Stripe Just Bid $53 Billion for PayPal. It Would Be the Biggest Fintech Deal in History.
On July 15, 2026, Stripe and private equity firm Advent International offered 53.4 billion dollars to acquire PayPal, the company that helped invent online payments. If completed, it would be the largest fintech acquisition ever. Here is the deal, why PayPal fell so far, and what it means for the payments world.
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