The Carl Icahn-instigated “eBay Breakup” officially took place at the end of a Friday afternoon last summer, with PayPal going public the following Monday on July 20, 2015. One year later, the companies are faring much as expected. For sellers, Read more
Mastercard unveiled a new digital payment service three years ago called Masterpass, but it has not proven itself a major threat to PayPal. On Thursday, Mastercard announced a revamped Masterpass that it called an important industry milestone: consumers can now make simple Read more
eBay sellers are generous, but they like to give their permission before their money is donated to charity. This week, some eBay users discovered that PayPal was making unauthorized donations to charities through eBay Giving Works, taking the money right Read more
eBay sellers may be in for some changes around payment processing. While PayPal remains eBay’s main payment-processing engine even after last year’s breakup, eBay must now manage its own risk and payment processing practices, and last week announced it has Read more
EcommerceBytes has received several reports from longtime sellers that PayPal is placing holds on transactions – the first time in their selling history – and tell us the targeted transactions do not appear to be any more risky than the Read more
PayPal is looking at ways to help merchants increase conversion rates and find new ways to reach customers. One-touch checkout, social and contextual commerce, predictive fraud prevention, and virtual reality commerce were among the topics PayPal vice-president and general manager Read more
Shoppers using Apple’s Safari browser on their Macs and mobile devices will be able to use Apple Pay when the newest version of the Apple iOS operating system is officially released this fall. Specifically, the company wrote in its announcement: Read more
PayPal hired former District Attorney and American Express executive Aaron Karczmer to become its Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer. Karczmer held a number of roles at the New York County District Attorney’s office including Assistant District Attorney and Unit Read more
Still reeling from news that could spell the end of their ecommerce businesses, online sellers in Turkey are nevertheless showing a spirit of generosity in the face of adversity. Sellers learned this week that PayPal is ceasing operations in Turkey as of Read more
Online sellers in Turkey are left wondering what to do after PayPal told them it was ceasing operations there as of Monday, June 6th. Many of the eBay and Etsy sellers who are impacted asked questions on Twitter and discussion Read more
