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Here’s how fintech Rainforest, a budding Stripe rival, aims to win over software companies

From TechCrunch

By Christine Hall

October 8, 2023

Here’s how fintech Rainforest, a budding Stripe rival, aims to win over software companies

Rainforest raises $8.5M and PayPal gets hit with a lawsuit. We take a look at this and other hot fintech news from the previous week.

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