How PayPal went from Wall Street favorite to unwilling merger targetPayPal, once a Wall Street favourite and a pioneer in digital payments, is now facing a potential $53 billion takeover bid from Stripe and ...
21 Jul, 2026, 01.54 PM IST
How PayPal went from Wall Street favorite to unwilling merger targetThe company synonymous with digital payments this past week got a $53 billion offer to be taken private by upstart rival Stripe and buyout ...
21 Jul, 2026, 08.28 AM IST
PayPal board sees Stripe-Advent's $53 billion bid as undervaluing company, sources sayPayPal's board considers a $53 billion takeover bid from Stripe and Advent International as undervalued. The company has not formally respo...
17 Jul, 2026, 07.59 AM IST
PayPal shares jump over 15% after Stripe, Advent make $53 billion buyout offerPayPal shares surged after a reported $53 billion buyout offer from Stripe and Advent International, valuing the company at a premium. The ...
15 Jul, 2026, 07.56 PM IST
Govt's revamped chip push; Emergent turns unicornThe Union Cabinet has cleared the India Semiconductor Mission (ISM) 2.0 to boost domestic chip manufacturing. This and more in today's ETte...
15 Jul, 2026, 07.55 PM IST
Stripe, Advent offer to buy PayPal for more than $53 billion, sources sayPayments firm Stripe and Advent International have jointly offered to buy PayPal. Their offer values the company at over fifty-three billio...
15 Jul, 2026, 11.21 AM IST
Billdesk, Upgrad acquisitions; Anthropic's advances: an opportunityHappy Thursday! Billdesk is set to acquire Worldline's India business, while Upgrad has bought a majority stake in Internshala. This and mo...
26 Feb, 2026, 07.41 AM IST
Billdesk to buy Worldline India; OpenAI’s new Indian execBilldesk is set to acquire Worldline’s India business. This and more in today’s ETtech Top 5.
25 Feb, 2026, 07.43 PM IST
PayPal stock jumps over 7% after reports say Stripe may plan takeoverPayPal stock jumped after news that Stripe may try to buy the company. Reports said Stripe showed early interest, but nothing is final yet....
25 Feb, 2026, 03.49 AM IST
Road to a $3.7 trillion Stablecoin market is full of obstaclesStablecoins are on the brink of mainstream adoption, with the US Senate advancing legislation and major firms like PayPal and Amazon eyeing...
21 Jun, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
Regulation, deals and crypto: Fintech themes to watch in 2025The bankruptcy of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse Financial Technologies left thousands of fintech customers without access to funds h...
01 Jan, 2025, 08.14 PM IST
Stripe valuation hits $70 billion in Sequoia dealSequoia is reportedly offering to buy Stripe shares at $27.51. The venture capital firm offered that price to limited partners in funds rai...
16 Jul, 2024, 08.18 AM IST
Brazilian payment company Ebanx set to start India operations with Yes BankEbanx helps nearly 300 brands process payments in multiple countries across Latin America and Africa. It now wants to enter India, which wi...
07 May, 2024, 12.13 PM IST
Clear raises $75 million from Kora Capital, Stripe and othersStripe, the most valued startup in the US, last week made its first India acquisition with Recko
24 Oct, 2021, 09.23 PM IST
The future of money is digital, but is it bitcoin?Governments will borrow some elements of the distributed ledger technology behind private cryptocurrencies, but they will very much want to...
05 Mar, 2021, 09.20 AM IST
Sequoia Capital warns startups of Coronavirus ‘Black Swan’ eventSequoia has been a fixture of Silicon Valley for decades, helping fund generations of companies, including Apple Inc., Google, Instagram an...
06 Mar, 2020, 09.48 AM IST
Big tech is coming for banking: Experts predict fintech’s 2020Memorably, in 2019 Mark Zuckerberg defended Facebook Inc.’s plan to overhaul the world banking system in front of Congress. Our experts thi...
24 Dec, 2019, 09.51 AM IST