrations for merchants and retailers, including eCommerce platforms, shopping carts, billing software, POS systems, and more.

Payment Methods

Stax

JULY 7, 2025

In fact, the global mobile payment market was valued at US $2.67 trillion in 2024 and is projected to grow to roughly US $10.48 trillion by 2033. In this blog, we’ll explore the benefits of mobile payment solutions and what types of mobile payment systems are currently available on the market. What about mobile payment systems?

Payment Methods

Stax

APRIL 17, 2025

There are a few things a business can do withoutand a retail POS system isnt one of them. Traditionally, POS was just a collection of hardware used to ring up sales, process simple transactions, and print receipts. Today, POS systems have evolved. Talk to sales What is a POS System?

Payment Methods

Stax

JULY 7, 2025

At a surcharge-equipped terminal , the point-of-sale system automatically applies the predetermined surcharge percentage to calculate the surcharge amount. Display signage at the point of sale, online, and verbally (or by popup online) during the checkout process.

Payment Services

Stax

MARCH 6, 2025

Use case: Customers can pay by tapping their smart devices into the vendors NFC-enabled POS. Tapping the device on a payment terminal finalizes the sale. That share may seem small now, but its high and growing in tech-forward markets. NFC technology can process payments through: Peer-to-peer mode. Read/write technology.

Payment Methods

Stax

AUGUST 11, 2025

Most modern POS systems already include NFC capabilities, but it’s worth checking with your provider. This is typically handled through your POS or payment processor dashboard and only takes a few clicks, if any. Step 1: Make sure you have an NFC-enabled terminal  First things first: your payment terminal needs to support NFC.

Payment Services

Stax

JUNE 24, 2025

Assessment fees Assessment fees are charges imposed by the card networks (Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover) to support their operations, including marketing, network maintenance, and the development of new technologies. the industry of the merchant, and the specific details of the transaction (e.g., Clear communication is key.

Payment Services

User Pilot

APRIL 24, 2025

Experience optimizing revenue outcome for an online and/or point-of-sale payments business. A seasoned product leader with over 5 years of experience in product or program management, product marketing, business development, or technology. Strong business acumen and comfort with complex ecosystem and platform-level problems.

Payment Methods

Stax

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

Step 2: The credit card is swiped, dipped, or tapped at a POS system or a credit card reader, where the card gets recognized for charging. Virtual Terminals While countertop POS systems or card readers may be the obvious choice for card processing equipment for some businesses, they may not be suitable for all.

Merchant Services

SaaStr

MARCH 25, 2025

Field Sales Drives Higher Conversion Rates at Toast Jonathan Vassil, CRO of Toast, shared a similar perspective but tailored to Toasts unique market: restaurants. Toasts sales model relies heavily on field reps who own their territories and immerse themselves in the local restaurant ecosystem.

Scale

Stax

OCTOBER 14, 2024

There are many payment processors on the market but there are 10 specific ones you should evaluate. Need to send invoices or only take payments at a point-of-sale? Ensure that the processor you choose can work seamlessly with your existing point-of-sale (POS) system, eCommerce platform, or accounting software.

Payment Services

Stax

MAY 6, 2025

In fact, ResearchAndMarkets.com forecasts the global credit card payment market to grow to $762.16 The process begins from the moment the customer makes a card payment to the point when the transaction is authorized and settled. When a card is present, a customer can tap, dip, or swipe the card against a POS terminal.

Accept Credit Card Payments

Stax

MAY 7, 2025

Razi emphasized, “You need to have signage at the point of entry and at the point of sale.” Ray Lau , VP of Marketing at Stax remarked, “Compliance in this space is so complicated. ” This transparency is vital for maintaining customer trust and ensuring compliance with regulations.

Merchant Services

Stax

MARCH 11, 2025

Choosing the Right Payment Processor The size of the online payments market is expected to reach $24 trillion by 2030 , and several companies are looking to tap into that market by offering their own suite of online payment processing services. This can make it a challenge to select the right payment service provider for your business.

Payment Methods

Stax

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

The customer can make the credit payment physically by swipe, dip, or tap, depending on your point-of-sale (POS) system , which will capture the credit card details. Authorization The credit card details captured by your POS or online payment gateway will be sent to your payment processor.

Payment Services

Stax

JUNE 24, 2025

Consider features like: Integrated payments with your POS, eCommerce, and CRM tools Virtual terminal access for remote sales Mobile apps for on-the-go transaction tracking Instant payouts or next-day funding Be sure the processor supports the payment types your customers prefer and makes it easy to seamlessly integrate with your systems.

Payment Services

Stax

MARCH 5, 2025

Think of the gateway as the online equivalent of a card reader or point of sale (POS) system in a brick-and-mortar store. They also often provide the actual equipment you need to accept credit card payments, like the point of sales (POS) terminal.

Payment Services

Stax

APRIL 10, 2025

You will need POS terminals to accept and process in-person card payments. In contrast, debit card payments are withdrawn directly from the customers bank account and are mainly used by buyers who want to control their spending.

Payment Methods

Neil Patel

AUGUST 27, 2020

Some years ago, POS systems were a luxury reserved for only big enterprise businesses. . But, with too many options came a new challenge: Choosing the best POS system that’s right for your business is now an uphill battle. Our team has done the heavy lifting of reviewing dozens of POS systems in the market. Ease of Use.

Point of Sale

SaaStr

APRIL 19, 2023

So one large category of software spend is on Point of Sale systems. And it indeed has strong market share there. But “POS” systems and software are everywhere, and are a lot more than just Toast and Square. Billion (USD) market cap leader. And perhaps the one we know second-best is Square.

Payment Solutions

Stax

JANUARY 3, 2024

Whether businesses are on the road or staff are simply moving about in-store, mobile point of sale systems (mPOS systems) are becoming an increasingly popular POS option for small businesses. In fact, mPOS systems are gradually gaining market share from the fixed cash-register-style POS market.

Point of Sale