PayStand already runs WAF, CDN, Advanced DDoS, and DNS on Cloudflare — the security and performance layer in front of the B2B payments network. The next move is the network itself: run payment logic at the edge, govern the AI behind fraud and underwriting, and lock down financial systems — same platform, no new vendor, no new security review.
PayStand's payment APIs and web properties are already protected and accelerated by Cloudflare. Every expansion below lands on the same control plane, billed on the same agreement — no new vendor to onboard.
PayStand is a payments network and increasingly an AI-driven one. The transaction logic, the AI behind it, and the systems that hold the money all belong on the platform you already trust with the perimeter.
Run payment-processing and approval logic at the edge — sub-second decisions close to every customer, on the network already fronting your APIs. The core PayStand loop, faster and globally distributed.
If PayStand is applying AI to fraud detection or underwriting, put a control plane in front of it: per-model cost, caching, audit logs, and PII redaction before any provider sees financial data. Govern AI spend and risk without touching the model code.
Zero-egress storage for transaction and model data, and vector similarity for fraud and anomaly detection — served from the edge alongside the payment decision.
Replace VPN with identity-aware, least-privilege access to financial systems — and DLP to keep payment data and PII inside sanctioned apps. The access layer a payments company is held to.
The payments network is API-first. Add schema validation, discovery, and abuse protection on the endpoints that move money — completing the WAF and DDoS you already run.
B2B payments are a top target for business email compromise. Cloud email security blocks the invoice-fraud and credential-phishing campaigns aimed at finance teams — on the same platform.
You've already cleared vendor selection, security review, and a production deployment of the security layer. Adding the runtime, the AI governance, and the access layer is a configuration conversation, not a new-vendor evaluation — and it puts the payments engine on the platform you already trust with its perimeter. 30 minutes, no slides.