"But executives in the survey also revealed they're already paying a steep 'engineering tax'—with as much as a quarter of their engineering teams dedicated to maintaining fragile checkout flows. At Spreedly, our open payments platform helps companies unlock value and reduce losses—without needing to keep expanding engineering teams just to maintain checkout." Additional findings from the "State of Checkout 2025" survey: The most common causes of failed checkouts today are customer abandonment (29%) and unsupported payment methods (28%). Survey methodologyThe "State of Checkout 2025" survey was conducted by Talker Research ( www.talkerresearch.com ) on behalf of Spreedly in August 2025. The survey polled 500 senior U.S.-based executives (VP and C-Suite) across retail, travel, financial services, technology, manufacturing, healthcare, and other sectors.