Ecommerce Industry News
PayPal will acquire a developer of shopping tools for $4 billion. Honey Science Corporation describes itself as a tech company that builds tools to help people save time and money when shopping online. In its […]
John Donahoe stepped down as CEO of eBay in July of 2015 and got a gig at ServiceNow, an enterprise cloud company. Last month came the surprising news that he is taking over the top […]
PayPal launched its small-business lending program in Canada, it announced on Monday. “This will enable small business owners to easily access loans of $5,000 to $100,000 at competitive prices,” it stated. It’s inviting a subset […]
PayPal pulled out of the entity overseeing Facebook’s new crypto currency initiative. PayPal was reportedly spooked by backlash from regulators in and outside of the US. Facebook had announced the Libra Association in June, an […]
PayPal acquired a 70% stake in Chinese company Gopay, becoming the first foreign company to acquire a payments license in China, according to the Financial Times. The UK newspaper said China’s online payments market is […]
PayPal added some clarity to its new refund policy that goes into effect next month that will prove costly to sellers. As we reported on the EcommerceBytes Blog on Wednesday, PayPal will no longer credit […]
PayPal issued an informational report on Friday titled “Delayed settlement recovery” notifying customers that between June 11 and August 23, 2019, there had been a payment processing delay that affected certain transactions. Merchants who were […]
PayPay will charge more money on transactions involving currency conversion. Effective September 3, 2019, the currency conversion spread will rise to 3.75% for transactions that involve a PayPal currency conversion when paying for goods or […]
PayPal wants platforms to offer its payments solution, and this week it announced the PayPal Invoicing API that can be integrated into ecommerce solution providers, marketplaces, and crowdsourcing platforms. The API allows the end user […]
PayPal expanded its international money transfer service Xoom to 32 markets across Europe, it announced on Monday. Note that Xoom is not for ecommerce, in fact, using Xoom for commercial purposes is prohibited. (See the […]