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07 Oct 2026
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FedEx Dataworks and Stripe to join forces to reduce friction in global commerce for SMBs
06 Oct 2026
The long-term collaboration will create new solutions powered by supply chain intelligence and financial infrastructure.
Stripe agrees to acquire Parafin to expand revenue opportunities for platforms and help small businesses grow
30 Sep 2026
Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today announced that it has agreed to acquire Parafin, a leading embedded financial products platform.
OUSD is now available on Stripe
30 Sep 2026
Stripe marks 10 years in Japan with new products to accelerate the growth of digital businesses
30 Sep 2026
Stripe celebrates 10 years in Singapore by expanding its infrastructure for global businesses
25 Aug 2026
SINGAPORE—Stripe today shared new tools to accelerate the global expansion of Asian businesses, from expanded multi-currency treasury capabilities and new payment methods, to the ability to sell domes
Stripe agrees to acquire OpenRouter to help businesses optimize token routing and usage
24 Aug 2026
Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today announced that it has agreed to acquire OpenRouter, a leading AI model gateway and routing platform.
Stripe Treasury launches in Australia, unifying payments and global money management
24 Aug 2026
Stripe, the programmable financial services company, today launched Stripe Treasury in Australia at Stripe Tour Sydney.
Stripe named a Leader by Gartner for its Billing Product for third consecutive year
24 Aug 2026
Stripe named 3x Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader in Recurring Billing Applications
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Typewriters, the office machines that preceded computers
By Kiron Kasbekar | 10 Apr 2025
You see office tables today equipped with desktop computers or laptops. But think of the 1970s, and what would you have been seeing?
Wishful thinking about cars
By Kiron Kasbekar | 05 Apr 2025
Donald Trump may be many things, but a good economist he is not. Accustomed to dictating terms to people he has worked with,
The history of safety glass
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Mar 2025
You probably already knew that the world’s VIPs move around in cars with bullet-proof glass windscreen and windows. But did you know that ‘bulletproof glass’ is not really bulletproof?
German silver: used in cutlery, music, electricals - but it’s not silver
By Kiron Kasbekar | 20 Mar 2025
This material, which was first developed in China, not Germany, and is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc, has lost its sheen in home uses, but finds favor in electrical engineering.
Pioneers – the Wrights and Glenn Curtiss launched the aircraft industry
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
First Orville and Wilbur Wright flew their plane, the ‘Wright Flyer’, from near a small town called Kitty Hawk. Then Glenn Curtiss built planes with a very different system of controls, which has lasted until now.
What do aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 17 Mar 2025
From chains and sprockets to direct drives—If someone asked you what aircraft have in common with bicycles and motorcycles, how would you respond?
Radar’s ancestors: From sound mirrors to modern detection technology
By Kiron Kasbekar | 11 Mar 2025
Radar has become a well-settled technology today, especially in the field of navigation.
Nokia Bell Labs: innovations in communication, computing, technology
By Omar Almeida | 08 Mar 2025
Bell Laboratories, or Bell labs, which has now become Nokia Bell Labs, is one of the most renowned research and development organizations in the history of science and technology.
Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
