{
  "id": 1063938,
  "title": "PayPal in talks with Stripe and private equity firm over sale",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/paypal-in-talks-with-stripe-and-private-equity-firm-over-sale-1063938",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-14T21:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Gulf Times Business",
    "slug": "gulf-times-business",
    "url": "https://www.gulf-times.com/article/731133/business/paypal-in-talks-with-stripe-and-private-equity-firm-over-sale"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "PayPal is exploring a potential sale to a consortium of investors, which may include payments technology firm Stripe and private equity group Advent International, per a Wall Street Journal report. The previous attempted sale, in July, saw Stripe and Advent proposing to buy PayPal for $60.50 per share, a valuation of roughly $53 billion - a significant 85% drop from the company's peak market worth of around $360 billion in 2021. The company recently announced subdued profit expectations for 2026 and has found it challenging to keep up with competitors such as Apple Pay and Google Pay. Negotiations between PayPal and the interested parties have persisted following the failure of the prior deal, and a new agreement may be reached within the coming weeks. The value of PayPal's shares surged following this news, increasing by nearly 1.8%. PayPal was established in 1998 by Peter Thiel, with Elon Musk joining as a key early collaborator after the merger with X.com. The company pioneered the concept of peer-to-peer online money transfers, or \"peer-to-peer payments,\" and the original PayPal team gained notoriety as the \"PayPal mafia\" - a cluster of Silicon Valley alumni who would go on to establish or lead notable companies such as Tesla, SpaceX, LinkedIn, YouTube, and Palantir.",
  "summary": "After rejecting a previous offer, payments giant PayPal is considering a new deal to sell itself to a group of investors that includes private financial company Stripe, according to a Wall Street Jour...",
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      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "PayPal in talks with Stripe and private equity firm over sale",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/14/paypal-in-talks-with-stripe-and-private-equity-firm-over-sale",
        "published": "2026-08-14T22:23:45.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}