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title: Cleeng Blog - Digital Subscription Management Insights and News | Payments, Tax & Compliance
description: Payments, Tax & Compliance | Cleeng's news, product updates, case studies, and insights into subscription management trends. Optimize your business & enhance subscriber retention.
---
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# Digital subscription management insights
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## [ Customer Support Subscription Customer Experience Benchmarks: 4 Key Stats for 2026 Discover key customer experience benchmarks for D2C subscription brands in 2026, focusing on support metrics that impact churn and retention. Kamila Palka · Oct 16, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/subscription-customer-experience-benchmarks)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Google Play Billing, Done Right: 2026 Guide for Subscription Brands Google Play Billing done right: subscriptionsV2 as source of truth, grace period vs. account hold, acknowledgment, and accurate revenue reporting. **Kübra Güven** · Aug 31, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/google-play-billing-subscriptions)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance International VAT for US Streaming Subscriptions Learn how US-based D2C streaming subscription businesses can navigate international VAT, OSS, and cross-border sales tax to stay compliant globally. **Kamila Palka** · Aug 27, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/international-vat-for-us-streaming-subscriptions)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Stripe vs. Cleeng: Which Subscription Billing Setup Fits Your Business? Stripe vs. Cleeng: Stripe processes payments, but who owns your tax compliance? Compare both setups on fees, subscriber lifecycle, and Merchant of Record. **Enzo Bermond** · Jul 29, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/stripe-vs-cleeng-subscription-billing)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Payment Platforms for Subscriptions: Cleeng, Recurly, Chargebee & Paddle Compare Cleeng, Recurly, Chargebee, and Paddle for D2C payment solutions in 2025 and discover the best platform for global subscription payments. **Kamila Palka** · Apr 29, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/cleeng-recurly-chargebee-paddle-which-platforms-wins-at-global-subscription-payments)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Subscription Compliance: How to Scale Without the Regulatory Headache Automate subscription compliance to scale globally without regulatory headaches. Learn how to manage tax, data privacy, and payment security efficiently. **Enzo Bermond** · Mar 18, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/digital-subscription-compliance)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Why Every CTV Device Needs Different Payment Infrastructure Why is multi-platform billing crucial for CTV success? See how Cleeng’s unified payment solution streamlines subscriber management across Roku, Samsung, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV. **Kübra Güven** · Mar 4, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/ctv-payment-infrastructure)
### [ Company News SOC 2 Type II Renewed: Cleeng’s Commitment to Data Security Cleeng has renewed the SOC 2 Type II certification for another consecutive year. See what this security report means for content providers and subscribers. **Donald Res** · Feb 6, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/soc-2-type-2-certification-confirms-cleengs-commitment-to-data-security)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Subscription Revenue Optimization: 4 Key Benchmarks for 2026 Growth Optimize your 2026 subscription revenue with key benchmarks and strategies for increasing ARPU, long commit rates, web channel share, and Lifetime Value Ratio. **Kamila Palka** · Feb 3, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/d2c-subscription-revenue-optimization-4-key-benchmarks-for-growth)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Case Study: How Regional AI Reduced Fraud Costs by up to 97% See how Cleeng's regional AI fraud detection reduces fraud costs globally, optimizing revenue and enhancing payment efficiency for subscription businesses. **Kamila Palka** · Jan 16, 2026](https://blog.cleeng.com/regional-ai-fraud-prevention-tool-case-study)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance 14 Dunning Best Practices to Boost Subscription Renewals Boost subscription renewals with 14 actionable dunning strategies to recover revenue, reduce churn, and build customer loyalty. **Kamila Palka** · Dec 1, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/dunning-best-practices)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance How to Recover Subscription Payments with Dunning: Proven Strategies Optimize your subscription payment recovery with effective dunning settings. Learn how to reduce churn and boost revenue with Cleeng's advanced techniques. **Kamila Palka** · Nov 28, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/payment-recovery-strategy-dunning-settings)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Real-Time Fraud Detection: Building a Subscription Payment System Learn how to build a real-time fraud detection system for subscriptions. Discover the shift to pre-authorization checks and a multi-layered architecture with AI/ML. **Kamila Palka** · Nov 7, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/real-time-fraud-detection)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Payment Fraud Prevention and Detection: Guide for Subscriptions Learn about payment fraud detection and prevention in digital subscriptions and discover proven strategies, ensuring your growth and customer trust. **Kamila Palka** · Oct 24, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/payment-fraud-detection-prevention)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance How to Build a High-Converting Subscription Payment Connector Learn how to build a high-converting subscription payment connector that maximizes growth, retention, and global scalability for your D2C business. **Maciej Stempniak** · Oct 8, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/how-to-build-a-subscription-payment-connector)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Tax Calculation, Collection & Remittance for D2C Digital Subscriptions: 2026 Guide Guide to tax calculation, collection, and remittance for D2C digital subscriptions in 2025. Learn how to stay compliant around the world. **Kamila Palka** · Jul 2, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/tax-calculation-collection-remittance-for-d2c-digital-subscriptions-guide)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Why Local Payment Methods Are Key to Global Subscription Growth Learn why local payment methods are key to global subscription growth and how to integrate them for higher conversion rates and enhanced customer trust. **Kamila Palka** · Jun 2, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/local-payment-methods-for-global-subscription-growth)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance What is Involuntary Churn & How to Prevent Lost Revenue from Failed Payments Learn how to prevent involuntary churn and protect your subscription revenue with optimized payment recovery strategies and intelligent payment routing. **Kamila Palka** · May 23, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/involuntary-churn-how-to-prevent-lost-revenue-from-failed-subscription-payments)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance Apple’s iOS Payment Rules: Impact on Mobile Revenue & Why Web Payments Win Explore the implications of the latest iOS ruling for developers and how integrating web payments can unlock new revenue opportunities for mobile apps. **Kamila Palka** · May 19, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/apples-ios-payment-rules-impact-on-mobile-revenue-why-web-payments-win)
### [ Payments, Tax & Compliance How Adyen’s Real-Time Account Updater Reduces Subscriber Churn Cleeng has activated Adyen’s built-in Real-Time Account Updater to improve payment authorizations and decrease involuntary churn. **Kamila Palka** · May 19, 2025](https://blog.cleeng.com/adding-adyens-real-time-card-updater-to-tackle-involuntary-churn)
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