{"id":3490945,"date":"2026-07-15T15:30:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/stripe-and-advent-are-said-to-have-proposed-acquiring-paypal-for-approximately-53-4-billion\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T15:30:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T15:30:26","slug":"stripe-and-advent-are-said-to-have-proposed-acquiring-paypal-for-approximately-53-4-billion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/15\/stripe-and-advent-are-said-to-have-proposed-acquiring-paypal-for-approximately-53-4-billion\/","title":{"rendered":"Stripe and Advent are said to have proposed acquiring PayPal for approximately $53.4 billion."},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stripe-and-advent-are-said-to-have-proposed-acquiring-paypal-for-approximately-53-4-billion.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stripe, along with private equity firm Advent International, has allegedly placed a joint offer to acquire PayPal, with the deal estimated at around $53.4 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Reuters, the bid was made earlier this month and is supported by approximately $50 billion in secured bank financing. The plan outlines that Stripe and Advent would co-own PayPal, each holding an equal share.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first instance of Stripe being associated with a possible acquisition of the payments powerhouse. Prior reports in February indicated that the firm was looking into a potential takeover and had entered initial talks, although no formal offer was presented at that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If finalized, the acquisition would bring together two major players in the digital payments sector. PayPal caters to roughly 440 million active accounts and managed about $1.8 trillion in payment volume during 2025. On the other hand, Stripe is utilized by businesses to handle $1.9 trillion in payments throughout the same duration. Additionally, Stripe&#8217;s valuation surged to $159 billion earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PayPal has not yet publicly addressed the proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The possible acquisition arrives at a critical moment for PayPal. CEO Enrique Lores assumed his role in March after the company issued a profit warning. Since then, there have been initiatives to reduce costs by at least $1.5 billion over the next two to three years as PayPal aims to rejuvenate its growth. Reports have also indicated that the company plans to cut its workforce by roughly 20%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PayPal, Stripe, and Advent International did not reply quickly to our request for comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/stripe-and-advent-are-said-to-have-proposed-acquiring-paypal-for-approximately-53-4-billion.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stripe, along with private equity firm Advent International, has allegedly placed a joint offer to acquire PayPal, with the deal estimated at around $53.4 billion.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to Reuters, the bid was made earlier this month and is supported by approximately $50 billion in secured bank financing. The plan outlines that Stripe and Advent would co-own PayPal, each holding an equal share.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first instance of Stripe being associated with a possible acquisition of the payments powerhouse. Prior reports in February indicated that the firm was looking into a potential takeover and had entered initial talks, although no formal offer was presented at that time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If finalized, the acquisition would bring together two major players in the digital payments sector. PayPal caters to roughly 440 million active accounts and managed about $1.8 trillion in payment volume during 2025. On the other hand, Stripe is utilized by businesses to handle $1.9 trillion in payments throughout the same duration. Additionally, Stripe&#8217;s valuation surged to $159 billion earlier this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PayPal has not yet publicly addressed the proposal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The possible acquisition arrives at a critical moment for PayPal. CEO Enrique Lores assumed his role in March after the company issued a profit warning. Since then, there have been initiatives to reduce costs by at least $1.5 billion over the next two to three years as PayPal aims to rejuvenate its growth. Reports have also indicated that the company plans to cut its workforce by roughly 20%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PayPal, Stripe, and Advent International did not reply quickly to our request for comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3490946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3490945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490945"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3490945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3490945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3490946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3490945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3490945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3490945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}