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Stripe is considering a deal to buy some or all of PayPal Holdings, sources told Bloomberg<\/a>, though talks are still in their very early stages and the deal may not happen.<\/p>\n The news comes the same day Stripe released its annual letter,<\/a> giving updates on the business. The big news was that Stripe is making a tender offer<\/a> that values the company at $159 billion, a 74% increase from last year. The investors buying employee shares this time around include Andreessen Horowitz and Thrive Capital. Stripe will also buy back some stock, the letter said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The latest valuation again makes Stripe one of the industry\u2019s most valuable private companies. Based in Dublin, Stripe\u2019s co-founder and CEO, Patrick Collison, told CNBC<\/a> recently that going public was not on his list of priorities. PayPal Holdings (which includes the flagship product PayPal and its services, as well as other companies like Venmo) is c<\/span>urrently a publicly traded company, with a market cap of around $40 billion.<\/p>\n PayPal\u2019s\u00a0stock rose slightly after\u00a0reports of Stripe\u2019s interest in an acquisition. Stripe declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n