It was reported today that Stripe, the Irish-American fintech giant, has set a one-year timetable to either go public or allow staff to sell their shares in a private market transaction. The Wall St Journal reported that it had hired investment bankers from JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs to help it with the process. It’s unusual for a company to get as big as Stripe without an initial public offering (IPO). Public markets have historically offered capital on better terms than private markets, which is why big companies historically chose to IPO. The drawback of public markets is scrutiny. Dealing…

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