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Company announcement/payments

PayPal acquires Happy Returns

We started Happy Returns nearly six years ago with the mission of making returns beautiful for shoppers, retailers, and the planet.

14 May 2021

News/cloud

PayPal expands Google Cloud relationship

PayPal is expanding its partnership with Google Cloud, which will provide the payments giant with both infrastructure and analytics capabilities to help it process transactional data at massive scale.

13 May 2021

News/inclusion

Big Issue sellers to accept PayPal QR Code payments

Sellers of the Big Issue, a magazine sold by the homeless across the UK, are now able to accept PayPal QR Code payments, following an accelerated roll out of iZettle card readers to over a third of its vendor network.

10 May 2021

News/payments

Twitter Tip Jar users cite PayPal privacy concerns hours after rollout

Hours after Twitter announced the new money transfer feature Tip Jar, early testers took to the social media platform to air their concerns over addresses being included in PayPal receipts.

07 May 2021

News/crypto

Coinbase lets users buy crypto with PayPal

Coinbase customers in the US can now use their PayPal accounts to buy bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

30 April 2021

Company announcement/payments

Fiserv bring PayPal and Venmo QR code payments to POS

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a leading global provider of payments and financial services technology solutions, is enabling businesses of all sizes across a range of industries to support in-demand digital payment options and expand their touch-free payment capabilities via a new relationship with PayPal.

27 April 2021

News/crypto

EToro launches new bitcoin portfolio

Multi-asset investment platform eToro has today announced the launch of a new thematic portfolio – BitcoinWorldWide. Based on the companies in the value chain behind bitcoin, the portfolio is intended to further catalyse adoption of the booming cryptocurrency.

26 April 2021

News/crypto

PayPal lets users pay in crypto

PayPal customers in the US can now pay at millions of online merchants around the world with bitcoin, litecoin, ethereum or bitcoin cash.

30 March 2021

Company announcement/payments

PayPal teams with Flutterwave to tackle African market

Just last year 2020, PayPal‘s 377 million+ users made transactions that saw PayPal end the year with a $936 billion total payment volume for the year 2020.

17 March 2021

Company announcement/crypto

PayPal confirms acquisition of Curv

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced that it has agreed to acquire Curv to accelerate and expand its initiatives to support cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

08 March 2021

Company announcement/payments

PayPal is the largest non-bank lender with over $54 billion in total assets

Many small businesses around the world rely on alternative financing companies for their capital with traditional banks often having strict requirements such as a good credit score.

04 March 2021

News/crypto

PayPal linked with $500m bid for crypto asset security firm Curv

PayPal is in early-stage talks to buy Curv in a deal that would value the digital asset security firm at up to $500 million, according to media reports.

04 March 2021