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AfterPay scores BNPL collaboration deal with Stripe

Australian buy now, pay later giant AfterPay has entered a transformational partnership that will give merchants using Stripe code the opportunity to offer customers the option of installment-based purchases.

24 February 2021

News/people

Mark Carney joins Stripe board

Former governor of the bank of England Mark Carney has joined the Board of directors of hot Web payments firm Stripe.

22 February 2021

News/startups

Stripe and Levchin back B2B digital payments startup Balance

Balance, a digital checkout platform for B2B businesses has emerged from stealth mode with $5.5 million in seed funding from, among others, Max Levchin's SciFi VC and Stripe.

03 February 2021

News/startups

Stripe joins $35 million funding round in payroll startup Check

Stripe has continued its investment splurge, joining a $35 million funding round in payroll infrastructure startup Check.

28 January 2021

News/startups

Stripe leads $102m funding round for one-click shopping startup Fast

Stripe has co-led a $102 million Series B funding round for San Francisco-based one-click payments startup Fast.

26 January 2021

News/predictions

Dimon 'scared shitless' by fintechs; calls out Plaid

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon says incumbent banks should be "scared shitless" by fintech rivals, adding that some - including Plaid - are competing unfairly.

18 January 2021

News/payments

CES 2021: Stripe and Plaid reveal Covid-19 ‘pressed fast forward’ on digital payments acceptance

As Andrew B. Morris from The Fintech Agenda, LLC highlights at CES 2021, the dark clouds of Covid-19 had a silver lining for the fintech industry. Unicorns Stripe and Plaid supported the global shift to a contactless economy, helping businesses deliver products and services to consumers who had collectively formed new daily habits for everything. Ginger Baker and Erika Wool explain what's next for the payments giants.

13 January 2021

News/payments

Stripe cuts ties with Trump

Stripe has cut off the processing of payments for Donald Trump's campaigning Website amid widespread condemnation of the outgoing President's role in stoking up mob violence on Capitol Hill.

11 January 2021

News/startups

Using fintech to bypass incremental innovation

Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures shared the virtual stage with Jillian Manus, managing partner of Structure Capital at Singapore Fintech Week 2020 for an optimistic outlook on all that is possible with technology.

09 December 2020

Company announcement/payments

Stripe inks deal with subscription management platform provider Zuora

Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: ZUO) a leading subscription management platform provider, today announced a strategic partnership with Stripe to accelerate the growth of the Subscription Economy®.

08 December 2020

News/wholesale

Stripe makes banking-as-a-service play

Stripe has brought in several big name banks to back its new banking-as-a-service API that lets online businesses embed financial services in their platforms.

03 December 2020

News/startups

Celebrities join $50m funding round for teen banking app Step

Step, a teenager-focused US mobile banking startup, has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round led by Coatue and joined by Stripe and a host of celebrities.

02 December 2020