“Le Monde has chosen Stripe to support its digital subscriptions as it expands into new international markets. The French newspaper will begin publishing English-language articles and an international daily newsletter for its growing digital readership…Le Monde will use Stripe’s financial infrastructure to manage its global digital subscriptions through a single, frictionless payments platform. Subscribers in every market will be able to pay with their preferred local payment method and currency. Each transaction will also be protected by Stripe Radar , a machine-learning fraud detection solution fully integrated within Stripe’s platform.”

“Recurly, Inc. , a leading subscription management and billing platform for high-growth, digital brands, announced it recovered over $794 million in revenue for its customers in 2021 through industry leading dunning technology.”

“Mollie , one of the fastest growing payment service providers in Europe, today announced its partnership with subscription management platform Chargebee to help drive growth for its customers. The integration with Chargebee simplifies subscription billing for merchants, providing an easy-to-install, out-of-the-box subscription management platform that offers all leading European payment methods, including iDEAL, SEPA Direct Debit, and credit cards.”

“Worldline, the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and #4 player worldwide, and Chargebee, the leading subscription billing and revenue management platform, today announced their collaboration to provide an end-to-end payment, subscription and revenue operations solution for merchants operating in a subscription model. With a single, integrated solution, Worldline and Chargebee help merchants improve and expand business operations, efficiently and at scale.”

“GoCardless , a global leader in account-to-account payments, today announced a partnership with Piano , a global analytics and activation platform, to deliver new bank debit capabilities. This new integration is designed to help publishers and brands market, sell and fulfill premium content offerings. Piano’s commerce engine will be integrated with the GoCardless bank debit network, enabling subscription-based businesses to offer end users a convenient new payment method. This helps avoid card failures, reduces involuntary customer churn and increases lifetime subscriber value, a key objective for business growth following 2020’s pandemic-driven “subscription boom.”“

“JPMorgan Chase ’s new healthcare unit has made its first investment, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank has agreed to invest $50 million in Vera Whole Health , a Seattle-based start-up that is pioneering a new, subscription-type model for employee healthcare.”

“Chargebee , the industry-leading Subscription Billing and Revenue Management platform, today announced the general availability of its Summer 2021 Product Release. With this release, Chargebee aims to enable large businesses to further support the complex buying processes of their customers. With over 3000 customers across the globe clocking an average of 150% YoY revenue growth, Chargebee’s Summer 2021 update looks to help businesses sustain their incredible growth.”

“Zuora, Inc. , (NYSE:ZUO) the leading cloud-based subscription management platform provider, today sends its congratulations to customer GoPro (NASDAQ:GPRO), for surpassing one million subscribers. GoPro’s subscription service offers customers unlimited cloud storage, premium editing tools, guaranteed camera replacement, exclusive product discounts and more. Zuora has helped power this service since 2016, with a platform that manages recurring transactions, payments, finance and tax support.”

“As more Americans receive vaccine shots and states lift Covid-19 restrictions , Tripadvisor announced Wednesday the launch of Tripadvisor Plus, a travel subscription service that will provide U.S. customers with access to savings and other perks. The service is priced at $99 a year. U.S. airlines have already seen an increase in flight bookings for the summer, and the Transportation Security Administration recently screened more than 2 million people at U.S. airports , the most since the Covid pandemic began early last year.”

“ReCharge , a provider of subscription management software for e-commerce, announced today that it has raised $227 million in a Series B growth round at a $2.1 billion valuation.  Summit Partners, ICONIQ Growth and Bain Capital Ventures provided the capital… Over the years, the company’s SaaS platform has evolved from a subscription billing/payments platform to include a broader set of offerings aimed at helping e-commerce businesses boost revenues and cut operating costs. Specifically, ReCharge’s cloud-based software is designed to give e-commerce merchants a way to offer and manage subscriptions for physical products.”

“Playing off consumers’ desire to pay for only what they’ve consumed, subscription management and billing platform Recurly has added Venmo and a pay-as-you-go model to its platform. Recurly is making the options available in its launch of Wallet, which represents a major expansion in its payment capabilities portfolio for its e-commerce and digital services clients. Wallet enables subscribers to add multiple cards, e-wallets and digital payment methods, providing the option to pay preferred ways for specific transactions. In adding Pay with Venmo as an option for merchants to offer subscribers, Recurly says it will help merchants stay competitive and relevant with mobile-first consumers.”

“BlueSnap, an online payments technology company and preferred technology for fast growing B2B and B2C businesses to accept payments, today announced its partnership with Chargebee, the leading subscription billing and revenue management platform…BlueSnap and Chargebee have partnered together to help merchants scale their subscription businesses on a global level.  Chargebee, the worlds’ leading subscription billing platform, offers an end-to-end solution to help businesses achieve scalable, predictable income. And through their partnership with global payment experts BlueSnap, merchants can have confidence that cross-border transactions are optimized to maximize revenue and decrease costs.”

“Chargebee , a leading subscription management platform, today strengthens its ecommerce offering through an integration with BigCommerce (Nasdaq: BIGC ), a top Open Saas ecommerce platform for fast-growing and established brands. Through the integration, merchants of all sizes using the BigCommerce platform will be able to more easily take advantage of Chargebee’s powerful subscription infrastructure to fuel recurring revenue streams. The Chargebee and BigCommerce solution will also include integration with leading automated sales tax partners, including Avalara, Inc . (NYSE: AVLR ).”

“Grubhub is jumping on the subscription model bandwagon with its launch of Grubhub+, a membership program offering members unlimited free delivery for $9.99. Members also receive 10% cashback and donation matching to organizations like No Kid Hungry, according to a company press release.”

It’s not hard to fathom why GoCardless, a fintech founded in 2011, wants to expand in the U.S. market. The market controls 70% of recurring payments globally, according to data from Accuity. “Many of our customers want to collect from the U.S., so it was necessary to have the most accurate ABA routing-number information available and in a way that can be easily integrated into our payments processes. Accuity data will provide us with exactly that,” said Paul Foster, head of banking and scheme development at GoCardless, in a statement.

“The subscription model is today sustaining a number of businesses, including artists, creators , news publishers, game developers , entertainment providers and more. Now, top publishing platform WordPress.com is making it easier for any creator or web publisher to add a subscription feature to their own website, so they can begin to generate repeat contributions from their supporters, readers, fans or customers. The feature is available to any of the millions of WordPress .com sites on a paid plan, as well as the millions of self-hosted WordPress sites using Jetpack, the company says. It’s also fairly flexible in nature.”

“As of today, there is a more convenient way for you to cancel before ever being charged: a service called Free Trial Card. It’s available now through the app DoNotPay , created by 22-year-old wunderkind coder and entrepreneur Joshua Browder.”

“By design, subscription services are primarily tools for customer retention, but new research indicates they deliver other benefits as well: encouraging shoppers to try additional channels and new product categories, and increasing the spend levels of already valuable customers. These benefits are derived from the way subscription services build relationships between shoppers and retailers, a process Amazon encourages across its offerings.”

“Apple Inc.’s plan to create a subscription service for news is running into resistance from major publishers over the tech giant’s proposed financial terms, according to people familiar with the situation, complicating an initiative that is part of the company’s efforts to offset slowing iPhone sales.”

“After scrolling headlines in the New York Times, you head into the kitchen and open today’s Blue Apron box to prepare a shrimp risotto before turning on Netflix for an episode of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. You may not have noticed, but you’re now fully enmeshed in the subscription economy.”

“Another week, another paywall. This time, it’s Bloomberg, which announced that it would be adding a comprehensive paywall to its news service and television channel (except TicToc, its media partnership with Twitter). A paywall was hardly a surprise, but what was surprising was the price: the standard subscription is $35 a month (up from $0 a month), or $40 a month including access to online and print editions of Businessweek.”

“ONE of the most fashionable ideas in business is that companies should earn their crust from subscribers, who are “locked in” for a period of time, rather than from customers who can easily switch to another provider at any time. Subscription models are seen by many investors and executives as the holy grail, because they promise a recurring stream of revenue. But the approach suffers from three underappreciated problems. Acquiring subscribers can be eye-wateringly expensive. Their urge to run away is often only temporarily suppressed. And consumers may have more than one relationship at a time.”