Mobile payments service from Apple
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TikTok is expanding beyond social video to include shopping, travel bookings, and payments, signaling a move toward a “super app” model. Separate microdrama deals show investors betting on AI-assisted, mobile-first storytelling as a growing entertainment niche, while studios and networks explore vertical formats and creator-owned IP.
Stripe and Advent have submitted a proposal to acquire PayPal, backed by about $50 billion in bank financing, with both parties to own PayPal equally. The talks have not yet yielded a formal agreement, and PayPal has not responded.