Stripe hires PayPal veteran to steer Asia-Pacific business

PAYMENTS startup firm Stripe has hired a veteran from PayPal to head its business in the Asia-Pacific, The Business Times understands.

Rahul Shinghal, who was last PayPal's Singapore-based head of small and medium-sized businesses across several international markets, joined Stripe this month to lead the Asia-Pacific business, he said in a LinkedIn post.

Mr Shinghal spent more than four years as head of PayPal's South-east Asia business, and, all in, had close to a decade of experience with the online payments giant. He will remain based in Singapore for Stripe.