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Stripe rides the online payments boom to a $22.5 billion valuation — CNBC

Multi-billion dollar payments start-up Stripe just got a new cash injection and a bit more valuable, writes Ryan Browne and Kate Rooney.

Here is the link: https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/30/stripe-raises-100-million-from-tiger-global-at-22point5-billion-valuation.html

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