Stripe

Stripe is a global technology company that enables businesses to accept and process online payments. Founded in 2010, Stripe serves over 100,000 businesses in more than 100 countries with a suite of payment processing tools, including payment gateways, fraud prevention, and subscription management. Key executives include co-founders Patrick and John Collison, and the company has divisions in San Francisco, Seattle, Dublin, and Singapore. Competitors include PayPal, Square, and Adyen.

Recent Articles about Stripe

Patrick Collison. Photo by Getty Images.

Stripe’s Early Stock Awards Could Spur IPO Plans

By Kate Clark, Mark Matousek and Maria Heeter · Sep 22, 2022 2:00pm PDT · 4 comments

Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison have indicated the payments software pioneer, valued in its last fundraising at $95 billion, is in no rush to go public. And few tech firms want to test the whipsawed public stock markets. But a new listing could solve one looming problem for the 13-year-old startup: Stock awards to some of its earliest... Stripe founders John and Patrick Collison have indicated the payments software pioneer, valued in...

Ceartas CEO and founder Dan Purcell. Credit: Dan Purcell

Creator Economy

The Startup Scraping the Internet for Stolen Content; OpenSea Layoffs; LTK Inks Deal With Stripe

By Mahira Dayal · Jul 14, 2022 3:15pm PDT

Creators frequently find that other internet users have replicated their videos, photos and text without permission. Some people see this as an inconvenience, but the stakes are higher for creators who are harassed, threatened or demeaned when others misuse their photos or videos online.Ceartas, a startup that uses algorithms to search the... Creators frequently find that other internet users have replicated their videos, photos and text...

From left: Stripe's Patrick Collison, Mike Clayville and John Collison. Images via Stripe; YouTube. Art by Mike Sullivan

Stripe’s Growing Pains: A Payments Star Hits Snags in Push for Big Businesses

By Becky Peterson · Jun 13, 2022 6:00am PDT

Late last year, Stripe gave its employees an enticing new choice: They could either receive their annual bonuses in cash, as they had for years, or they could opt to take some of it as equity in the rocketing payments startup, which was then turning heads with a funding round that had valued it at $95 billion. But it told one group of Stripe... Late last year, Stripe gave its employees an enticing new choice: They could either receive their...

Brian Dammeir. Art by Adyen.

This Stripe Competitor Says the Future of Payments Is on the Phone

By Malique Morris · Jun 2, 2022 10:39am PDT · 1 comment

Brian Dammeir. Art by Adyen.

This Stripe Competitor Says the Future of Payments Is on the Phone

By Malique Morris · Jun 2, 2022 10:39am PDT · 1 comment

After a huge surge during the pandemic, growth in online shopping is slowing. Inflation and worries about a possible recession have cast a cloud over retail. Payments players sit at the intersection of these factors. “There was a catapult during Covid, and then there’s a normalization now,” said Brian Dammeir, president of... After a huge surge during the pandemic, growth in online shopping is slowing. Inflation and...

Fast CEO Domm Holland at a company event. Photo: Fast

Stripe-Backed ‘Fast’ Seeks Buyer After Struggling to Raise Capital

By Malique Morris and Jessica E. Lessin · Mar 31, 2022 8:56pm PDT · 8 comments

Fast, a startup that develops one-click checkout software for online merchants, is trying to find a buyer after failing to raise a new round of funding, according to two people with knowledge of the situation. Fast has raised about $120 million from investors including payments firm Stripe and Index ventures, but its main product, which helps... Fast, a startup that develops one-click checkout software for online merchants, is trying to find...

Fast HQ in San Francisco. Photo by Fast.

Stripe-Backed Fast Puts Job Cuts on the Table as It Tries to Raise Money

By Malique Morris and Kate Clark · Mar 30, 2022 10:30am PDT · 1 comment

Domm Holland, CEO of one-click checkout startup Fast, is telling potential new investors that the company plans to cut hundreds of jobs, a person with direct knowledge of the matter told The Information. The cuts would mark a dramatic setback for the three-year-old Fast, which has raised a total of $124 million from payments giant Stripe and... Domm Holland, CEO of one-click checkout startup Fast, is telling potential new investors that the...

Photo by Fast.

Why Stripe’s ‘Fast’ Horse Is Losing the One-Click Checkout Race

By Malique Morris · Mar 29, 2022 6:00am PDT · 7 comments

Several startups have been racing to sell software known as one-click checkout to retailers such as The Honest Company and Forever 21 to speed up how their customers pay for products online. But Fast, the only startup in the field backed by payments provider Stripe, has been slow to grow its business and is far behind rivals. The San... Several startups have been racing to sell software known as one-click checkout to retailers such...

A display in the CoinUnited cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong. Photo: Bloomberg

LimeWire Adds to Brands Launching NFT Efforts; Stripe Digs Deeper into Crypto

By Aidan Ryan · Mar 10, 2022 4:44pm PST

A display in the CoinUnited cryptocurrency exchange in Hong Kong. Photo: Bloomberg

LimeWire Adds to Brands Launching NFT Efforts; Stripe Digs Deeper into Crypto

By Aidan Ryan · Mar 10, 2022 4:44pm PST

One main takeaway from my conversation with Volition Capital founding partner and GameStop board member Larry Cheng—published in yesterday’s edition of Crypto Global—is that a strong sense of community is vital to successful NFT initiatives. “You either have to have a very engaged community or you have to have the capacity to build one,” he... One main takeaway from my conversation with Volition Capital founding partner and GameStop board...

The People With Power at Stripe After COO Steps Back

By Kate Clark · Jan 31, 2022 6:00am PST · 1 comment

A public listing of online payments giant Stripe, which could occur as soon as this year, will be a major event on Wall Street. Stripe was valued at $95 billion in a March fundraising but is worth $225 billion or higher based on offers in the secondary market for private shares. That puts the spotlight on the core group of Stripe executives who... A public listing of online payments giant Stripe, which could occur as soon as this year, will be...