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Stripe and private equity firm Advent International jointly bid approximately $53.4 billion to acquire PayPal, backed by roughly $50 billion in committed bank financing. The proposal gives each an equal stake. PayPal serves 440 million active accounts and processed $1.8 trillion in payment volume in 2025, while Stripe processed $1.9 trillion.
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