PayPal Holdings, Inc.

Shares of Paypal jumped by almost 6% after the publication of Semafor, in which it <a href="https://www.semafor.com/article/02/26/2026/paypal-stripe-not-currently-in-talks">reported</a> that the fintech company is not negotiating its sale with industry giant Stripe or anyone else. By the close of trading, the quotes lost part of the growth and ended the day down 3.8%.

PayPal shares fell after a report that the company does not intend to sell the business

One of the world's most valuable private companies, Stripe, has increased its valuation to $159 billion in the latest employee stock deal - a 72% increase from a year earlier. The payment service <a href="https://stripe.com/en-fr/newsroom/news/stripe-2025-update">announced the</a> deal on February 24, simultaneously with the publication of the traditional letter about the results of the year.