PayPal will soon help you fund your ecommerce purchases using cryptocurrency, announcing a new service on Wednesday and referring awkwardly to “digital representations of value.” “PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the launch of a new service enabling its Read more
Etsy announced shoppers can now pay in installments thanks to a third-party service called Klarna. Etsy explained how it impacts sellers in today’s announcement, “We’ll send all of your funds for orders made with Klarna to your payment account the Read more
eBay Payments experienced a glitch yesterday, and today, eBay is showing no disbursements (payouts) for today, and sellers say they have received no communication from eBay about the issues. Those who are on a daily payout schedule (5 days a Read more
PayPal is making changes to its User Agreement, which will go into effect next month. The company sent an email notification to users this week with the subject line, “Upcoming changes to our PayPal legal agreements”: We’re making some changes Read more
PayPal is experiencing technical issues that started Thursday morning and were ongoing as of this writing (Thursday afternoon). DownDetector showed reports of problems coming in, and PayPal itself issued a notice showing it was a global issue that started at Read more
PayPal customers turned to Twitter Sunday afternoon to ask where their funds were, and the tweets show just how upset people get when their money fails to show up in their accounts. DownDetector showed a spike in reports after 3:30 Read more
eBay is expanding its Managed Payments mandate in Europe, it announced on Wednesday. eBay will begin enrolling sellers in France, Italy, and Spain into the program in early 2021. eBay began managing payments on its platform in the US for Read more
PayPal is selling merchants on its new “Pay in 4” financing solution, telling them it can boost conversions. PayPal Pay in 4 lets shoppers make a purchase and pay over four, interest-free installments. But sellers get paid right away. PayPal Read more
If eBay and PayPal are the parents in their corporate “divorce,” then sellers are the children suffering the effects. PayPal tried to find a way for eBay sellers with working capital loans to continue to be able to make automated Read more
PayPal said back to school (BTS) spending is up despite the uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic – and shopping lists now include safety supplies and remote-learning tech products. PayPal commissioned Netfluential to study 600 college students and 1,200 K-12 Read more
