◈
Accept & optimize payments
135+ payment methods and currencies, online and in person. Smart retries, adaptive acceptance, and Radar fraud defense lift conversion by double digits.
auth rate 97.4% ▲ 2.1pts
Explore Payments →
GLOBAL GDP RUNNING ON STRIPE · $1.9T VOLUME IN 2025
Financial infrastructure to grow your revenue
Accept payments, offer financial services, and launch custom revenue models — from the first checkout to the billionth transaction.
CHECKOUT · ACME INCLIVE
$248.00 USD
4242 4242 4242 424212 / 28CVC •••
◈ Secured by Radar · 3DS2 passed · 0.4s auth
server.js — stripetest mode
const payment = await stripe.paymentIntents.create({
amount: 24800,
currency: 'usd',
automatic_payment_methods: { enabled: true },
metadata: { plan: 'pro-monthly' },
});● 200 OK · 182msid: pi_3P9x…84Qa
POWERING THE WORLD'S MOST AMBITIOUS COMPANIES
OpenAIBMWAmazonN26NVIDIAGoogleShopifyHertzURBNInstacartLe MondeMaersk
OpenAIBMWAmazonN26NVIDIAGoogleShopifyHertzURBNInstacartLe MondeMaersk
01 — PRODUCTS
Flexible solutions for every business model
One integration unlocks payments, billing, issuing, and payout tools — use them alone or together as you scale.
◍
Billing for any model
Per-seat, usage-based, or hybrid. Meter tokens, seats, and API calls out of the box.
Pro plan · billed monthlyToken €0.01 / 1k unitsUsage last 30 days ▂▅▃▇▅▉
Explore Billing →
⬢
Agentic commerce
Let AI agents shop, pay, and subscribe on behalf of users — with guardrails.
Build for agents →⬣
Issuing & payouts
Issue virtual and physical cards, move money globally in minutes.
Explore Issuing →◎
Stablecoins & crypto
Settle cross-border payments with stablecoins and crypto rails.
Explore Crypto →0Currencies & payment methods
$0TVolume processed in 2025
0Historic service availability
0Active subs via Billing
02 — CUSTOMERS
Support for businesses of every size
Run on a reliable platform that flexes from first checkout to global expansion.
HERTZ · UNIFIED COMMERCEOne platform for 11,000+ locations
Hertz chooses unified commerce
Payments, Terminal, Connect, Radar and Sigma power rentals across 160 countries — online, on-site, and in-app.
160countries
11k+locations
5products, one API
URBN · RETAIL$5B unified online + store revenue
URBN unifies $5B in sales
Five consumer brands and 700+ stores run on Payments, Terminal, Connect, Sigma, Radar, and Link.
5+retail brands
700+stores
6products unified
INSTACART · MARKETPLACE600k shoppers, 100k stores
Instacart delivers groceries at scale
Payments, Connect, Data Pipeline, and Issuing route funds to 1,800 retail partners in real time.
600k+shoppers
1.8kretail partners
100kstores
LE MONDE · PUBLISHINGLive in under 3 months
Le Monde modernizes payments
100% of digital and print payments run on Stripe with Payments, Sigma, and Radar.
100%payments on Stripe
<3months to go-live
3products live
Loved by startups, trusted at scale
LOVABLE
Vibe-coding giant
From waitlist to global billing in days.
Story →GAMMA
$100M ARR, 70M users
Usage-based billing without the spreadsheet.
Story →RUNWAY
No-code velocity
Saved eng-months with prebuilt checkout.
Story →SUPABASE
150 countries
Backend-as-a-service, billed globally.
Story →LINEAR
Clean billing
Subscriptions and invoices in one flow.
Story →◈
Get to market fast
Drop-in checkout, onboarding, and payouts for your sellers in days — not quarters.
◍
Grow revenue
Revenue share, upsells, and global methods lift take-rate without extra headcount.
⬢
Manage risk
Radar, verification, and reporting keep fraud low and auditors happy.
03 — DEVELOPERS
Infrastructure developers love
Three integration paths, one reliable API. Ship your first payment in minutes.
500M+API requests per day
10K+requests per second
150K+transactions per minute
checkout — node
const session = await stripe.checkout.sessions.create({
mode: 'subscription',
line_items: [{ price: 'price_pro', quantity: 1 }],
success_url: 'https://acme.com/success',
});session = stripe.checkout.Session.create(
mode="subscription",
line_items=[{"price": "price_pro", "quantity": 1}],
success_url="https://acme.com/success",
)curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/checkout/sessions \
-u "sk_test_xxx:" -d mode=subscription \
-d "line_items[0][price]=price_pro"● All systems operationallatency p99 · 210ms
No code
Payment Links and hosted invoicing — share a URL, get paid.
Try Payment Links →Pre-integrated
Checkout, Elements, and mobile SDKs with fraud built in.
Explore components →Build your own
Full API control, webhooks, and Sigma SQL on every event.
Read the docs →04 — WHAT'S HAPPENING
Latest from the network
Stablecoin payouts go live in 40 markets
Settle to sellers in USDC with same-day availability.
Sep 2026 · 4 minThe SaaS billing playbook for AI tokens
Metering, entitlements, and overage math that scales.
Sep 2026 · 9 minAuthorization rates, benchmarked
How top performers lift auth by 2+ points.
Aug 2026 · 6 minSessions: agentic commerce track
Live demos of agent-native checkout flows.
Aug 2026 · 2 minRadar 3.0 blocks 2× more fraud
On-device signals meet network intelligence.
Jul 2026 · 5 minHow Gamma hit $100M ARR
Usage billing across 70M users, one dashboard.
Jul 2026 · 7 minBOOK OF THE WEEKThe
Ledger
& the
LightEssays on money in motion
Ledger
& the
LightEssays on money in motion
05 — EDITORIAL
What money wants to be next
A short, sharp read on stablecoins, agent-led checkout, and why the ledger is becoming programmable. Featuring operators from Hertz, Supabase, and Le Monde.
“The clearest 40 pages on internet money we've shipped this year.” — EDITORS
06 — GET STARTED
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