19 pointsby rvz3 hours ago5 comments
  • mertbio41 minutes ago
    Paypal is quite popular in Germany but with Wero that popularity will decrease significantly. I expect that all around the Europe.
  • digitaltrees3 hours ago
    Trying to create a monopoly before the lack of antitrust enforcement window closes.
    • ergocoder3 minutes ago
      I doubt Stripe is anywhere near the monopoly status.
    • toomuchtodo3 hours ago
      No reason it can’t be broken apart in the future. States will likely file suit, as twelve already have regarding the Paramount Warner deal.
  • chirau3 hours ago
    That would be quite a play. Stripe, PayPal, Venmo, Braintree, Xoom all under one umbrella. The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) for online card-not-present (CNP) checkout on that is going to be absurdly high and this will take a lot of convincing to beat antitrust. They will probably have to unwind Venmo and Braintree.
    • SOLAR_FIELDS2 hours ago
      Convince who? There is no such thing as antitrust anymore in the USA, it’s merely the size of the bribe required to let the merger go through now
    • pstuart2 hours ago
      Gosh, with such efficiency of operations consumers will win because pricing of their services will be more efficient! Todays Feds will try selling that story.
  • lobito252 hours ago
    2 poo companies
  • goofy_lemur2 hours ago
    I mean less competition is probably not good for anyone.
    • ergocoder4 minutes ago
      Except for Stripe and other payment gateway companies, of course