Stripe provides developer-friendly payment infrastructure that enables businesses to accept payments, manage subscriptions, and handle complex financial operations through simple APIs, eliminating the complexity of traditional payment processing.
Last updated Feb 8, 2026
Leading online payment processing platform for internet businesses
Stripe is a financial technology company that provides online payment processing infrastructure for internet businesses. While not traditionally classified as an AdTech company, Stripe plays a significant role in the digital advertising ecosystem by enabling payment processing for ad platforms, publishers, and marketing technology companies. The company offers a comprehensive suite of APIs and tools that allow businesses to accept payments, manage subscriptions, prevent fraud, and handle complex financial operations at scale. Stripe has become one of the most valuable private fintech companies globally, serving millions of businesses from startups to Fortune 500 companies. In the AdTech context, Stripe powers payment infrastructure for advertising platforms, enables monetization for digital publishers, processes transactions for influencer marketing platforms, and facilitates payments between advertisers and ad networks. Its developer-first approach and robust API infrastructure make it a critical enabler of commerce within the broader digital advertising and marketing technology ecosystem.
Core payment processing API for accepting online and in-person payments
Subscription management and recurring billing platform
Platform for marketplaces and platforms to facilitate payments between multiple parties
Machine learning-powered fraud detection and prevention
In-person payment solutions with programmable point-of-sale hardware
Banking-as-a-service API for embedded financial services
API for creating and managing virtual and physical payment cards
Automated sales tax calculation and collection
Identity verification API for KYC compliance
Carbon removal purchase integration for businesses