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  "id": 3914343,
  "title": "Advent, Stripe Reportedly Drop PayPal Pursuit; PayPal Shares Drop",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/advent-stripe-reportedly-drop-paypal-pursuit-paypal-shares-drop",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-28T06:16:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nasdaq Markets",
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    "url": "https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/advent-stripe-reportedly-drop-paypal-pursuit-paypal-shares-drop"
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  "summary": "(RTTNews) - Private equity firm Advent International and payments company Stripe have walked away from a potential acquisition of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL), ending speculation over a deal that could have valued the fintech company at more than $50 billion, Bloomberg News repor",
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        "outlet": "Channel News Asia",
        "title": "Advent, Stripe consortium is said to drop pursuit of PayPal, Bloomberg News reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/advent-stripe-consortium-is-said-to-drop-pursuit-of-paypal-bloomberg",
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        "outlet": "Straits Times Business",
        "title": "Advent, Stripe abandon $63.5b pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal",
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        "outlet": "The Business Times - Companies & Markets",
        "title": "Advent, Stripe abandon US$50 billion pursuit of PayPal: Bloomberg",
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        "outlet": "Seeking Alpha News",
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        "published": "2026-08-28T04:39:22.000Z"
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        "outlet": "Handelsblatt",
        "title": "Zahlungsdienst: Advent und Stripe geben offenbar Übernahme von Paypal auf",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/zahlungsdienst-advent-und-stripe-geben-offenbar-ubernahme-von-paypal",
        "published": "2026-08-28T04:41:29.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Private Equity Wire",
        "title": "Advent and Stripe abandon $53bn PayPal takeover",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/advent-and-stripe-abandon-53bn-paypal-takeover",
        "published": "2026-08-28T07:53:42.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "Silicon Republic",
        "title": "Stripe, Advent’s PayPal acquisition plans reportedly fall through",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/28/stripe-advents-paypal-acquisition-plans-reportedly-fall-through",
        "published": "2026-08-28T07:54:59.000Z"
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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."
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