Rainforest + PayPal: The future of embedded payments with Taira Hall

March 4, 2026
The Payments Strategy Show

For vertical SaaS platforms, offering a trusted and familiar payment experience can be the difference between checkout conversion and cart abandonment.

Rainforest and PayPal recently joined forces to launch an exciting new embedded payments integration that helps vertical software platforms capture more payments volume and leave offline methods like checks and cash behind.

PayPal Senior Vice President and Head of SMB Commercial Taira Hall joined host Joshua Silver to discuss the exciting collaboration, how platforms can leverage PayPal's ecosystem and why payments must be treated as a core workflow, not an afterthought. 

They discussed:

  • Rainforest and PayPal's latest integration for platforms looking to win more volume
  • Why treating payments as an afterthought leads to cart abandonment and lost revenue
  • How Venmo helps service-based businesses acquire new customers through social proof
  • Common mistakes platforms make in their checkout experience and how it impacts processing volume
  • Why platforms need to prepare for AI agents driving customer purchases

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