Stripe

Lobbying Organisation Stripe

Date published 21 May, 2019

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area EU Affairs

Period 1 Jan, 2019 to 30 Apr, 2019

Specific Details Meetings discussing policy relating to payments technology.

Intended results Providing updates on Stripe's plans in Europe and discussion of associated policy issues.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Sandro Gianella

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Stripe hosted a meeting with Minister Paschal Donohoe in Stripe's San Francisco office. Provided an update on Stripe and its operations in Ireland. Discussed issues regarding Stripe's European HQ and international engineering hub in Dublin, particularly as they relate to its role in powering payments and evolving products for Stripe's users across Europe, as well as hiring senior and technical talent in Dublin.

Meeting (1)

Stripe met with Minister Michael D'Arcy in Brussels on the fringes of a FinTech conference. Discussed PSD2 implementation and Strong Customer Authentication as well as the "Ireland for Finance" strategy of the Irish government.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Paschal Donohoe Minister (Department of Finance)

Michael D'Arcy Minister of State (Department of Finance)