PayPal, Rainforest join forces

PayPal and Rainforest have formed a payments partnership that embeds PayPal’s services directly into Rainforest’s platform for vertical SaaS providers, not an environmental or conservation initiative.

What the partnership does

• Rainforest’s software platform can now offer PayPal, Venmo, and PayPal Pay Later as built‑in payment options for merchants using vertical SaaS (e.g., niche industry software platforms).

• Merchants on those platforms can accept these methods without separate PayPal integrations, extra onboarding flows, or separate reporting streams.

Why it matters for payments

• The integration is pitched as a way to move volume away from cash and checks, speed up collections, and reduce time spent chasing unpaid invoices.

• Software platforms get a single integration that covers cards, ACH, and now PayPal, Venmo, and BNPL, with one deposit flow and unified reconciliation and support.

Strategic angle for PayPal and Rainforest

• PayPal frames vertical software as a key growth area as more commerce shifts into software-native workflows, so embedding in Rainforest broadens PayPal’s distribution into long‑tail vertical platforms.

• For Rainforest, adding PayPal’s wallet and BNPL options makes its embedded payments stack more complete and differentiated versus other payfac/embedded players.