PayPal

770 results about this entity

Period: 08 Feb 2005 - 15 Aug 2025

PayPal waives processing fees for start-ups

PayPal is offering to waive up to $50,000 in processing fees for 18 months for young mobile and Web firms as part of its new Blueprint Startup programme.

PayPal and Equity Bank bid to bring global e-commerce to Kenya

PayPal is bidding to tap into the fast growing African market through a partnership with Kenya's Equity Bank which will let the country's merchants sell to customers around the world.

Money2020 stirs up cashless society debate

While much of the chatter at the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas centred on schemes to eliminate hard cash, former Citibanker Jay Bhattacharya took a contrarian approach, brandishing a newspaper clipping from 1972 that confidently forecast the arrival of a cashless society by the end of the 1970s.

MasterCard joins Fido Alliance in bid to replace passwords with biometrics

MasterCard has joined the Fido Alliance, which is bidding to replace password-based online authentication with an industry-supported open protocol tied to the actual device used to access services.

PayPal turns to QR codes for latest assault on in-store payments

In its latest bid to conquer the high street, PayPal has unveiled a feature that lets customers make in-store payments using a QR code or passcode generated by an app on their phones.

US prosecutors charge 13 over financial cyberattacks

The US Justice Department has charged 13 alleged members of the hacktivist collective Anonymous for their part in a series of cyberattacks against major banks and credit card companies.

EBay agrees $800m Braintree acquisition

PayPal parent eBay has confirmed that it has agreed an $800 million cash deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree.

PayPal moves into small biz lending

With small businesses in the US still struggling to secure funding from traditional banks, PayPal has entered the field with a new Working Capital service.

Facebook rolls-out 'Autofill' payments feature for friction-free mobile shopping

Facebook has embarked on a limited roll out of a new feature that enables users to automatically enter their payment details for mobile shopping by simply using their social network log-in credentials.

PayPal closes in on Braintree acquisition - WSJ

PayPal is close to securing a deal to buy Chicago-based payments start-up Braintree as it seeks to crack the growing mobile commerce market, according to the Wall Street Journal.

PayPal shines a Beacon on the future of hands-free payments

Continuing its mission to re-invent the high street shopping experience, PayPal has unveiled Beacon, a Bluetooth plug-in for merchants that automatically checks in consumers for hands-free cashless payments at the point-of-sale.

PayPal re-imagines the mobile wallet

PayPal's quest to replace the leather wallet with a mobile handset has moved closer to fruition with the release of a bundled app incorporating bank and card payments, loyalty redemption, credit lines, P2P money transfer and high street shopping.