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PayPal builds advertising platform

PayPal is building an advertising platform, tapping into its trove of customer data to help merchants better target their ads.

29 May 2024

Company announcement/crypto

BVNK integrates with PayPal USD

BVNK, the payments infrastructure provider, announced today that it has integrated the stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD).

16 May 2024

News/security

HSBC and PayPal tackle quantum-safe cryptography in payments

HSBC and PayPal are among the founding member of a new working group investigating the adoption of quantum-safe cryptography in the payments industry.

29 April 2024

News/payments

PayPal Ventures leads €18 million series A extension in Pliant

PayPal Ventures has led an €18+ million Serie A extension for Berlin-based corporate card platform Pliant as it prepares for expansion into the UK.

18 April 2024

Company announcement/payments

Commercetools and PayPal take on Shop Pay

Amidst the buzz of commercetools' groundbreaking global conference, Elevate - The Global Commerce Summit™, attendees were treated to a series of key announcements that followed a theme anchoring on community, expanded opportunities, and flexible solutions to solve increasingly complex problems.

17 April 2024

News/people

Ex-PayPal CEO Schulman joins Valor Capital

Former PayPal and American Express boss Dan Schulman is joining Valor Capital Group, the cross-border venture fund focused on bridging the US and Latin American technology markets.

11 April 2024

Company announcement/crypto

Xoom enables PayPal USD as a funding option for cross-border money transfers

Xoom, PayPal’s cross-border money transfer service, announced today that U.S. users1 now have the option to fund money transfers to friends and family abroad using USD converted from PayPal USD (PYUSD), a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin.

04 April 2024

Company announcement/payments

PayPal adds features for small businesses

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced it has added new features to its complete payments solution for small businesses.

03 April 2024

Company announcement/startups

PayPal invests in Indonesian insurtech Qoala

Omnichannel InsurTech Qoala announced the completion of its Series C funding round, raising USD 47 million led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual Ventures.

27 March 2024

Company announcement/people

PayPal names SoFi's Aaron J Webster as EVP, chief enterprises services officer

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the appointment of Aaron J. Webster as Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Services Officer, effective March 18.

13 March 2024

News/payments

PayPal launches payment suite for SMEs

PayPal has launched a complete suite of payment processing tools for online small businesses in the UK, Canada and across more than 20 European markets.

05 March 2024

Company announcement/people

Geoff Seeley joins PayPal as chief marketing officer

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced Geoff Seeley has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), reporting to Diego Scotti, Executive Vice President (EVP) and General Manager (GM) of Consumer Group and Global Marketing & Communications.

29 February 2024