PayPal Runs into BRIC Wall
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 […]
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PayPal Pans Passwords at Event Co-Sponsored with Google
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 […]
PayPal Does Deal with eBay Rival Yahoo
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 […]
Merchants Can Now Offer Customized Financing via PayPal
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 […]
What Are You Wearing, PayPal Asks Online Holiday Shoppers
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 […]
PayPal Hidden Addresses Can Result in Misdirected Shipments
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 […]
PayPal Offers Tips to Attract Online Holiday Shoppers
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. […]
eBay Offers Some Good News for PayPal Users
eBay had some good news for sellers who use PayPal – “the window for PayPal Purchase Protection disputes to count as a defect will be reduced from 45 to 30 days” after an item’s latest […]
PayPal’s Braintree Unit Offers European Merchants New Service
PayPal’s Braintree unit is launching a new instant sign-up flow for online merchants based in Europe. Braintree is targeted at developers, enabling web and mobile payments. It also offers a mobile application called Venmo that […]
Facebook to Pose Threat to PayPal?
A tweet from developer and Stanford student Andrew Aude caught the attention of TechCrunch and others when he posted, “@Facebook Messenger has P2P payments coming. @SquareCash style.” Facebook gave away its intentions when it hired David Marcus […]