Stripe news and trends

PayPal’s New CEO Bets on Going It Alone After $50 Billion Buyout Stalls
Consumer Payments // September 13, 2026

PayPal is moving forward without a buyer, at least for now. CEO Enrique Lores is building a plan to run the payments giant as a stand-alone company after a proposed $50 billion-plus sale fell apart this summer. Many investors still doubt he can turn the...

Anthropic Wants More Control Over Its Payments Stack
Artificial Intelligence // September 08, 2026

Anthropic’s revenue jumped to more than $11.5 billion in its second quarter, up from $787 million a year earlier, CNBC reported. That pace of growth is pushing the company to weigh a harder question than most startups face: keep renting its financial infrastructure or start...

X Moves US Creator Payouts From Stripe to X Money
Social Commerce // September 02, 2026

Social platform X is moving U.S. creator payouts to its own payments service, X Money, as it expands the role of its financial products within the platform. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...

Stripe Adds Online Legal Services Firm Clerky to Its Fold
Acquiring // September 01, 2026

Online legal services company Clerky says it is now part of payments giant Stripe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing...

Interviews & Exclusives
Stripe’s Deal Targets Money and Machine Intelligence

August 17, 2026
The next corporate spender may not carry a company card, submit an expense report or even be a person. It may be software. Technology markets can create value at abstraction layers. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins […]

Stripe, Banks Tell Congress Payment Rules No Longer Fit Modern Commerce

June 25, 2026
Lawmakers spent much of Wednesday wrestling with a question that reaches well beyond faster payments: whether a regulatory framework built for deposit-taking banks can continue to govern a financial system...

Stripe Thinks the Subscription Model Needs a Usage-Based Upgrade

March 06, 2026
Stripe has introduced new artificial intelligence (AI)-focused metering and billing capabilities inside Stripe Billing, giving software companies infrastructure to charge for AI consumption the way cloud providers charge for compute:...

Stars Align for Passkeys but Will Adoption Follow?

February 26, 2026
A merchant’s returning customer attempts to complete a $1,800 luxury purchase on a mobile device, mistypes a password twice, triggers a reset email and leaves before the link arrives. Get...

Quick Reads
PayPal’s New CEO Bets on Going It Alone After $50 Billion Buyout Stalls

September 13, 2026
PayPal is moving forward without a buyer, at least for now. CEO Enrique Lores is building a plan to run the payments giant as a stand-alone company after a proposed $50 billion-plus sale fell apart this summer. Many investors still doubt he can turn the business around alone. Get the Full Story Complete the form […]

X Moves US Creator Payouts From Stripe to X Money

September 02, 2026
Social platform X is moving U.S. creator payouts to its own payments service, X Money, as it expands the role of its financial products within the platform. Get the Full...

Stripe Adds Online Legal Services Firm Clerky to Its Fold

September 01, 2026
Online legal services company Clerky says it is now part of payments giant Stripe. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...

Advent, Stripe Abandon $50 Billion Pursuit of PayPal

August 28, 2026
The blockbuster PayPal buyout could be off. Advent International and Stripe have reportedly walked away from their pursuit of the payments pioneer, ending months of speculation over a deal that...