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Fintech giant Stripe circles possible PayPal acquisition: Bloomberg

RT Watson / theblock - Founded in the 1990s, PayPal is considered a pioneer in facilitating internet payments and normalizing digital wallets.


Live rumor: Stripe in talks to buy PayPal

Stripe eyes shock acquisition of PayPal as valuation hits $159 billion

9 days / dataconomy / Aytun Çelebi

Stripe is reportedly eyeing deal to buy some or all of PayPal

10 days / techcrunch / Dominic-Madori Davis

Stripe reportedly makes offer to acquire PayPal

10 days / ycombinator

Fintech giant Stripe circles possible PayPal acquisition: Bloomberg

10 days / theblock / RT Watson

PayPal pops nearly 7% on report fintech startup Stripe is weighing an acquisition

10 days / cnbc


Other: non-deal Stripe coverage

Why Stripe isn't worried about an AI bubble

9 days / sources / Alex Heath


Payments shakeup: merger would reorder the industry

Stripe and PayPal Combination Would Reorder the Payments Landscape

10 days / pymnts / PYMNTS


Stablecoins and crypto: implications of a Stripe-PayPal tie-up

Stripe in Early Talks on Potential PayPal Deal: Bloomberg

10 days / decrypt / Vince Dioquino

Payments giant Stripe reportedly mulling PayPal acquisition. Here is what it means for crypto

10 days / coindesk / Krisztian Sandor

'Stablecoin Summer': Stripe Makes Tender Offer at $159 Billion Valuation

10 days / decrypt / Logan Hitchcock


All Other Stories

Stripe might be looking to buy PayPal, or parts of it, per early reports.

10 days / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 4:21 pm / permalink 19685 / 11 stories in 10 days


Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Catalyst and others

Ekemini / ventureburn - Xflow, an Indian startup focused on cross-border payments, just raised $16.6 million in Series A funding. General Catalyst led the round, and PayPal Ventures joined in, along with Lightspeed, Stripe,The post Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Cataly…

#startups #vc #fintech #enterprise #banking #business #asia #payments #api #paypal

Xflow Raises $16.6M from PayPal, General Catalyst and others

10 days / ventureburn / Ekemini

Xflow Raises $16.6 Mn Funding, Secures Full PA-CB Licence

10 days / inc42 / Lokesh Choudhary

Stripe, PayPal Ventures bet on India’s Xflow to fix cross-border B2B payments

10 days / techcrunch / Jagmeet Singh

Back to Top / Tuesday, February 24, 2026, 6:21 am / permalink 19627 / 3 stories in 10 days


PayPal Attracts Takeover Interest After Stock Slump

msmash / slashdot - An anonymous reader shares a report: PayPal, the digital payments pioneer, is attracting takeover interest from potential buyers after a stock slide wiped out almost half of its value, according to people familiar with the matter. The San Jose, California…

#fintech #stockmarket #privateequity #business #payments #acquisitions #paypal

Private equity rubbing their hands excited to do another, bigger, stupid leveraged buyout of PayPal because they read a blog written by an imbecile [contains quote post or other embedded content]

11 days / bsky / @edzitron.com

Analysts Say PayPal Stock Slump Makes It Takeover Target

11 days / pymnts / PYMNTS

PayPal Attracts Takeover Interest After Stock Slump

11 days / slashdot / msmash

PayPal jumps after report of unsolicited takeover interest

11 days / sherwood / Luke Kawa

Back to Top / Monday, February 23, 2026, 1:22 pm / permalink 19589 / 4 stories in 11 days


PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months

msmash / slashdot - PayPal is notifying customers of a data breach after a software error in a loan application exposed their sensitive personal information, including Social Security numbers, for nearly 6 months last year. From a report: The incident affected the PayPal Wor…

#cybersecurity #fintech #dataprivacy #infosec #payments #hack #patching #paypal

PayPal app code error leaked personal info and a 'few' unauthorized transactions

14 days / theregister / Jessica Lyons

PayPal Discloses Data Breach That Exposed User Info For 6 Months

14 days / slashdot / msmash

PayPal Data Breach – Customers Names, SSNs, and Dates of Birth Exposed

14 days / cyberpress / AnuPriya

PayPal leaked sensitive data for six months due to software error

14 days / techzine / Laura Herijgers

PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months

14 days / bleepingcomputer / Sergiu Gatlan

Back to Top / Friday, February 20, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 19476 / 5 stories in 14 days


PayPal appoints new CEO

Lynne Marek / paymentsdive - The digital payments company tapped former HP CEO Enrique Lores as its new chief executive Tuesday, pushing aside Alex Chriss.

#banking #stockmarket #business #jobs #payments #performance #technology #paypal

PayPal appoints HP boss Enrique Lores as CEO after disappointing quarter

4 wks / siliconangle / Maria Deutscher

PayPal Holdings Inc. (PYPL) stock: Sinks After Hours as Board Names Enrique Lores CEO, Citing Execution Gaps

4 wks / parameter / Yasmin Werner

After decades at HP, Enrique Lores leaves for PayPal in surprising shift

4 wks / techspot

PayPal (PYPL) Stock Sinks 17% After CEO Exit and Weak 2026 Outlook

4 wks / parameter / Trader Edge

PayPal's CEO Change Blindsided HP's Board

4 wks / slashdot / msmash

PayPal names Enrique Lores CEO to accelerate AI commerce

4 wks / dataconomy / Emre Çıtak

PayPal’s CEO change blindsided HP’s board

4 wks / semafor / Rohan Goswami

PayPal Names Enrique Lores CEO Starting March 1, Replacing Alex Chriss

4 wks / pymnts / PYMNTS

PayPal hires HP’s Enrique Lores as its new CEO

4 wks / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

HP CEO prints final page after six years, moves to PayPal

4 wks / theregister / Carly Page

PayPal appoints new CEO

4 wks / paymentsdive / Lynne Marek

PayPal replaces CEO as board warns ‘pace of change’ not fast enough

4 wks / ft

Back to Top / Tuesday, February 3, 2026, 9:21 am / permalink 18702 / 12 stories in 4 wks


Klearly raises €12M from PayPal Ventures to fix restaurant payments chao

Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Restaurants, bars, and clubs face a persistent challenge: legacy systems that stutter during peak service hours, disrupting operations…

#vc #saas #business #apps #food #europe #payments #paypal

Klearly Raises €12M To Expand Restaurant Payments Platform

7 wks / startuprise / Kailee Rainse

Amsterdam’s Klearly raises €12 million to satiate its appetite for building Europe’s best restaurant payments system

7 wks / eu-startups / Rahul Raj

Klearly raises €12M from PayPal Ventures to fix restaurant payments chao

7 wks / techfundingnews / Sofia Chesnokova

Klearly secures €12M for restaurant payments system

7 wks / tech / Tamara Djurickovic

PayPal Ventures backs Klearly in €12m raise to enable hospitality payments

7 wks / sifted

Back to Top / Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 12:20 am / permalink 17813 / 5 stories in 7 wks


Microsoft Launches Copilot Checkout in the US, Betting on Merchant Consent as Amazon Faces Backlash

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - Microsoft has launched Copilot Checkout in the US, enabling AI-powered purchases through PayPal, Shopify, and Stripe partnerships as agentic commerce race heats up.The post Microsoft Launches Copilot Checkout in the US, Betting on Merchant Consent as Amaz…

#ai #innovation #ecommerce #microsoft #genai #business #assistant #microsoft365 #copilot #paypal

Microsoft Brings Checkout to Copilot, Shrinking the Path to Purchase

1 month / eweek / Liz Ticong

Gmail's Gemini glow-up

1 month / therundown / Zach Mink

PayPal and Microsoft bring in-chat shopping to Copilot in US

1 month / testingcatalog / Erin

Microsoft Turns Copilot Chats Into a Checkout Lane

1 month / slashdot / BeauHD

Microsoft Forced Copilot Into Your Life. Now It Can Accidentally Drain Your Bank Account

1 month / gizmodo / AJ Dellinger

Microsoft and Stripe bring shopping checkout directly into Copilot chat for US users

1 month / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

Microsoft is Bringing a Shopping Experience to its Copilot Assistant

1 month / thurrott / Laurent Giret

Microsoft Launches Copilot Checkout in the US, Betting on Merchant Consent as Amazon Faces Backlash

1 month / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

PayPal Teams With Microsoft to Power Checkout in Copilot

1 month / pymnts / PYMNTS

Microsoft is now integrating shopping directly into Copilot

1 month / engadget / Lawrence Bonk

Microsoft will put buy buttons directly in Copilot

1 month / theverge / Emma Roth

Microsoft denies rebranding Office apps to Copilot

1 month / reddit / /u/lurker_bee

Back to Top / Thursday, January 8, 2026, 1:20 pm / permalink 17647 / 12 stories in 1 month


PayPal and Perplexity Debut Instant Buy Ahead of Black Friday Shopping

PYMNTS / pymnts - PayPal and Perplexity introduced on Tuesday (Nov. 25) Instant Buy, which allows U.S. consumers to complete purchases directly in Perplexity’s AI chat, creating a single flow from product discovery to checkout. The companies said the feature streamlines on…

#ai #startups #innovation #ecommerce #aiethics #chatgpt #payments #assistant #paypal #perplexity

Walmart Considers Adding ‘Sponsored Prompts’ to AI Shopping Assistant

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Startup founders building AI shopping tools think general-purpose models are too broad to deliver truly personalized shopping experiences.

3 months / bsky / @techcrunch.com / techcrunch.com

Perplexity announces its own take on an AI shopping assistant

3 months / engadget / Ian Carlos Campbell

PayPal and Perplexity Debut Instant Buy Ahead of Black Friday Shopping

3 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

OpenAI and Perplexity are launching AI shopping assistants, but competing startups aren’t sweating it

3 months / techcrunch / Amanda Silberling

Perplexity says its AI personal shopper ‘puts you first’

3 months / theverge / Elissa Welle

Back to Top / Tuesday, November 25, 2025, 3:20 pm / permalink 16300 / 6 stories in 3 months


AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT

Markus Kasanmascheff / winbuzzer - PayPal is partnering with OpenAI to embed its digital wallet and an 'Instant Checkout' feature into ChatGPT, escalating the AI commerce race against Walmart and Microsoft.The post AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT…

#ai #fintech #ecommerce #digitaltransformation #openai #chatgpt #payments #api #wallet #paypal

PayPal to Integrate Digital Wallet Into ChatGPT, Extending AI Shopping

4 months / techstrong / Jon Swartz

OpenAI and PayPal expand in-chat payments for ChatGPT

4 months / the-decoder / Matthias Bastian

PayPal’s Account Growth and Consumer Spending Slow

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

You’ll be able to pay with PayPal in ChatGPT next year

4 months / theverge / Stevie Bonifield

You'll Be Able to Buy and Sell Through PayPal Using ChatGPT Next Year

4 months / cnet / Omar Gallaga

AI Shopping: PayPal and OpenAI Partner to Bring Instant Checkout to ChatGPT

4 months / winbuzzer / Markus Kasanmascheff

OpenAI Expands eCommerce Plans With PayPal Partnership

4 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

PayPal to launch digital wallet feature inside ChatGPT, sending shares soaring 14%

4 months / qz / Alex Daniel

OpenAI and PayPal partner to launch in-chat commerce

4 months / betanews / Wayne Williams

PayPal signs deal with OpenAI to become the first payments wallet in ChatGPT

4 months / cnbc

PayPal partners with OpenAI to let users pay for their shopping within ChatGPT

4 months / techcrunch / Ivan Mehta

Back to Top / Tuesday, October 28, 2025, 8:21 am / permalink 15480 / 11 stories in 4 months


Verizon appoints a new CEO for the ‘next phase’ after its 5G rollout

Emma Roth / theverge - Verizon has picked former PayPal head Dan Schulman to serve as its new CEO as the company enters its “next phase” of growth, Verizon board chair Mark Bertolini says in the Monday announcement. Starting today, Schulman will replace outgoing CEO Hans Vestbe…

#digitaltransformation #business #technology #telecommunications #paypal

Verizon Replaces CEO Vestberg With Former PayPal Chief Schulman

5 months / cnet / Jeff Carlson

Verizon appoints a new CEO for the ‘next phase’ after its 5G rollout

5 months / theverge / Emma Roth

Verizon Appoints Former PayPal Head Dan Schulman as CEO to Lead ‘New Chapter of Growth’

5 months / pymnts / PYMNTS

Verizon appoints former PayPal boss Dan Schulman as new chief - Financial Times

5 months / google

Verizon Names Lead Director Daniel Schulman as Chief Executive

5 months / wsj / Sarah Krouse

Back to Top / Monday, October 6, 2025, 11:21 am / permalink 14988 / 5 stories in 5 months


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