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Payments processor Stripe expresses interest in PayPal

Stripe has become one of the industry’s most coveted players

The company has almost US$2 trillion in annual transaction volume and has the “most prominent US P2P network” in Venmo.

PayPal attracts takeover interest after stock slump

The company now finds itself in a rut with its customers increasingly turning to alternative ways to pay for things

PayPal reported a revenue of US$8.7 billion for the holiday quarter of 2025, missing the estimate of US$8.8 billion.

PayPal sees 2026 profit below estimates, names Enrique Lores as CEO

Its lower surplus is due to weaker US retail spending and slower growth in its branded checkout segment

PayPal already has a banking license in Luxembourg.

PayPal applies to become a bank as US loosens regulatory reins

The application comes on the heels of a number of cryptocurrency firms gaining preliminary regulatory approval to become banks last week

With consumers continuing to show spending strength, PayPal raised its 2025 adjusted earnings-per-share forecast to US$5.35 to US$5.39.

PayPal raises earnings guidance after announcing OpenAI deal

The company reports 37% surge in Q3 transaction, credit losses to US$483m

PayPal has framed PYUSD as an experiment in US dollar-backed innovation, offering the speed of crypto with the trust of a public company.

Paxos mistakenly issues US$300 trillion of PayPal stablecoin

Plenty of so-called fat-finger errors have happened in crypto before

PayPal has been separately expanding a suite of offerings that allow customers to pay with cryptocurrencies.

PayPal and Google expand partnership to power agentic commerce

The companies are working to establish standards to ensure merchants, consumers and autonomous AI agents are operating with sufficient risk controls and safety features

Merchants that use PayPal will also be able to accept payments from those wallets without having to invest in new technology to integrate with the various providers.

PayPal to create global digital wallet platform with Tenpay, UPI

The company also plans to add artificial intelligence and stablecoin use cases to the digital wallet platform at some point

Fintechs raised nearly US$24 billion globally in the first three quarters of 2024 and represent a growing competitive threat to traditional banks and asset managers.

Drama-prone fintechs face mixed regulatory environment in 2025

UPSTART financial firms that provide services such as early paycheck access or buy-now, pay-later (BNPL) plans have attracted rising interest from customers and investors alike. Fintechs raised nearly...

PayPal's third-quarter revenue jumped 6 per cent to US$7.85 billion but missed estimate of US$7.89 billion.

PayPal forecasts Q4 revenue below estimates as profit push puts growth behind

PAYPAL forecast fourth-quarter revenue below estimates on Tuesday (Oct 29) as the digital payments company shifts its focus to higher-margin businesses from aggressive expansion, sending its shares do...