Visa launched its Visa Checkout online payment service in 2014 with the help of former PayPal executive Sam Shrauger, now Senior Vice President of Digital Solutions at Visa. This week it previewed a new design that will launch in April Read more
PayPal is keeping busy – it launched a new marketing campaign called New Money that kicked off with a Super Bowl TV ad earlier this month, and last week it announced it had redesigned its mobile app. This week at the Read more
PayPal users in the UK have been unable to access funds since Friday; the company acknowledged the problem via Twitter on Saturday to say it was working to fix the problem. “As a seller, I can’t send anything until the Read more
PayPal is inviting online merchants to try its new “contextual commerce” tools that let sellers add PayPal buy buttons directly into emails, social shares, and other places where sellers are trying to reach buyers. PayPal is currently beta testing the Read more
PayPal is losing its Chief Technology Officer James Barrese, who is stepping down “to take time off.” Barrese will remain with PayPal for a time to ensure a smooth transition. PayPal named Sri Shivananda his replacement – he will take Read more
Visa on Thursday unveiled a major new initiative to open its products and services to application developers, promising that merchants and other customers and partners will be able to build customized apps tailored for their businesses running on the firm’s Read more
A few years ago, if you were told two ecommerce giants were going to both be running television ads during the Super Bowl, your thoughts might turn to Amazon and eBay. This year, Amazon is running its very first Super Read more
PayPal has fixed a security hole that could have allowed fraudsters to hijack production systems. The vulnerability could have allowed attackers to install a backdoor on PayPal, according to PC World. The magazine described how Michael Stepankin, a bug bounty hunter, Read more
PayPal agreed to settle a class action lawsuit involving its practice of account holds, but many sellers may miss out on receiving their share of the $4 million settlement fund, for several reasons. PayPal users receive an enormous amount of Read more
PayPal reported a stronger fourth-quarter performance than its former owner eBay after the breakup last year. It grew revenue 21 percent FX-neutral to $2.6 billion, and it announced a $2 billion stock repurchase program. In a press release, PayPal CEO Read more
