Stripe analysis: Fastest-growing enterprises process first cross-border transaction 24x faster than baseline

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Stripe analyzed over 100 fastest-growing enterprises and found they processed their first cross-border transaction 24x faster than the enterprise baseline.
These enterprises reached customers in 25 countries during their first year on Stripe, more than six times the number of markets reached by the baseline cohort.
The cohort achieved 1.6x the share of cross-border payment volume in Brazil, India, and Argentina compared to the enterprise baseline.
Fastest-growing enterprises offer 2x more local payment methods than the baseline, with examples like Facile.it adding new methods in 80% less time using Stripe Checkout.
Despite a 1.8x higher attempted fraud rate in the first half of 2026, these enterprises are more likely to use custom fraud rules than the baseline. However, among those who do use custom rules, the fastest-growing cohort maintains fewer rules per business, relying more on Stripe Radar's default models.
Stripe supports this expansion through features like Adaptive Pricing, which increases cross-border revenue by an average of 17.8%, and Managed Payments for launching without local entities.

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