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How two brothers from rural Ireland built a $115bn payments giant

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How two brothers from rural Ireland built a $115bn payments giant

The billionaire Collison brothers have built a payments behemoth that more than half of British adults used to buy things online last year

By Michael Cogley, Technology Correspondent

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Matthew Field

23 February 2021 • 6:00am

Patrick and John Collison have built a payments behemoth

Patrick and John Collison have built a payments behemoth

Credit: Stripe

It's a long way from Silicon Valley. With a population of just over 100, the sleepy Irish village of Dromineer is best known for its popular boating lake, Lough Derg, which is overlooked by the leafy ruins of a 13th century castle....

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