Fintech startup featuring bitcoin sets up shop in France

Ah, France. The land of pastries, romance, and at times, odd conflicts.

Take digital currency for example. A few days ago, we learned that a major right-wing political party is eyeing the complete ban of all forms of cryptocurrency—including bitcoin—in the European country should it ascend to power in the next election.

This bit of news, however, does not seem to faze Stripe, a fintech start-up, from launching a new platform in France—one that supports a host of payment options, including Apple Pay, Pay Android, Alipay, and bitcoin.

A brainchild of brothers Patrick and John Collison, Stripe’s main goal is to make things easier for online businesses by giving them “the broadest possible range of payment and transaction-related tools.” So far, the platform already supports 130 currencies and modern payment methods such as cryptocurrency.