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New tools from Stripe allow German businesses to sell globally—including to AI agents
02 Jul 2026
Stripe today shared new tools to help businesses in Germany sell to and via AI agents, and reach more markets around the world.
Stripe equips French companies to compete globally in an AI-driven economy
02 Jul 2026
As Stripe celebrates 10 years in France, the company today shared new tools designed to help French businesses compete globally and capitalise on the shift to AI commerce.
With Stripe, AWS enables AI agent payments for content owners and publishers
02 Jul 2026
Stripe will be providing the financial infrastructure for a new AWS Web Application Firewall (WAF) capability that enables publishers to monetize AI agent traffic.
Stripe helps UK businesses sell globally and build for the AI economy
02 Jul 2026
Stripe shared new tools to help UK businesses sell globally and seize the AI commerce opportunity.
Stripe powers Lloyds' new suite of payment tools for UK small businesses
02 Jul 2026
Stripe today announced a major partnership with Lloyds, the UK’s largest digital bank.
Deel chooses Stripe to create a stablecoin wallet to help millions of contractors hold, earn, and spend globally
03 Jun 2026
Deel is using Stripe to enable millions of contractors across 150+ countries to hold, earn, and spend a US Dollar backed balance.
Stripe marks ten years in France
28 May 2026
Stripe now works with nearly 800,000 businesses and solopreneurs in France
Stripe partners with AWS to power AgentCore payments with Privy
08 May 2026
Privy, a Stripe company, is providing the wallet infrastructure and payment rails that power the first set of capabilities, alongside Coinbase.
ElevenLabs expands its use of Stripe to accelerate its growth
08 May 2026
ElevenLabs is expanding its use of Stripe to support its rapid growth.
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