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Jessica Lessin: Stripe is attempting to acquire PayPal
“The Information has a big Stripe financial scoop that is worth discussing because. We have not discussed Stripe in a while and it is trying to buy PayPal.”
Lessin: Stripe Is Teaming Up With Advent for PayPal Bid
“So what they're doing for this PayPal takeover offer, which, you know, is, is just that, like, no sign that any deal is done, and I'm sure other bidders will emerge and whatever, but they're teaming up with Advent, which is a private equity firm,”
Sam Lessin: Current administration is Stripe's only window to acquire PayPal
“It's like, this is the one chance for Stripe to sneak through becoming effectively a U.S. Monopoly on payments.”
Sam Lessin: Venmo has become a broken user experience under PayPal
“It is still big, but it's like, kind of shitty. The app's kind of broken now. It's been, you know, owned by PayPal for the last decade, and they've kind of like, I don't know, I wouldn't say it's not usable. I certainly use it, but it's like, pretty terrible e…”