[wayfinder]

I used to work at a medium-sized non-tech company (<200 employees) that had a fair amount of IT staff. Stripe is expensive asf and we always talked with banks and payment processors directly.

We never stored CVVs or any of that insane nonsense though. Our systems only ever saw CC info in transit but they were never stored on-site.

God I miss that company. Working with smart people is great.