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How to Streamline Your SaaS Clients’ Merchant Underwriting Process—and Improve Adoption Rates

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Offering payment processing services is a move that makes sense for a lot of SaaS companies, particularly if your software helps your customers run their business. Not to mention, payments serve as an additional (and highly lucrative) revenue stream for SaaS companies, so your business will also enjoy a healthier bottom line.

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Payment Facilitator vs Payment Gateway: Key Differences and Similarities

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A payment gateway can be the POS system where you swipe your card in-store. An example of a Payment Facilitator is Stax Connect. Stax Connect offers a platform for software companies and SaaS providers to integrate payment processing capabilities into their offerings.

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Beyond PCI Compliance: Why Data Security is Key to Growth and Success [Webinar Recap]

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In our latest webinar, Garrek Harris, Director of Platform Management at Stax, discussed the ins and outs of data security for merchants and ISVs. ” In other words, for merchants, PCI compliance mostly takes place at the point of sale or data storage—i.e., How are we taking that information?” the CRM or ISV software.

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The Benefits of SaaS and Implementing SaaS Payments

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Research shows that the global software-as-a-service (SaaS) industry was valued at $248.76 As such, the advantages of SaaS offerings can’t be easily overlooked. SaaS business applications are web-based, which means that they are hosted on cloud infrastructure. TL;DR The benefits of SaaS offerings can’t be easily overlooked.

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What Is an ACH Payment Facilitator?

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In this article, we’ll discuss everything you need to know about the ACH payment facilitator model and how SaaS companies can go about facilitating ACH payments easily. How ACH PayFacs Integrate with SaaS or ISV Platforms Using PayFacs to receive payments has become one of the most favored options for many eCommerce platforms.

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ISV vs PayFac: The Similarities and Differences Between Independent Software Vendors and Payment Facilitators

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FIS Global reports that in Norway, Sweden, and other Scandinavian countries, more than 90% of transactions processed at point-of-sale (POS) in 2023 were cashless. ISVs develop payment processing SaaS or APIs that merchants can buy and implement in their own companies.