For startups, getting enterprise and government clients to buy your product can actually be harder than building it.
More often than not, the barrier between you and a signed contract is compliance. If your payment infrastructure can't meet their security and data requirements, the sales opportunity stops there.
This is where Access2Pay can make a real difference.
The compliance barrier is real (and expensive!)
For any founder building a product that touches payments, compliance isn't something you can put off.
The minimum requirement for selling into enterprise and government is “System and Organization Controls 2” (SOC 2). It shows that your systems are audited, can handle data security, and can be trusted with sensitive transactions. Without it, procurement teams won't move forward, no matter how strong your product is.
To get there on your own, you’d have to hire auditors, invest in certification tools and spend months navigating all the requirements.
What Access2Pay is offering DMZ founders
Access2Pay is a PCI-DSS, PCI-SSF and SOC 2 certified payment platform. Through DMZ's partnership, founders can embed its certified infrastructure directly into their products.
That means if you're building anything that involves collecting, processing or routing payments, you don't have to build compliance from scratch. You simply link into Access2Pay's platform, and the compliance automatically comes with it.
"We've spent the time and resources to certify this platform so that the businesses connecting to it don't have to. Our goal is to make it easy for founders to embed payments and walk into any enterprise or government conversation with the compliance question already answered."
— Anand Misir, CEO, Access2Pay
The full compliance stack
For founders targeting enterprise and government clients, sales cycles are long and procurement requirements are strict.
SOC 2 certification is typically the minimum standard, alongside PCI-DSS, PCI-SSF and PSP registration with the Bank of Canada for startups in the payment space.
Through the DMZ partnership, Access2Pay provides all these certifications so founders don't have to figure it out themselves, turning compliance from a stumbling block into an asset that opens doors.
Start building with DMZ and Access2Pay
DMZ is committed to giving founders every advantage when they're ready to scale.
Enterprise and government contracts are among the hardest to win. Access2Pay removes the compliance barrier so you can focus on closing deals.
For founders ready to build with enterprise-grade payment infrastructure: Apply to DMZ today
To learn more about what Access2Pay offers: Visit their website
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