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Stripe Is Now a $20B Company

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563 points jonknee | 1 comments | 26 Sep 18 18:04 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Firebrand ◴[27 Sep 18 02:37 UTC] No.18081755[source]▶
So maybe I don’t understand because I’m a dumb-dumb lay person, but what does Stripe do differently from all the other payment processors that has given its rise and hype.

Is Stripe popular because its developer friendly? What makes it better than Apple Pay, PayPal, and Square? Normally, when I shop online, I’m usually given an option to type my credit card info or use my PayPal account. Where does Stripe fit into all of this?

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1. rtx ◴[27 Sep 18 02:52 UTC] No.18081807[source]▶
One thing I have personally seen that, they have lower threshold for accepting clients. Maybe they rely more on fraud detection than on pre-signup verification.