PayPal is raising fees in Australia, it warned sellers through a post on eBay’s announcement board on Tuesday. The standard domestic rate will increase from 2.4% plus 30 cents to 2.6% plus 30 cents. That means its smallest sellers will Read more
PayPal is facing new kinds of challenges overseas as it counts on BRIC countries for growth. BRIC stands for Brazil, Russia, India and China, and eBay Inc. has been making a big deal about the opportunities they provide over the past few Read more
PayPal co-sponsored an event on online authentication – not product authentication with which merchants are familiar, but rather, the process by which websites authenticate users when they log in to their systems. It used the event to introduce the FIDO Read more
PayPal has partnered with eBay rival Yahoo Small Business, the ecommerce and local-marketing arm of search giant Yahoo. The two are collaborating to help small retailers sell and process payments online. The head of PayPal North American Distribution Stephen Fusco Read more
PayPal launched a new dimension to its Credit offering, giving merchants the ability to offer shoppers customized financing. For sellers without the resources of a large retailer, it’s a way they can entice shoppers to make purchases now and pay Read more
Sellers on Atomic Mall now have a low-cost option for processing payments thanks to integration with Dwolla. Atomic Mall founder Mike Shannon said the online marketplace adopted Dwolla as its newest payment partner on January 1st – sellers are now Read more
PayPal got personal in a new survey of holiday shoppers, asking respondents, “what do you prefer to wear when you’re shopping online or on mobile (smartphone or tablet)?” The eBay payments unit commissioned the survey which conducted by GfK Custom Read more
A PayPal user (who is also a seller on eBay) said she discovered a problem that could lead to misdirected shipments. It’s a “buyer” issue but could also cause headaches for sellers as well. The user, who wished to remain Read more
Stripe raised $70 million in funding this week according to the Financial Times, which said the company is now valued at $3.5 billion. “It follows an $80m fundraising in January that valued the company at $1.75bn and will help with expanding Read more
PayPal offered some advice to retailers on attracting holiday shoppers to their online stores. The three “last-minute” tips came in the form of a blog post written by Dan Leberman, a vice president at PayPal. Don’t offer discounts to buy, Read more
