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Stripe and Advent’s $53 Billion Bid for PayPal: A Preemptive Play at a Discount
On Tuesday, July 14th after the market close Stripe and private equity firm Advent International submitted a joint offer to acquire PayPal for $60.50 per
Securitize Lists on NYSE, Tokenizes Its Own Shares in RWA Milestone
On July 2, 2026, Securitize completed its SPAC merger with Cantor Equity Partners II (CEPT) and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under
Stripe-Backed Coalition Launches OUSD, a Stablecoin That Shares the Yield
Investors should be aware that on June 30, 2026, the Open Standard consortium, led by Zach Abrams, co-founder of the Stripe-owned company Bridge, introduced Open
WhatsApp Wants to Be Your Wallet: Why WhatsApp Just Hired India’s Most Exclusive Fintech
Meta’s (NASDAQ: META) appointment of Kunal Shah, founder of the Bengaluru-based fintech CRED, to head WhatsApp, alongside a $900 million investment in CRED at a
Why Payoneer Sold — and Why Nuvei Paid $2.75 Billion to Buy It
Private equity owned Nuvei is acquiring Payoneer Global Inc. (NASDAQ: PAYO) in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $2.75 billion, or $7.40 per share. The
Stripe: The Developer Bet That Became a $159B Payments Empire
Stripe is a large, privately held, US based, global fintech company and payments infrastructure provider. Its core innovation was being the first to build an