VentureBeat says eBay executives fired PayPal president David Marcus “because his vision for the virtual-payment kingpin wasn’t working out,” a claim that eBay immediately refuted. In, “Resigned, my ass: PayPal president David Marcus was fired, say eBay, Inc. execs,” VentureBeat cited “a Read more
PayPal launched a new website designed to educate small businesses on global selling. PayPal Passport provides country-specific guidance on seasonal sales peaks, including holidays and events; cultural customs, taboos and trends; currency exchange and fees; and customs procedures and taxes. Read more
For a company that’s been around since the 1990’s and services many millions of businesses, PayPal’s business reporting was “lacking,” to say the least. Last fall it launched a beta version of a new user experience for its business sellers, Read more
Every year we give you the opportunity to rate the services you use in your online selling activity, and we report the results in EcommerceBytes so you can see what you and your peers have to say about popular ecommerce Read more
Online payment service Square has launched Square Capital, a program that provides merchants with financing. Square Capital “eases the complicated process of getting capital to growing businesses,” the company said. Kabbage kicked off the trend of bringing working capital advances Read more
PayPal’s Vice President of Global Solutions Carey Kolaja said the company has launched a new online “consumer account experience” that “removed the clutter,” promising it was easier for account-holders to perform basic functions such as checking account balances using any Read more
Now that Google has backed off from offering its own payments service, it is making amends with eBay and PayPal. In a surprise announcement, Google announced to developers on Thursday that it was offering PayPal as a payment method on Read more
Feedback not only provides an ecommerce pro with insight on improving what they offer. It gives a view of what they are doing well from the perspective of the customer. The tricky part about feedback is getting people to take Read more
PayPal President David Marcus responded to one of his executive’s very disturbing posts on Twitter that began over the weekend, calling the incident shocking and sad. He tweeted a link to a PayPal blog post in which he called the Read more
Webmasters and security experts must deal with yet another vulnerability affecting a popular open-source software. Named Covert Redirect, it affects authentication software OpenID and authorization software OAuth, making visitors to websites vulnerable to phishing attacks that try to trick users Read more
