# Tag: Stripe

Posts tagged Stripe.

- [EP 49: How Stripe Handles Global Payments Technology](https://scaleengineer.com/blog/how-stripe-handles-global-payments-technology)
  - Stripe utilizes a tech stack of Ruby and JavaScript to enable secure, compliant global payments and currency conversion.
- [EP 61: How Stripe achieved 99.999% uptime with DocDB (Document Database)](https://scaleengineer.com/blog/how-stripe-achieved-99-999-uptime-with-docdb-document-database)
  - Stripe achieved 99.999% uptime by building DocDB, a custom solution on MongoDB, enabling efficient data migration, scaling, and high availability.
- [EP 68: How Stripe uses Similarity Clustering to detect fraud](https://scaleengineer.com/blog/how-stripe-uses-similarity-clustering-to-detect-fraud)
  - Stripe uses similarity clustering with XGBoost to detect fraud, linking accounts by shared traits to block fraud rings in real-time and reduce false positives.
- [How Stripe Scales its APIs using Rate Limiters](https://scaleengineer.com/blog/how-stripe-scales-its-apis-using-rate-limiters)
  - Stripe uses token buckets, concurrency limits & load shedders to scale APIs, prevent abuse & keep critical traffic flowing reliably.