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

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A restaurant isn’t dropping Toast’s POS system to save money. Regulatory Requirements Create Infinite Moats Try switching away from Toast when you’ve got 50 restaurant locations with integrated POS, payments, payroll, and compliance systems. These are companies buying their first real software platform.

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What’s Really Working in Embedded Finance: Key Learnings from Adyen’s $100B+ Experience

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Here’s what we’re seeing: Over 50% of businesses are struggling with cash flow Nearly 1/3 of businesses get rejected by traditional credit providers Your customers are already asking for this: satisfaction jumps 97% when you offer financial services What’s Actually Working The winning playbook we’re seeing from successful platforms: (..)

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Glossary: 117 software-led payments terms to know

Payrix

Check verification Process that screens checks and check-writers against a negative database at the point-of-sale (POS) when the customer presents a check as payment. Duplicate checking The policy and procedures that prevent identical sales records from being processed. eCheck, PayPal, etc.)

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Credit Card Merchant Services: What to Look for (and What Most Businesses Miss)

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These services enable you to process credit card payments online, in person, and on the go, and include everything from secure payment gateways to merchant accounts and point of sale (POS) systems. POS system – A combination of hardware and software that lets you accept in person payments and process sales on-site.

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The Top 8 Embedded Payment Processors of 2025

USIO

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. Adequate but not tailored to ISVs building embedded finance products. Stripe/Adyen : Great for large-volume, inbound-only payment use.

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Master merchant: Definition, types, and examples

Payrix

Enabling small businesses to accept payments through a SaaS platform or integrating payments into physical point-of-sale experiences, the master merchant can create seamless experiences for both merchants and their customers. What industries commonly use the master merchant model?

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Payment processor: Definition, types, and examples

Payrix

Many technologies and services are involved from POS terminals to card networks to payment gateways so its essential that the payment processor can work closely with them to help authorize and settle every transaction as securely, efficiently, and quickly as possible and stay in compliance with regulations and industry standards.