eBay responded to claims of a breach of security at its PayPal payments unit in a report that was published in a blog post by a former Google software engineer. Naoki Hiroshima published the post, “My $50,000 Twitter Username Was Read more
A pair of cases involving multiple sellers suing over PayPal’s policy of holding funds continue to linger in a California court, the march toward settlement slowed by dubious attorney conduct, mutual assertions of negotiating in bad faith from the litigants, Read more
As cofounder of social networking site Twitter and of payments service Square, Jack Dorsey is at the intersection of social and commerce. After his presentation at the National Retail Federation (NRF)’s Big Show conference in New York on Wednesday, Dorsey Read more
Shoppers will see a more streamlined payment experience online from eBay’s payment unit PayPal, as well as more outlets to use it to make purchases in the coming year. PayPal announced its latest updates in conjunction with the opening of the NRF Big Read more
PayPal has entered into a strategic deal with Beijing Post, one of China’s largest postal providers, which serves customers in more than 204 cities in 143 countries worldwide and owns the largest international mail exchange office in China. PayPal and Read more
eBay’s PayPal unit has completed its acquisition of payment services firm Braintree and will begin offering PayPal as a payment option to Braintree’s merchant customers in 2014. PayPal acquired Braintree for $800 million in cash in a deal announced in Read more
It’s no secret eBay is obsessed with mobile, and its PayPal payments unit just picked up another team of mobile developers – StackMob developed a platform that lets developers and companies easily create and manage mobile applications. According to StackMob’s Read more
PayPal allows users to fund their accounts and pay for purchases using many different methods, and now it is adding prepaid gift cards to the list. On Wednesday, just in time for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping, it announced Read more
Square, best known for its online payment service, is running a promotion in order to attract holiday shoppers to its fairly new online marketplace. “Give with Character” is a campaign to encourage buyers to find gifts for their friends and Read more
Greg Rosenberg is a Security Engineer at Trustwave. In today’s guest column, he explains new standards for PCI DSS compliance that will impact online merchants who accept credit card payments directly through a merchant credit card account on their websites. Read more
