Advent, Stripe Consortium Is Said to Drop Pursuit of PayPal
📍 The outcome
The Advent‑Stripe consortium abandoned its plan to acquire PayPal, causing the takeover bid to collapse. PayPal’s stock fell sharply in response, with shares sinking and diving in pre‑market trading.
With no further reports of renewed interest, coverage of the pursuit faded.
Epilogue added 1h ago, after coverage quieted.
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Who reported it (17)
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Stripe and Advent end PayPal pursuit Axios · 20d ago
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Advent, Stripe drop $50 bln pursuit of PayPal, Bloomberg reports Investing.com · 20d ago broke it first
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