Stripe's Singapore launch kick-starts its Asian expansion
It plans to eventually enter Japan and Hong Kong
Add BT as a preferred sourceSingapore
STRIPE Inc, the US payment startup backed by Sequoia Capital and PayPal founders Peter Thiel and Elon Musk, is bringing its service to Singapore to help local startups build online businesses.
The Tuesday launch kick-starts the San Francisco-based company's plan to expand in Asia following forays into Europe and Australia, president John Collison said. Stripe plans to eventually enter Japan and Hong Kong, where it is undergoing beta-testing.
TRENDING NOW
‘Even a CEO’s job can be replaced by AI’: DBS CEO Tan Su Shan bets big on agentic AI
Xi Jinping has just rewritten the rules of US-China rivalry
Singapore developer in limbo after Timor-Leste scraps major township project
‘Whole deck of cards just toppled’: FoodXervices’ Nichol Ng on how a 92-year-old family business unravelled – and what’s next
