Tagged: stripe

May 2, 2023 @ 11:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Stripe are launching a new feature on Microsoft Teams that will empower companies “to unlock new revenue streams and grow their business – all with the simple touch of a button.” Introducing Teams Payments, a solution that “enables meeting hosts to… Read More

April 24, 2023 @ 6:51 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced that its suite of unified commerce solutions is now available in Australia, “including Stripe Terminal with Tap to Pay on Android for in-person contactless payments.” In Australia, over three-quarters of consumer payments are “made with cards.” By… Read More

April 15, 2023 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe now enables merchants to embed the acceptance of digital payments, “with a full suite of developer-first tools that makes the entire payments experience seamless.” Stripe is not only a key player within Fintech, but has also “grown to become one of the most valuable… Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 4:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Affirm (NASDAQ: AFRM) is expanding its offerings north by moving into Canada. Affirm is a top buy now pay later (BNPL) platform founded by Max Levchin, who also co-founded PayPal. The expansion into Canada is being enabled by another big Fintech – Stripe, which now… 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

April 1, 2023 @ 1:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Regpack, a software leader that enables quick and simple automation of billing and other business processes, announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. With Stripe, Regpack will “enable its customers to expand services and receive payments in Euros, Yen and the… Read More

March 16, 2023 @ 7:33 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced OpenAI has chosen Stripe to power payments as it “moves to commercialize its groundbreaking ChatGPT and DALL·E generative AI technologies.” Stripe is also “incorporating OpenAI’s new natural language technology, GPT-4, into its products and services.” Peter Welinder,… 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

March 7, 2023 @ 7:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wix.com Ltd. (NASDAQ: WIX), a global SaaS platform to create, manage and grow an online presence, announced an extended partnership with Stripe in order “to bring Tap to Pay on iPhone to U.S.-based Wix merchants.” This enables Wix merchants “to accept secure, contactless payments directly… Read More

March 1, 2023 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Socotra announced the launch of Socotra CorePlus, a line of complete insurance IT solutions composed of Socotra Connected Core, seamlessly integrated via Socotra App MarketPlace with software and data providers, including Mendix, Snapsheet, and Stripe. Socotra CorePlus is designed to decrease risk and costs, while… Read More

February 26, 2023 @ 4:32 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced the expansion of its network tokens and card account updater in partnership with Visa, Mastercard, and American Express. Together, these features “help businesses protect revenue, increase authorization rates, and reduce the churn that occurs when customers’ credit… Read More

February 22, 2023 @ 6:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced the launch of Enhanced Issuer Network, a set of partnerships with major US card issuers. Stripe provides secure access “to transaction fraud scores from Stripe Radar, its fraud prevention solution, through an encrypted pathway with issuers including… Read More

January 28, 2023 @ 7:22 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe Inc., which is one of Silicon Valley’s most valuable Fintechs, is reportedly getting closer to what might be one of the largest public-market entries in recent times. Stripe co-founders Patrick and John Collison told company workers that the firm’s executives set a goal of… Read More

December 2, 2022 @ 7:30 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

FASTAF, which claims to be an ultrafast delivery startup supported by former NBA star Baron Davis, launches one of the “first” cryptocurrency-powered commerce platforms through partnerships with Stripe and Solana. As noted in the update shared with CI, FastAF says it is the “first” and… Read More

November 13, 2022 @ 1:01 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

YouWrk, which claims it is recruitment that “works for everyone,” blending the “best” of digital and human, with Stripe-powered technology and “hands on account management,” has raised 95% (£143,344.58) of its £150,000 target from 87 investors with 9 days left (at the time of writing)… Read More

November 3, 2022 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stripe has issued a statement that it has cut 14% of its workforce as the challenging economy of sky-high inflation, rising interest rates, and slowing business activity hits home. Stripe said they expect to return to their February headcount of 7000 employees. In a letter… Read More

October 30, 2022 @ 12:18 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe recently announced its general availability in Thailand, where its financial infrastructure platform will “help solve the complex payments issues facing Thai businesses.” Tee Chayakul, Thailand country director at Stripe, said: “Thailand’s digital economy is one of the fastest growing in Southeast Asia. However, moving… Read More

October 18, 2022 @ 7:03 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Wio Bank PJSC, the region’s first platform bank, has announced a partnership with Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, which will “enable SMEs in the UAE to access the power of e-commerce faster and more easily and conveniently.” Through this partnership, Wio Business, the… Read More

September 27, 2022 @ 10:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses, announced that the life insurance and pensions company Irish Life has chosen Stripe as “a strategic payments provider for its Smart Invest app.” The partnership will “make it easier for Smart Invest users to initiate both one-off and… Read More

September 25, 2022 @ 7:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

CommentSold, the  live video commerce solution enabling retail businesses to unlock sales growth through live selling, announced the launch of its point of sale (POS) system built on Stripe, a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. This addition to CommentSold’s suite of solutions for retailers “gives… Read More