PayPal said Wednesday its revenue grew 22% year-over-year in the first quarter of 2018 on a foreign-exchange (fx)-neutral basis, reaching $3.69 billion. The payments firm indicated to Wall Street analysts it was doing fine nearly three years after splitting from Read more
Amazon is a major sponsor at this week’s Magento Imagine developers conference and touted the benefits of its services, including its Amazon Pay payments solution for online merchants. Attendee John Hughes, Technical Director at FisheEye and a certified Magento specialist, Read more
Online sellers who operate a Yahoo Store or website powered by Yahoo’s Merchant Solutions can now use PayPal’s Braintree payment processing solution. Announcement follows: Yahoo Small Business has partnered with PayPal to make Braintree payment processing available to online sellers Read more
PayPal added more ways for users to add money to their accounts as part of changes announced on Monday to help serve the “unbanked” – those users who are financially underserved. PayPal is making the new features available in collaboration Read more
Shopify said it is the first commerce platform to offer Google Pay to its merchants. Visitors to stores powered by Shopify can checkout with a Google Pay button from their Android device if they’ve previously stored their credit or debit Read more
eBay sellers can breathe a sigh of relief as PayPal announced it would not proceed with a move that would have left sellers without protection for certain transactions. A spokesperson told EcommerceBytes on Monday: “We are not proceeding with the Read more
PayPal is updating its User Agreement (UA) and Privacy Policy effective April 19, 2018. The change that has sellers buzzing is the removal of its Seller Protection program for certain types of transactions. PayPal states: “We’re updating the additional requirements Read more
Etsy’s new CEO found another way to streamline operations – the marketplace will retire its own credit card reader in favor of a deal with Square. Josh Silverman took over in May after Chad Dickerson’s ouster and is forsaking Etsy’s Read more
Amazon is in talks with banks to work on a customized branded service for its customers, according to the Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the matter.” “The talks with financial firms are focused on creating a product that Read more
The votes in the 2018 Sellers Choice Awards have been tallied, and the full results of all 10 marketplaces are published in today’s issue. Thanks to everyone who took the time to first nominate marketplaces and then rate them. The Read more
