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Stripe Buys Lemon Squeezy in Bid to Scale Merchant of Record Selling
Acquisitions // July 29, 2024

Payments processing startup Lemon Squeezy has been acquired by Stripe. Lemon Squeezy announced the acquisition on its blog last week, saying the deal marks a culmination of a relationship that began when the company was founded in 2021. “Along the way, we received many acquisition...

Stripe and Coinbase Integrate Crypto Services
Cryptocurrency // June 27, 2024

Stripe and Coinbase have partnered to expand the global adoption of cryptocurrency and provide faster, cheaper financial infrastructure. This collaboration aims to serve businesses and people around the world, Coinbase said in a Thursday (June 27) blog post. With this partnership, Stripe will add USDC...

Stripe Co-Founders Say They’re Building ‘Software-Defined Financial Services’
Fintech Investments // April 24, 2024

Today’s customers of the FinTech industry are no longer asking just for ways to accept online payments; they’re asking for “software-defined financial services.” So said Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison Wednesday (April 24) during the opening keynote of the company’s annual user conference held in San Francisco. While they...

Stripe’s John Collison: The Best Of The Connected Future Is Still To Come
Commerce Connected // June 24, 2021

When Stripe President and Co-founder John Collison and PYMNTS Karen Webster were contemplating the future of the Connected Economy, they recalled the past, specifically 2005 when the dot-com bubble burst and the overwhelming pessimists overtook the market when it came to the topic of the...

Quick Reads
Stripe Enables Merchants to Accept Stablecoin Payments for Online Transactions

October 10, 2024
In the first 24 hours of allowing its merchants to accept stablecoin payments for online transactions on its platform, Stripe reportedly saw that customers from more than 70 countries made purchases with that form of payment. Stripe authorized its merchants in the United States to receive the Circle-issued USDC through their online checkout pages, beginning […]

Stripe Buys Lemon Squeezy in Bid to Scale Merchant of Record Selling

July 29, 2024
Payments processing startup Lemon Squeezy has been acquired by Stripe. Lemon Squeezy announced the acquisition on its blog last week, saying the deal marks a culmination of a relationship that...

Stripe and Coinbase Integrate Crypto Services

June 27, 2024
Stripe and Coinbase have partnered to expand the global adoption of cryptocurrency and provide faster, cheaper financial infrastructure. This collaboration aims to serve businesses and people around the world, Coinbase...

Stripe Co-Founders Say They’re Building ‘Software-Defined Financial Services’

April 24, 2024
Today’s customers of the FinTech industry are no longer asking just for ways to accept online payments; they’re asking for “software-defined financial services.” So said Stripe co-founders Patrick Collison and John Collison Wednesday (April 24) during...