PayPal hired a new PR executive to help manage the company’s brand, according to PR Week. Ben Edwards will work to help consumers understand how PayPal can offer safer, simpler, and more affordable ways to manage and move money. He will Read more
PayPal is taking flight as a newly independent company with some help from a former United Airlines executive. John Rainey will join the company as PayPal’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rainey was CFO for United, managing its overall financial strategy Read more
PayPal is putting its recent acquisition of Paydiant to use. Soon you’ll be able to pay for a “footlong” submarine sandwich at Subway using PayPal on your mobile phone or through the restaurant’s website. Paydiant helped build the new Subway Read more
The world’s biggest online shopping day isn’t Black Friday or Cyber Monday – it’s Singles Day in China. PayPal is advising merchants to prepare now if they want to take advantage of the holiday that Alibaba has turned into a Read more
While eBay had a lot of explaining to do in the media on Monday about its future direction following its breakup, PayPal appeared to be giddy with excitement about what it called its next chapter. And, it seems, with good Read more
Woot’s founder has done it, Etsy welcomes its sellers to do it, and the owners of a historic Scottish traditional-weaving mill is doing it. We’re talking about crowdfunding and it’s all the rage, so much so that PayPal has posted Read more
eBay sellers are asking, who is Richard Brezovec after his name began showing up on their PayPal statements on Wednesday. “My shipping labels are showing payment to this person’s name! What the heck,” a seller wroteon the eBay forums. Other sellers Read more
PayPal announced Wednesday it will acquire Xoom Corporation, an international money transfer service that lets U.S. customers send money abroad. PayPal will pay $25 per share in cash, or an approximate $890 million enterprise value – 32% higher than Xoom’s Read more
PayPal apologized to users over its so-called “robocall” policy on Monday and said it was updating its User Agreement. The provision gave PayPal the right to robocall or robo-text users at for any reason, from debt collecting to advertisements to Read more
eBay announced on Friday that the separation with PayPal will be completed by July 17th, and over the weekend, PayPal sent an email to customers to let them know what they could expect after it becomes an independent company, and Read more
