{"id":316971,"date":"2026-02-25T19:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316971\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T19:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T19:27:08","slug":"irish-founded-payments-firm-stripe-is-considering-a-takeover-of-rival-paypal-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/316971\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish-founded payments firm Stripe is considering a takeover of rival PayPal &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMigAFBVV95cUxQcHlxeHBUMzlyR3kxLXdaV2x6MHFCUE50ZEtFWlZZYUJ1dGNvR3p2RWtZdnpVQkYwUTFqcHdlZFNXVndJT0UtU253MHJ3cDdURXV2ZkpiMDVzQ3A4UFJrYW5kU0pZSHVPYW5yQnBUNklDRElDOTUxWnhDVDFkckNZRA?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Irish-founded payments firm Stripe is considering a takeover of rival PayPal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5wFBVV95cUxPSDBJRzBNQjAzR0NGaFl3cEpXenllTzJBMHd5WE5FOTRJTjEwWURyU3ZjMlFSaE1MZktobnFfZ2s3cDZhMWdsaERHTXZ0Zkx4eVc5NGg1Q2RfRV9Ic0tJV1lNVzRKY2ktckRUcWV1SmJRbXR5bF9YSlNjQXVKWmNrVm5wSDlRVXcxN3l6Y0JadXNFenZ3VUh3LThvYjlmNHVrRG5OWGQzcFpjOFhuT2JQNHFxc2N2a0lxV0hSSjMycjFFMzREcks3aGVTZzl5OFJCZHJrUjhmbHR6Y2NBQXRjaHlhNWY4UU0?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Adrian Weckler: Ireland\u2019s biggest, richest company \u2013 six things to know if Stripe buys PayPal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxNMGxuVWJPODROanpuTlhybno1TGZldXIwejh6TGJhenpHRURQdnY4NjNJTWU0RzhFZnV6S1RIVnNTU2UtS1NWYlBJSl9JRHJ2LURFVWhxT29pWXdFOWNsb0VyTHpaVHNhcHlneFNyNXJnR1ByUG43cmxNMFRlMGdBSTFpMk5YcWVwcEt1cG9KWWdYdXBxTGpCZzFQYXo4TmtxdFE4QU42LVAtYU0tR3RXTjlJWnB1dnRK?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stripe is weighing up possible acquisition of payments pioneer PayPal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxQSHQ4OUpBSlRmbHFBN3p6elFOWnJiM3NnN21FLTBSQjI3dktkclNvUEpTX3NEeGYyR1phNW5LZHoxZjRfOEZOZjFMaHVKV0pwa29CU2ttb0NmeEVwYU5kQm90OFJaeHh1NFJoeDRsTVhibTZ4ZF9zLVdwVXdZaEczcTJtZmNCSlgzSzBJaE01N1ZRNVJhcmt2eDZGRnFTRTlSOW50aDdNRnM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Payments Processor Stripe Expresses Interest in PayPal<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Bloomberg.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijwFBVV95cUxOWnJzalN6eEhKbk1DYl8yb0lFR0RWbkVDTlZldVp2X3AzTDNnX2RDT2ZpM1JGcU1XVFFGanNyVm9zdnVYZUE2NS12Y0xPMDM1LVY5X0FYeldNS0VkMlhVV0xfSkw1ZW1VaExjby11S28wOXlDaTE4RkR0ODRmdlphQ1Buak5Rdk1CTkVrV1dlRQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bloomberg: Stripe considers PayPal acquisition<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Silicon Republic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Irish-founded payments firm Stripe is considering a takeover of rival PayPal&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalAdrian Weckler: Ireland\u2019s biggest, richest company \u2013&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316972,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[971,72,62633,147834,61,60,31268,18015,147835,27444,19902],"class_list":{"0":"post-316971","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-bloomberg","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-buyout","11":"tag-collison-brothers","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-john-collison","15":"tag-patrick-collison","16":"tag-pay-off","17":"tag-paypal","18":"tag-stripe"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316971"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316971\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}