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Why Is PayPal Stock Surging? Stripe's $53 Billion Buyout Offer Marks a Major Shift in Fintech

Stripe and Advent's $53 billion bid for PayPal highlights a strategic shift towards consolidation in fintech, valuing PayPal's global network over its beaten-down stock price.

International Business Times UK · Jul 15

PayPal Stock Surges Nearly 15% in Premarket as Stripe and Advent International Reportedly Propose $53 Billion Joint Acquisition

Shares of PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL) surged 14.86% in pre-market trading on Wednesday following a report that Stripe and Advent International have proposed a joint acquisition of the digital payments firm in a deal valued at over $53 billion.

Benzinga · Jul 15

Visa’s Open USD Push Puts Circle’s Stablecoin Moat Under Pressure

A 140-member consortium launched Open USD with shared-yield architecture, pressuring Circle's reserve-based model while benefiting Visa and other legacy payment networks.

MarketBeat · Jul 5

Consumer device giant LG Electronics to launch blockchain to place and sell ads

LG Electronics worked with the crypto protocol Arbitrum to develop its own blockchain.

Fortune · Jun 11

Mastercard launches protocol to let AI agents pay each other, send micropayments

Agent Pay for Machines is one of a slew of recent attempts from big companies to build payment networks optimized for AI.

Fortune · Jun 10

SuperAI Singapore 2026 Sells Out: Asia's Largest AI Event Brings Together 10,000 Global Innovators

SINGAPORE, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- SuperAI Singapore 2026 has officially sold out, bringing 10,000 attendees to Marina Bay Sands this week for Asia's largest AI event. The event convenes AI leaders, frontier technologists, investors, researchers and builders from across 150+ countries, representing more than 1,500 of the world's most…

AAP · Jun 10

Visa and Mastercard are planning to shake up the stablecoin market—but pulling it off won’t be easy

There are talks of a rumored consortium involving Stripe, Coinbase and others. But don’t count on it happening.

Fortune · Jun 8

Why design keeps losing arguments it should be winning

Design does not need to become more efficient. It needs to become harder to override.

Creative Bloq · Jun 8

Hackers abused Stripe and Google Tag Manager to launch a credit card theft campaign and host stolen payment details

Google Tag Manager is also abused in this campaign.

TechRadar · Jun 5

Circle Stock Slips as Stripe, Visa, Mastercard Explore Stablecoin Platform

Circle stock sinks on reports of Stripe, Visa, and Mastercard nearing launch of a joint stablecoin platform. But should you buy the dip in CRCL shares today?

Barchart · Jun 3