Tagged: paypal

May 17, 2019 @ 3:08 am By Cali Haan  |  

Facebook has picked up two former employees from Coinbase, the San Francisco-based crypto trading platform, Coindesk reports. In all likelihood, the two may have been hired to contribute to Facebook’s top-secret go at creating a price-stabilized cryptocurrency for use in a Facebook-linked payments system the… Read More

May 12, 2019 @ 3:17 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) is stuffing its ranks with former PayPal staff, and an announcement regarding the company’s much-anticipated stab at creating a cryptocurrency may come as early as next quarter, though the company is still far from a viable product, unnamed sources tell Bloomberg. Facebook has… Read More

April 12, 2019 @ 6:29 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Bakkt, the Intercontinental Exchange’s (ICE’s) forthcoming “digital asset” trading platform and crypto custody service, has hired former PayPal VP Engineering and former Google Engineering Director-Payments Mike Blandina to develop products and payments features at the company. Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler announced the hire in an… Read More

April 2, 2019 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cambridge Blockchain, Inc, a digital identity enterprise software provider, announced today that PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) has joined its Series A funding round. Cambridge Blockchain reported that with this investment, the two companies will explore potential collaborations to leverage blockchain technology. Cambridge Blockchain revealed its solutions… Read More

March 26, 2019 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Payment processing giant PayPal announced last week that is forming a new partnership with Instagram to help with buyer and seller transaction through Instagram’s new check out experience for shopping. According to PayPal, Checkout on Instagram will be available within posts and stories with shopping… Read More

March 13, 2019 @ 8:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MercadoLibre, Inc. (NASDAQ: MELI), a Latin American e-commerce technology company, announced on Tuesday it intends to offer approximately $1 billion of common stock. The company reported it also intends to grant the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to $150 million of additional shares… Read More

March 6, 2019 @ 8:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal announced on Wednesday it has provided a huge £1 billion of finance to UK small businesses through PayPal Working Capital program.  According to PayPal, the alternative finance offering allows UK small businesses to apply for, and receive, a cash advance against future sales online… Read More

February 4, 2019 @ 3:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced on Monday its credit transaction volume has reached $50 billion. The company reported that since 2008, PayPal Credit, with eight years prior to that with BillMeLater, has surpassed the milestone in the U.S. PayPal reported that in 2018 alone, PayPal Credit… Read More

December 24, 2018 @ 7:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Digital payment platform and online lender PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL)  has selected Temenos (SIX: TEMN) to provide digital banking services. The announcement by Temenos was buried in a brief release last Friday. Temenos stated: “PayPal, Inc. has selected Temenos T24 Core Banking. The Temenos T24 banking platform will run… Read More

December 17, 2018 @ 8:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Coinbase announced on Friday it is now allowing instant PayPal withdrawals for all U.S. customers. The company reported that U.S. customers can instantly withdraw Coinbase balances to PayPal, which will provide what Coinbase calls even faster access to their funds.  These withdrawals are free and incur no fees…. Read More

December 5, 2018 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has decided to launch an in-depth investigation into the acquisition of Sweden based iZettle by PayPal. As CI previously reported, the CMA stated that PayPal could face insufficient competition in the UK after acquiring its market-leading rival iZettle. PayPal… Read More

November 26, 2018 @ 7:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has issued a statement on the PayPal acquisition of iZettle – an event that was announced in early 2018 and closed in September. PayPal purchased Sweden based iZettle for $2.2 billion as the company seeks to gain access… Read More

November 16, 2018 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced on Thursday it has completed its acquisition of Hyperwallet for approximately $400 million USD. According to the firm, this transaction will strengthen PayPal’s payout capabilities and enhance PayPal’s ability to provide an integrated suite of payment solutions to e-commerce… Read More

November 9, 2018 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal announced earlier this week it is expanding its PayPal Working Capital program into Germany with PayPal Businesskredit. The popular payments platform reported that PayPal Businesskredit will offer its merchants a financing solution that will help them further grow their business. PayPal also revealed that its… Read More

October 19, 2018 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Express (NYSE: AXP) announced on Thursday it has expanded its strategic partnership with PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL). According to the duo, this partnership that will improve the digital payments experience for U.S. American Express Card Members paying with PayPal and Venmo. Through the partnership, the companies… Read More

October 12, 2018 @ 9:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, PayPal announced it has formed a new partnership retailer giant Walmart to begin rolling out PayPal cash in and cash out money services at Walmart for an exclusive fee of $3 per service. According to PayPal, this is the first time PayPal mobile… Read More

September 12, 2018 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal announced on Tuesday the launch of its new feature, Fund Now, which gives select small businesses access to their completed sales within seconds by eliminating holds, delays, and reserves so they can spend their funds immediately. According to the transfer payments giant, Funds Now… Read More

September 7, 2018 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PayPal announced earlier this week it recently surpassed 250 million in the total number of active accounts on its global payments platform. The payments giant reported that this is a very important milestone for its company, and a key marker on its journey to fulfill its… Read More

September 5, 2018 @ 10:45 pm By Cali Haan  |  

Smiling former PayPal CEO Bill Harris returned to the CNBC talkshow Fast Money in August to slam Bitcoin use cases, characterize the network and its proponents as “a cult” and predict the eventual devaluation of Bitcoin to “close to zero.” But the veteran payments businessperson… Read More

August 7, 2018 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Transferwise, a stealth bank in the making, has added US Bank information to its platform thus mirroring what is already available for their European, UK and Australian users. If you are interested, creation of a borderless account for existing users takes less than a minute…. Read More