Tagged: john collison

August 8, 2023 @ 9:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, recently announced that Steffan Tomlinson will join the company as chief financial officer. Steffan reportedly has more than 25 years of experience “in the finance industry, most notably with Confluent, Google Cloud, and Palo Alto Networks.” According to… Read More

April 11, 2023 @ 11:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, released its annual letter from Cofounders John and Patrick Collison. The letter “takes stock of Stripe’s business, reflects on the past year, and shares the Collisons’ views on the trends shaping the online economy.” Collectively, businesses built on… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 3:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stripe, a leading Fintech in the payments and transaction sector, has raised $6.5 billion (€6.15 billion) at a $50 billion (€47 billion) valuation. The “Series I” round took a significant haircut from its last round. In 2022, Stripe raised money at a $74 billion valuation. … Read More

November 24, 2021 @ 2:20 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

While Stripe does not currently accept cryptocurrencies as payment, the are monitoring the space and could change that policy in the future, its co-founder and president said today. Speaking at the Fintech Abu Dhabi Festival, John Collison noted his company and cryptocurrencies were founded within… Read More

March 15, 2021 @ 8:26 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Fintech firm Stripe, an Irish-American payment processing service, has secured $600 million (appr. €500 million) through a funding round. Stripe is now valued at around $95 billion (appr. €80 billion). Investors that took part in Stripe’s investment round include Allianz X, Axa, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Mark Carney, the former Bank of England Governor, has joined Stripe’s board of directors. Carney joins the board in advance of a new funding round that is said to value the Fintech at between $70 to $100 billion, according to reports. In early 2020, Stripe… Read More

July 28, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Payments startup Stripe landed a new round of funding from investors including American Express, Visa and Sequoia Capital, valuing the San Francisco-based company at $5 billion. According to the announcement, Stripe signed an agreement with Visa to work on digital transactions such as website ‘buy… Read More