Fintech on Osmond van Hemert — Senior Software Engineer | AI, Security, Infrastructurehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/tags/fintech/Recent content in Fintech on Osmond van Hemert — Senior Software Engineer | AI, Security, InfrastructureHugo -- gohugo.ioen© Osmond van Hemert. All rights reserved.Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000Stripe Buys OpenRouter — Payments Infrastructure Becomes AI Infrastructurehttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260820-stripe-openrouter-acquisition/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260820-stripe-openrouter-acquisition/Stripe agreed to acquire AI model router OpenRouter for roughly $7 billion, folding model routing into payments infrastructure.Stripe and Advent Offer to Acquire PayPal — A Fintech Shakeuphttps://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260716-stripe-advent-paypal-acquisition/Thu, 16 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.osmondvanhemert.nl/posts/260716-stripe-advent-paypal-acquisition/Stripe and Advent Partners proposed acquiring PayPal for $53 billion.