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May 9, 2025

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May 8, 2025

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Verifone and Stripe Partner to Deliver Unified Commerce

GlobeNewswire News Room

"Verifone, the global payments leader for the world’s best-known merchants, financial institutions, and fintechs, announced that it is entering into a partnership with Stripe, a programmable financial services company. Through this partnership, Stripe services will natively run on Verifone payment devices, offering Stripe customers even more flexibility and choice in deploying durable and performant in-person payments."

Stripe Unveils AI-Powered Fraud Detection and Stablecoin Accounts in Global Crypto Push

TokenPost

"Stripe is doubling down on crypto and AI with major updates unveiled at its annual user conference in San Francisco. The payments giant announced the launch of Stablecoin Financial Accounts, enabling businesses in over 100 countries to hold balances in dollar-backed stablecoins such as USDC and USDB. These accounts support global payments and allow firms to send, receive, and manage stablecoins alongside traditional payment methods."

May 7, 2025

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Stripe: Our Top Product Updates From Sessions 2025

Stripe

"This morning at Stripe Sessions, the Stripe annual conference, they shared the biggest changes they ever made to Stripe with thousands of business leaders and builders. The keynote covered their progress in four core product areas: Payments, Connect, Revenue, and Money Management. This post recaps the top announcements and product releases."

May 2, 2025

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Stripe Radar Now Protects ACH and SEPA Payments From Fraud

Stripe

"Programmable financial services company Stripe announced an expansion of Radar, Stripe’s AI-powered fraud prevention product, for ACH and SEPA payments. Radar assesses more than 1,000 characteristics of a potential transaction in order to determine, in less than 100 milliseconds, the likelihood that it’s fraudulent. On average, Radar users see a 42% reduction in SEPA fraud and a 20% reduction in ACH fraud."

April 30, 2025

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Stripe Starts Testing Stablecoin Product Based on Bridge

Ledger Insights

"Last year Stripe spent $1.1 billion acquiring Bridge, the company that provides cross border API infrastructure for stablecoin payments. On Friday a member of Stripe’s crypto product team, Jennifer Lee, announced on X that the company is starting to test its Bridge-based product and invited companies outside the US, UK and EU who want to access dollars."

April 23, 2025

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Stripe Launches New Features for Businesses in Japan, Adds PayPay Integration

IBS Intelligence

"Stripe has launched a set of major product updates aimed at supporting businesses in Japan and international companies expanding into the Japanese market. Stripe is now making it easier for businesses to cater to local customer expectations by enabling support for PayPay, Japan’s widely used digital wallet with over 68 million users. Businesses can now accept PayPay for online purchases and benefit from faster payouts, receiving funds in as few as four business days—far ahead of the industry norm of month-end settlements."

April 16, 2025

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Stripe Brings WeChat Pay to Businesses in 20 Countries

Tech in Asia

"Stripe has partnered with Tencent to integrate WeChat Pay into its Stripe Terminal service across 20 countries. This expansion includes markets such as Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Singapore, the UK, and the US. With this integration, businesses using Stripe can accept WeChat Pay for online and in-person transactions."

April 8, 2025

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No, Stripe is Not Becoming a Bank

TechCrunch

"Last week, details emerged about an application that Stripe had submitted for a U.S. banking license. What is true is that this marks the first time that Stripe has applied for a banking license. The scope of the license is a very narrow one. This license does not mean that Stripe will be accepting deposits. If approved, Stripe will be allowed to process its own payments and have partners that process payments on its behalf."

March 24, 2025

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Clear Partners With Stripe to Power Billing and Payments for Millions of Customers

Stripe

"Stripe announced that CLEAR—a leading identity verification platform trusted by over 30 million customers—is moving its payments and billing to Stripe. CLEAR is best known for its flagship membership, CLEAR Plus, which uses biometrics to speed up identity verification at airports. In recent years, CLEAR has expanded beyond travel to other sectors like healthcare and financial services."

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September 16, 2024

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Mondu and Stripe to Deliver BNPL Payments to B2B Merchants

IBS Intelligence

"Mondu, the Amsterdam-based B2B FinTech, has signed a new partnership with Stripe for businesses. B2B merchants and marketplaces can now offer Mondu’s flexible invoice payment options directly through their existing Stripe set-up, enhancing the checkout experience and driving higher conversion rates."

September 11, 2024

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July 29, 2024

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Stripe Selects Fifth Third to Power Embedded Financial Services

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"Fifth Third Bank announced a collaborative agreement between Newline™ by Fifth Third and Stripe. Together, Newline™ and Stripe will expand embedded financial services for Stripe’s platform users and their customers, and later this year, Newline™ will power Stripe Treasury, a service that enables software platforms on Stripe to offer embedded financial accounts to their customers."

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