Advent and Stripe abandon plans to acquire PayPal

The Advent-Stripe consortium has abandoned plans to acquire PayPal, according to Bloomberg News.

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This decision follows months of negotiations and financial analysis.

PayPal remains independent, but its stock price could be impacted.

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