Stripe

Stripe is a financial-infrastructure technology company that develops payment and business software for the internet. Its products are used by start-ups, software platforms and large enterprises to accept money, manage recurring revenue, operate marketplaces and handle parts of financial compliance. Stripe provides application programming interfaces alongside hosted tools, allowing customers to choose between customised development and faster prebuilt integrations.

The company’s core payments platform supports online and in-person transactions, multiple payment methods, fraud controls and international operations. Stripe Billing manages subscriptions and invoicing, Connect supports platforms and marketplaces, and Radar addresses fraud detection. Other products cover tax calculation, revenue recognition, data analytics, business formation and embedded financial services. Stripe also provides checkout pages, payment links and terminal hardware. Its infrastructure abstracts many relationships with banks, card networks and local payment systems while leaving merchants responsible for their own products and customer obligations.

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010. They set out to make online payments easier for developers to integrate, initially gaining attention through concise APIs and documentation. The company expanded from payment acceptance into a broader set of revenue and financial tools, while remaining privately held. It has established dual headquarters in the San Francisco Bay Area and Dublin, reflecting both its US origins and the founders’ Irish background.

Stripe identifies its headquarters in South San Francisco, California, United States, and Dublin, Ireland. The company does not publish a general customer-service telephone number. Businesses access help through the Stripe Dashboard, support site and authenticated chat, email or telephone options available for their account and region.