Stripe’s OpenChannel Acquisition Facilitates Distribution of Services
- Date:December 17, 2021
- Author(s):
- Marco Salazar
- Report Details: 5 pages, 1 graphics
- Research Topic(s):
- Payments
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Overview
Stripe’s series of high-profile acquisitions in 2021—the latest of which, OpenChannel, was announced in December—signal a shift toward operational areas adjacent to and complementary to Stripe’s well-known function as a payment processor. The OpenChannel acquisition, in particular, positions Stripe to directly distribute its entire suite of services to not just OpenChannel customers but also to the third-party developers using the app stores built by OpenChannel. It puts Stripe in the pole position to extend its reach and acquire additional B2B and third-party developers as customers, and it could prompt competitors to reevaluate their approach in going head-to-head with Stripe and partnering with it on its own networks.
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