Guides and resources

Explore and learn more about everything from machine learning and global payments to building marketplaces and scaling your team.
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Atlas guides

Building your startup’s finance team

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Product resources

Introduction to collecting online payments

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Platforms

Introduction to monetizing payments for SaaS platforms

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Industry updates

The state of online fraud

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Tax guides

Introduction to indirect tax compliance: Sales tax, VAT, and GST

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Product resources

Stripe solutions for your business challenges

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Product resources

Introduction to collecting online payments

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Product resources

A guide to types of payment methods

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Product resources

Why you should use buy now, pay later (BNPL) payment methods for your business

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Product resources

Optimizing authorization rates: How to reduce network declines

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Product resources

A primer on machine learning for fraud detection

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Product resources

Radar for Fraud Teams: Rules 101

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Product resources

How to surface business insights with Stripe

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Product resources

Guide to payments provider RFPs

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Industry updates

The latest on regulations and trends in payments

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Industry updates

How SaaS businesses can grow during economic uncertainty

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Industry updates

The state of online fraud

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Industry updates

The state of European checkouts in 2021

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Industry updates

Strong Customer Authentication

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Industry updates

Why your business needs a stablecoin strategy: Emerging insights from Stripe data

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Industry updates

Agent-ready retail: Three ways to unlock growth from agentic commerce

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Industry updates

Frequently asked questions about Stripe Connect and PSD2

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Industry updates

What platforms and marketplaces can expect from PSD3

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Atlas guides

Stripe Atlas guides to running an internet business

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Atlas guides

Equity for founders

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Atlas guides

Starting your fundraising pitch deck

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Atlas guides

Recruiting, hiring, and managing talent

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Atlas guides

Building your startup’s finance team

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Atlas guides

Your first 10 customers

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Atlas guides

Organizations and hypergrowth

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Atlas guides

AMA with Marc Andreessen

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Atlas guides

Pricing low-touch SaaS

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Money management

Stripe guides to help businesses understand embedded finance, money movement, and card issuing

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Money management

Best practices for building a fintech company, from four startups

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Money management

How to earn revenue by issuing cards

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Money management

Introduction to embedded finance for software platforms

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Money management

Merchant category codes (MCCs): What they are and MCC code lookup

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Tax guides

Guides to help online businesses navigate tax compliance

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Tax guides

Introduction to indirect tax compliance: Sales tax, VAT, and GST

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Tax guides

Introduction to US sales tax and economic nexus

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Tax guides

Introduction to EU VAT and European VAT OSS

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Navigating the sales tax registration process in the United States

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Tax guides

Navigating the VAT registration process in Europe

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Tax guides

Navigating the goods and services tax (GST) registration process in Canada

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Interactive Tools

Tools to help businesses boost revenue and manage finances.

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Interactive Tools

Sales tax calculator

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Interactive Tools

VAT calculator

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Interactive Tools

GST Calculator

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Platforms

Stripe guides to help software companies launch and scale a payments and financial services business

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Platforms

Introduction to marketing and selling payments for SaaS platforms

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Platforms

Introduction to risk management for software platforms

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Platforms

Introduction to monetizing payments for SaaS platforms

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Platforms

Report: Best practices for launching and scaling platform payments

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Platforms

Managing credit risk for platforms and marketplaces

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Platforms

How to build a payments team

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Billing

Stripe guides to help businesses grow their revenue with subscriptions, invoicing, and usage-based billing

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Billing

What is recurring billing?

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Billing

How to evaluate billing software: RFP criteria and template

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Billing

Send e-invoices on Stripe Billing through App Marketplace partners

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Billing

Invoicing best practices for Germany

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Billing

Invoice compliance guide for Japan

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How-tos and overviews of payments and financial services basics.