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September 24, 2020 @ 4:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Wednesday it has formed a global commerce partnership with Salesforce to power Commerce Cloud Payments and advanced commerce experiences for enterprise customers. The duo is teaming up to help retailers adapt to a reported digital spending surge. “E-commerce spending has… Read More

August 17, 2020 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Payments platform Stripe recently announced it has appointed Dhivya Suryadevara as its new Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Stripe, Suryadevara served as Chief Financial Officer at the automobile brand, General Motors, where she oversaw financial operations amounting to over $100 billion in annual… Read More

August 10, 2020 @ 11:49 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Clear Books, which offers accounting and payroll software to more than 13,000 SMEs, has teamed up with payment processing company, Stripe. The integration should make it easier or more seamless for Clear Books customers to take card payments, which means that businesses will be able… Read More

July 23, 2020 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online notary platform Notarize announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with payments platform Stripe to keep notaries working, remotely and safely, from home during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Notarize reported that by integrating with Stripe Connect, Notarize can pay notaries on the same… Read More

June 30, 2020 @ 8:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Payments platform Stripe announced on Tuesday it is launching a series of products to help platforms and their business customers adapt as the economy reboots during the COVID-19 pandemic. Stripe reported that platforms it powers now have access to an enhanced toolkit, which will… Read More

May 28, 2020 @ 8:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Wednesday it is expanding its support for JCB payments. According to Stripe, JCB is a credit card network with more than 135 million cardholders worldwide and a share-of-wallet in Japan. Stripe also revealed that businesses using Stripe in Japan may… Read More

May 27, 2020 @ 10:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Wednesday it has expanded its services to five more European countries. Stripe reported it will be generally available in the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta.  While sharing more details about the launch, the Stripe team stated: “[We have]… Read More

May 8, 2020 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday it has formed a new partnership with payment installment platform, QuadPay, to power advanced buy-now-pay-later experiences that boost conversion and allows consumers to start shopping instantly through online and in-store. According to Stripe, QuadPay enables consumers to start shopping… Read More

April 23, 2020 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday its Stripe Issuing, which is an API that allows users to create and control virtual and physical cards, is now open to all U.S. businesses. According to Stripe, Stripe Issuing was created to help businesses manage how funds get spent…. Read More

April 16, 2020 @ 4:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday the extension of its Series G funding round. The company reported it is raising an additional $600 million from investors, which includes Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, GV, and Sequoia. Founded in 2010, Stripe describes itself as a technology company… Read More

April 5, 2020 @ 5:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

California-headquartered Stripe, a leading payments solution provider, has teamed up with Keap, a customer relations management (CRM) platform, in order to provide a better payment experience for customers. Keap confirmed that it has created an integration with Stripe to assist clients with improving their cash… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fast, a U.S.-based online login and checkout experience, announced on Thursday it secured $20 million through its Series A funding round, which was led by Stripe with participation from Index Ventures and Susa Ventures. Founded in 2019, Fast describes itself as a platform that enables… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 8:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday it has officially shut down all its offices and all employees, as well as on-site contractors, are working from home. Prior to this announcement, Stripe announced it closed its San Francisco office, but kept the offices in Amsterdam, Berlin,… Read More

February 11, 2020 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Castlery, a direct to consumer furniture store from Singapore, is now accepting in-person and online payments with payment platform Stripe. According to Stripe, Castlery sold its products online, and soon after ventured into offline retail with physical showrooms. “Handling both online and offline payments was… Read More

November 12, 2019 @ 1:55 am By Cali Haan  |  

CEO Patrick Collison of Stripe told Wired magazine last Friday that he’s, “very skeptical of anyone who’s adamant that crypto’s gonna work,” but said he thinks companies should experiment even if the chance of success seems slight. Collison reportedly made the comments while doing on… Read More

October 7, 2019 @ 4:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Monday it has launched its services in Malaysia. Stripe reported that businesses throughout the country may now easily accept and manage payments, as well as have access to the full Stripe stack, which includes Billing, Connect, Radar and Sigma. “More… Read More

September 30, 2019 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced last week it is set to open a new office in New York City. The company reported that it is going to be hiring for hundreds of roles across engineering, sales, marketing, partnerships, recruiting, and more in the next few years…. Read More

September 19, 2019 @ 9:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday it secured $250 million through latest funding round at a new pre-money valuation of $35 billion. Investors involved in the funding round included General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz. The latest round of funding comes just days after Stripe… Read More

September 10, 2019 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Monday it has launched its services in eight additional European countries. The countries are Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Greece, and Portugal. Stripe claimed since its launch in 2011 tens of thousands of businesses across Europe has asked the… Read More

September 5, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payments platform Stripe announced on Thursday the launch of its new service, Stripe Capital, which allows internet businesses running on Stripe to access funding. According to Stripe, Access to capital remains a challenge for most companies, especially online businesses, with banks deciding to cut their lending to… Read More