{
  "id": 8149009,
  "title": "Stripe to provide payments platform for BT Arnotts group",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/stripe-to-provide-payments-platform-for-bt-arnotts-group",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-17T23:01:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/0918/1591970-stripe-brown-thomas-arnotts/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Brown Thomas Arnotts, a prominent department store group, has partnered with financial technology firm Stripe to handle payments for its online platforms and mobile applications. The move aims to provide customers with an effortless and elevated shopping experience, regardless of their preferred shopping method.\n\nSpeaking about the collaboration, Sarah Esler, Head of Digital Product at Brown Thomas Arnotts, expressed her delight at Stripe's innovative technology and rapid pace of development. She highlighted how Stripe's features, such as Authorization Boost and Radar, have already helped businesses recover revenue from declined card transactions. Esler anticipates that these same benefits will extend to Brown Thomas Arnotts as the company transitions its entire online payment volume to the Stripe platform.\n\nConor McNamara, Chief Revenue Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa at Stripe, echoed Esler's enthusiasm, emphasizing Stripe's potential to help businesses like Brown Thomas Arnotts recover lost revenue. He further predicted the same outcome for the retailer as they migrate their entire online payments to Stripe.\n\nFounded by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison, Stripe is headquartered in both Dublin and San Francisco. The company currently employs approximately 650 people in Ireland and has plans to grow its global workforce to 10,000 employees. In May 2025, Stripe was named the title sponsor for the Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition, replacing BT.",
  "summary": "Department store group Brown Thomas Arnotts has announced a new partnership with financial technology company Stripe.",
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  "coverage": {
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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."
}