Stripe is a global payments and financial infrastructure company powering online commerce, embedded finance, billing, fraud tools, and business payments.
A mega-consortium of legacy financial giants, payment processors, and tech leaders has unveiled Open USD, which is a collaborative digital dollar built to turn reserve yields back over to the businesses driving its adoption.
MoneyGram integrates a self-custodial digital dollar into its mobile app, partnering with Bridge, M0, and Fireblocks to bypass traditional banking delays.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Bedrock AgentCore payments, a native infrastructure layer designed to enable AI agents to autonomously transact, pay for APIs, and manage procurement.
Four years after the collapse of its Diem project, Meta is returning to blockchain payments. In partnership with Stripe, the tech giant is testing USDC payouts for creators on the Solana and Polygon networks.
Visa and Stripe-owned Bridge plan to expand stablecoin-linked card programs to more than 100 countries while piloting onchain settlement with Lead Bank.
Stripe is reportedly exploring an acquisition of PayPal or parts of its business as competitive pressures and strategic shifts reshape the global payments landscape.
Crypto.com has partnered with Stripe to allow users to spend crypto balances directly at Stripe-powered merchants in the US, starting in January 2026.
Stripe has acquired the team behind Valora wallet to accelerate its stablecoin offerings, integrating talent while leaving the app’s IP with cLabs.
The introduction of KlarnaUSD positions Klarna as the first bank to introduce a stablecoin on Tempo, a blockchain recently launched by Stripe and Paradigm.