Payment service Stripe considering acquiring PayPal
Stripe Considers Acquisition of All or Parts of PayPal (PYPL) - Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-24/payments-processor-stripe-expresses-interest-in-paypal
PayPal pops nearly 7% on report Stripe is weighing an acquisition
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/24/paypal-stock-stripe-acquisition-report.html
Stripe considering buying PayPal or acquiring some of its business - Bloomberg | Reuters
https://jp.reuters.com/markets/japan/L2BVTONGHBLVJJQSMBJYNL5BMI-2026-02-25/
Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that Stripe is considering acquiring PayPal. Stripe is a privately held company with an estimated enterprise value of $159 billion (approximately 24.76 trillion yen). According to its 2025 annual report, its business scale is expected to reach $1.9 trillion (approximately 300 trillion yen).
Stripe publishes 2025 annual letter and announces tender offer to provide liquidity to current and former employees
https://stripe.com/jp/newsroom/news/stripe-2025-update
PayPal, on the other hand, is a payment service launched by renowned entrepreneur Peter Thiel's Confinity. After Confinity merged with Elon Musk's X.com in 2000, the company name became PayPal Inc.
Although the company took advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to benefit from the rise in online transactions, it has since struggled due to the slowdown in growth in the payments industry, with its corporate value falling by one-third by 2025. Restructuring efforts were unsuccessful, and CEO Alex Kriss stepped down in February 2026.
Following the news of the acquisition, PayPal's stock price closed up nearly 7%.
Neither company has commented on the acquisition.
Stripe co-founder and president John Collison told CNBC that there are no immediate plans for an IPO, citing it as a distraction from the company's current product and business growth.
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