Hosted by Maria Sparagis, president of DirectPayNet, and payment solutions expert for entrepreneurs in the high risk industries of supplements, dating, business opportunities, gambling and more. On this podcast, Maria shares her knowledge on how to reduce decline ratios, add thousands of dollars to your bottom line with a few simple conversion hacks, and maximize revenue while keeping your high-risk merchant accounts happy and healthy. As a cryptocurrency advocate since 2012, Maria will also share her knowledge on the digital currency markets. Maria has worked with several high level entrepreneurs in Direct Marketing including Christian Hudson, Julian Reyes, Jeremy Schoemaker “ShoeMoney”, Mike Chang and many more. She has been featured in American Banker, Vice, Inside Bitcoins, Coindesk, and Yahoo. Connect with Maria mariasparagis.com or directpaynet.com

Stripe's New License and How It Affects Your Business

Stripe has officially applied for a Money Transmitter (MALPB) license in Georgia. It's a move that will change what we know about Stripe in payment processing...at least in the U.S.

But what does this really mean for your business?

In this episode, I, Maria Sparagis, payment processing expert and founder of Direct Payment, break down the real implications of Stripe becoming its own payment processor.

From bypassing big banks like Wells Fargo and Barclays to potential changes in who Stripe approves (or rejects). These are the questions many aren’t asking: Is this truly good news for online merchants, or just a power and profit play?

🔍 What you'll learn:

- What Stripe’s MALPB license means and why it matters

- Why Stripe isn’t actually a payment processor (yet)

- The truth about Stripe’s approval process

- How this could impact high-risk and online businesses

- What to watch for in Stripe’s terms & conditions going forward

- Why legacy banks might be forced to innovate now

⚠️ Heads-up: this might not be the win for merchants you were hoping for.

📩 Have questions about payment processing or need a backup for Stripe? Reach out to me and my team at Direct Payment. [email protected]

📋 Or apply directly at directpaynet.com/contact-us/

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0:00 Intro

0:36 Isn’t Stripe a Payment Processor?

1:39 You Won’t Benefit from the Charter

6:04 Stripe Changes

7:16 Competition Increases

8:33 Outro

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9 Ways to Optimize Your Mobile Checkout Page

Your mobile checkout page NEEDS to be optimized. Mobile is rocketing past desktop for sales, which means more people are tapping around on your mobile site than ever before. If you've left your mobile checkout page unchecked, you're LOSING MONEY.

In this video, I'm covering 9 ways you can optimize your mobile checkout to secure sales and bump your bottom line.

Need a merchant account? Get in touch! ➡️ directpaynet.com/contact-us

0:00 Intro

1:08 Mobile Checkout Stats

2:10 #1

3:05 #2

3:43 #3

4:28 #4

5:30 Desktop vs Mobile

8:50 5 Optimizations

15:30 Outro