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Advent, Stripe Consortium Is Said to Drop Pursuit of PayPal - Bloomberg

Published by Bloomberg By Ryan Gould, Paige Smith · 28 August 2026 at 04:32
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Advent, Stripe Consortium Is Said to Drop Pursuit of PayPal - Bloomberg
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A consortium of buyout firm Advent and payment processor Stripe has decided to abandon its pursuit of fintech pioneer PayPal Holdings Inc., a potential deal that would have ranked as one of the biggest-ever leveraged buyouts, according to people familiar with…

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