Why ambitious European startups use Stripe to scale their business

Payments can be a strategic lever for your startup when you work with Stripe. Our technology is based on the idea that payments can help businesses tackle their most ambitious goals, from revenue growth to international expansion. That’s why more than half of newly minted European unicorns choose to work with Stripe.

Increase revenue

Optimise conversions and tackle fraud

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Increase auth rates and conversions

Stripe’s payments optimisations can increase authorisation rates on every payment using our machine learning and data from millions of businesses.

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Battle sophisticated fraud with machine learning

Stripe Radar blocks fraudulent attacks and minimises false positives so real customer transactions can succeed. Although 35% of UK retailers saw an increase in sophisticated fraud attempts during the pandemic, merchants using Stripe saw a 26% decrease in disputes in 2020.

Build faster

Payments solutions to speed you up

Get more done faster with fewer developers. Leave payments infrastructure to us so you can focus on your core business. By switching to Stripe, businesses saw 59% higher developer productivity.

Remove operational burden

Save time and resources across engineering, finance, risk, and compliance. Easily manage all aspects of running a multi-sided marketplace, from onboarding users, identity verification, and payouts using Connect.

Adopt new business lines with minimal overhead

Extend your online presence to the offline world with Terminal. Capture recurring revenue by offering subscription services with Billing. Monetise payments transactions and value-added products like Instant Payouts and Issuing.

Go global

Be an international business from day one

Stripe takes the complexity out of expansion every step of the way, helping you understand and navigate tax requirements, regulations, cross-border fees, and local fraud patterns.
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Global coverage

Access 195 countries, 43 payment methods, and 135 currencies with one single integration.
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Compliance and regulation

Be confident that you are compliant with local regulations such as SCA and GDPR by leveraging Stripe’s up-to-date APIs in each market.
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Popular payment methods

Offer cards alongside wallets, bank redirects and buy now, pay later methods. Increase conversions with local payment methods such as iDEAL, Bacs Direct Debit, and Bancontact.
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Automate taxes

Calculate and collect sales tax, VAT and GST with one line of code. Know where to register, automatically collect the right amount of tax, and access the reports you need to file returns.

Success story

LetsGetChecked sees 5X ROI from Stripe Radar for fraud detection

Founded in Ireland in 2015, LetsGetChecked enables the public to access accurate diagnostic testing for a range of health areas from the home.

Problem

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, LetsGetChecked experienced increased demand for services for their FDA authorised at-home COVID-19 home testing service. This expansion resulted in an increase of fraudulent transactions across their global markets.

Solution

LetsGetChecked integrated Stripe’s Radar, which assigns risk scores to every payment and automatically blocks high-risk payments. By incorporating data from Stripe’s network of millions of global businesses processing billions in payments each year, Radar’s algorithms adapt quickly to shifting fraud patterns.

Products

  • Radar
  • Payments

Integrating payment gateways with other companies took 10 times longer than Stripe. When we added a B2B line this year, Stripe’s click-to-pay functionality was easy to implement, and we went live in less than one week. We will continue to utilise more of Stripe’s products as we grow.

Ronan Ryan, COO
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