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Stripe rolls out card issuing product

Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, today announced three major updates to its core payments platform to help its millions of users increase their revenue: worldwide direct connectivity to six major card networks; a revenue optimization engine; and Stripe Issuing, now available to all US businesses.

23 April 2020

News/payments

Stripe raises $600m

Stripe has topped up its Series G funding round with an additional $600 million, with Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, GV, and Sequoia all pumping money into the payments juggernaut that is benefiting from the Covid-19-inspired online migration.

16 April 2020

News/sustainable

BofA global environmental exec: Addressing climate change goes beyond business-as-usual

Alex Liftman, global environmental executive, Bank of America (BofA), believes “significantly accelerating progress on addressing big global issues like climate change requires going beyond business-as-usual financing to find innovative approaches that can help attract a larger share of capital from a broader set of investors.”

08 April 2020

News/payments

Stripe leads $20 million round in one-click shopping startup Fast

Stripe has led a $20 million Series A funding round in San Fransisco-based one-click payments startup Fast.

26 March 2020

Company announcement/payments

Esker integrates with Stripe Connect

Esker, a worldwide leader in AI-driven process automation solutions and pioneer in cloud computing, today announced the integration of Stripe Connect, the technology infrastructure powering the world’s most ambitious platforms, to its core product.

11 February 2020

Company announcement/payments

Lightspeed joins forces with Stripe

Lightspeed (TSX: LSPD), the global point-of-sale and ecommerce platform, is partnering with Stripe to power in-store and online payments for retailers and restaurants in the US and Canada.

06 February 2020

Company announcement/payments

SplitIt teams up with Stripe

SplitIt, a global payment technology solution that enables no-fee installments on credit card purchases, has announced a partnership with Stripe, a global technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet.

28 January 2020

Company announcement/payments

Xero revamps payments with TransferWise, Stripe and GoCardless integration

Xero, the global small business platform, today announced major enhancements to payments on the platform, making it easier than ever for small businesses to set up card and debit payments for customer invoices, pay multiple bills quickly, and reconcile everything against their accounting ledger.

13 November 2019

News

SCA – no more kicking the can down the road

With the EBA announcing a revised deadline for migration to Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) of December 31st 2020, how have industry players reacted and what now needs to happen make the transition a success?

18 October 2019

News

Facebook's Libra project stumbles as more members quit

EBay, Stripe, Visa, Mastercard and Mercado Pago have followed PayPal in quitting Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency association, as the pushback from politicians and regulators gathers pace.

14 October 2019

Company announcement/payments

Stripe launches in Malaysia

Today, we’re happy to officially launch Stripe in Malaysia. Businesses all across the country can now easily accept and manage payments, and access the full Stripe stack including Billing, Connect, Radar and Sigma.

07 October 2019

News/startups

'Fintech-as-a-service' platform Rapyd raises $100m

Rapyd, a fintech-as-a-service' platform that enables businesses and consumers to pay or be paid however they choose for local and cross-border e-commerce transactions, has closed a $100 million funding round led by Oak HC/FT and joined by Stripe.

01 October 2019