[6] Stripe is the largest privately-owned fintech company with a valuation of about $65 billion and over $1 trillion in payment volume processed in 2023.

[9] Irish entrepreneur brothers John and Patrick Collison founded Stripe in Palo Alto, California, in 2010,[10] and serve as the company's president[11] and CEO,[12] respectively.

[18] That same month, Stripe partnered with Spotify to help creators monetize subscriptions, accept payments and launch recurring revenue streams.

[19] In April 2022, Twitter announced that it will partner with Stripe Inc (digital payments processor) for piloting cryptocurrency payouts for limited users in the platform.

[23] Throughout 2022 and 2023, the company announced a number of large enterprise customers including Airbnb,[24] Amazon,[25] Microsoft,[26] Uber,[27] BMW,[28] Maersk,[29] Zara,[30] Lotus,[31] Alaska Airlines,[32] Le Monde,[33] and Toyota.

[35] In January 2025, Stripe sent layoff notices to nearly 300 workers, primarily affecting roles in Product, Operations and Engineering.

[47] In February, it was announced as Apple's first partner on in-person Tap to Pay, which enables businesses to accept contactless payments using an iPhone and a partner-enabled iOS app.

[50] In September 2023, Stripe announced that its optimized checkout suite allowed businesses to offer their customers more than 100 payment methods.

[52][53] On February 24, 2016, the company launched the Atlas platform to help startups register as US corporations, targeting foreign entrepreneurs.

[59][60] The service supported payments in over 185 countries and Stripe reported plans to make it available to platform businesses through its API.

[63] The following year, the company introduced Stripe Treasury, which provides its platform users APIs to embed financial services, allowing their customers to send, receive, and store funds.

[70] At launch, the Marketplace had over 50 apps including offerings from DocuSign, Dropbox, Intercom, Mailchimp, Ramp, and Xero.

[73] In May 2011, Stripe received a $2 million investment from venture capitalists Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, and Andreessen Horowitz.

[75] In 2020 Stripe expanded its services to five new European markets: the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta.

[76] On October 15, 2020, Stripe acquired Paystack, a Nigerian payment processor, in a deal reportedly worth over $200 million, with the aim of expanding its services into Africa.

[78] In March 2021, Stripe raised another $600 million, reaching a valuation of $95 billion, aimed towards expanding their European headquarters.

[98] On June 6, 2019, Stripe led a $22.5 million fundraising round for Step, a financial services startup offering fee-free bank accounts to teenagers.

[99] On March 26, 2020, Stripe led a $20 million Series A fundraising round for Fast, a company creating a universal, one-click checkout service.

[102] On November 3, 2021, Stripe led a $4 million Series Seed fundraising round for Archive, a social listening and user-generated content platform.