Stefan Ciancio
Founder, ProcessingScoop.
Stefan is an operator and investor who has spent over a decade building, scaling, and advising online businesses across payments, ecommerce, and digital products. He has worked with merchants processing anywhere from $50K to $5M+ per month, and started ProcessingScoop to give business owners the same straight answers he gives his own portfolio companies.
His expertise spans interchange-plus rate analysis, high-risk merchant account approvals, Merchant of Record vs. direct processor decisions for cross-border sellers, and revenue-based financing stack design for high-ticket offers.
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