Stripe users processed almost €600bn in payments last year

Significant growth was a result of the impact of the pandemic and the huge switch to online sales

Patrick and John Collison the co-founders of Stripe said the payments giant added 1,400 new companies every day last year. 

Businesses that use Stripe's payment services processed more than $640bn (€589bn) in payments last year, a 60% increase on 2020.

In their annual letter to Stripe users, Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison said the payments came from a rapidly growing group of businesses and that the payments giant added 1,400 new companies every day last year.