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April 4, 2023

Checkout.com faces exec team exodus and makes layoffs ‘by stealth’

The European rival to Stripe has lost six executives in the last nine months, and sources say it’s carrying out dozens of behind-the-scenes layoffs each week


Amy O'Brien

5 min read

Guillaume Pousaz, CEO of Checkout.com

Just over a year after raising $1bn in a Series D funding round, Europe’s gilded payments startup Checkout.com is facing an exodus from its executive team and making a series of unannounced layoffs.

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Amy O'Brien

Amy O'Brien is a freelance reporter covering Italian tech. She was previously Sifted's fintech reporter

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