Category: billing

  • How we built a Cashback system with Stripe

    How we built a Cashback system with Stripe

    Recently, at Pleo, we built a cashback system that uses our internal payments infrastructure, as well as Stripe. So while there are other components at play to actually move the money around, Stripe is what drives the cashback events for the most part. Yeah, it’s a bit of a stretch, but it is doable! I’m…

  • You should separate your billing from entitlements

    You should separate your billing from entitlements

    Building your own entitlement service is key for supporting a modern, flexible SaaS product. Whenever I read about billing systems, there’s a lot of talk about the billing aspects but not so much around entitlements. In the spirit of sharing, and since I haven’t found any good articles about it, I decided to tell you…

  • 5 things I learned while developing a billing system

    5 things I learned while developing a billing system

    Half a year ago, I joined Pleo, a FinTech startup with around 15,000 customers (we’re always hiring at Pleo!). I joined to take on and further develop the billing infrastructure. When I joined, I was actually a bit concerned about the narrowness of the new role and the new team. I mean, really… How much…