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PayPal’s crypto partner mints $300 trillion worth of stablecoins in ‘technical error’

PayPal’s blockchain partner Paxos accidentally minted $300 trillion in stablecoins in an internal transfer on Wednesday.

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Company announcement/payments

PayPal introduces cashback on BNPL purchases

PayPal today announced that U.S. customers will earn 5% cash back on PayPal Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) purchases between now and the end of the year1.

06 October 2025

News/payments

PayPal targets Middle East and Africa with $100 million spending commitment

PayPal has allocated $100 million to grow its business in the Middle East and Africa.

26 September 2025

News/crypto

PayPal invests in Stable layer 1 blockchain

PayPal Ventures has made a strategic investment in Stable, the layer 1 blockchain network for stablecoin transactions.

23 September 2025

News/payments

Google and PayPal agree multi-year commerce collaboration

Google and PayPal have agreed a multi-year collaboration to advance agentic shopping and frictionless commerce payments.

18 September 2025

News/payments

PayPal lets users send money and crypto via P2P links

PayPal users can now send and receive money through a personalised, one-time link sent over text, email, direct message, or chat.

16 September 2025

Company announcement/retail

PayPal picks Nova Credit to power US cash flow underwriting

Nova Credit, a leading credit infrastructure and analytics company, today announced that PayPal, one of the world’s largest digital payment platforms, has selected Nova Credit’s Cash Atlas™ to incorporate cash flow underwriting capabilities across its growing portfolio of consumer credit products.

05 September 2025

News/ai

PayPal gives users early access to Perplexity AI browser

PayPal and Venmo users in some countries are being offered early access to Perplexity's new AI-powered web browser.

05 September 2025

News/ai

PayPal leads funding round in agentic AI firm Kite

PayPal Ventures has led an $18 million funding round in Kite, a company building the trust infrastructure for AI-generated autonomous payments.

03 September 2025

News/payments

PayPal faces chaos in Germany after banks shut down payments over security fears

PayPal is working with German banks to resolve outstanding issues that disrupted online payments for millions of consumers last week.

01 September 2025

News/crypto

PayPal and Coinbase invest in crypto firm Mesh

PayPal Ventures and Coinbase Ventures have invested in Mesh, bringing the crypto payments network's total funding to more than $130 million.

15 August 2025

Company announcement/payments

Safaricom and PayPal link accounts

Safaricom (NSE: SCOM), M-PESA and PayPal have announced a strategic collaboration to enable account linking and seamless fund transfers across their networks.

29 July 2025