[HN Gopher] Stripe reportedly makes offer to acquire PayPal
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       Stripe reportedly makes offer to acquire PayPal
        
       Author : nodesocket
       Score  : 20 points
       Date   : 2026-02-24 22:16 UTC (44 minutes ago)
        
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       | nodesocket wrote:
       | When's the last time a private company acquired a public company?
       | Crazy!
        
       | SilverElfin wrote:
       | Both companies known for arbitrary restrictions on what
       | transactions can be processed and freezing or closing accounts.
       | The consolidation of basic financial utilities into big mega
       | corporations is bad for society. It means those locked out are
       | also just locked out of the financial system as a whole.
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       | Not to mention, the PayPal mafia and their support for MAGA
       | supremacist ideology, makes PayPal radioactive. I wonder how
       | that'll infect and corrupt stripe.
        
         | wmf wrote:
         | Every financial company is known for that.
        
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