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10 public records show which provider documents which payments role for 8 software platforms. Each row names the product, the provider and the document that establishes the role. A selective sample, not a census.
Related note: What a payments integration tells an acquisition buyer
Interactive example · 13 November 2026 · Version 1.0
A shared checkout shows who processes the payment, not who supplied the shop. Check a real Squarespace and Stripe record, then correct a fictional ten-shop count and watch a supplier ranking change.
Try the exampleResearch note · 13 November 2026 · Version 1.0
An original research note and public-data exercise: what one corrected row in the embedded payments provider map says, and does not say, to a buyer shortlisting private acquisition targets.
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