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PayPal stablecoin comes to Solana blockchain

PayPal's PYUSD is now available on the Solana blockchain in a move that the company says will make its stablecoin faster and cheaper to use.

30 May 2024

News/people

PayPal builds advertising platform

PayPal is building an advertising platform, tapping into its trove of customer data to help merchants better target their ads.

29 May 2024

Company announcement/crypto

BVNK integrates with PayPal USD

BVNK, the payments infrastructure provider, announced today that it has integrated the stablecoin PayPal USD (PYUSD).

16 May 2024

News/security

HSBC and PayPal tackle quantum-safe cryptography in payments

HSBC and PayPal are among the founding member of a new working group investigating the adoption of quantum-safe cryptography in the payments industry.

29 April 2024

News/payments

PayPal Ventures leads €18 million series A extension in Pliant

PayPal Ventures has led an €18+ million Serie A extension for Berlin-based corporate card platform Pliant as it prepares for expansion into the UK.

18 April 2024

Company announcement/payments

Commercetools and PayPal take on Shop Pay

Amidst the buzz of commercetools' groundbreaking global conference, Elevate - The Global Commerce Summit™, attendees were treated to a series of key announcements that followed a theme anchoring on community, expanded opportunities, and flexible solutions to solve increasingly complex problems.

17 April 2024

News/people

Ex-PayPal CEO Schulman joins Valor Capital

Former PayPal and American Express boss Dan Schulman is joining Valor Capital Group, the cross-border venture fund focused on bridging the US and Latin American technology markets.

11 April 2024

Company announcement/crypto

Xoom enables PayPal USD as a funding option for cross-border money transfers

Xoom, PayPal’s cross-border money transfer service, announced today that U.S. users1 now have the option to fund money transfers to friends and family abroad using USD converted from PayPal USD (PYUSD), a U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin.

04 April 2024

Company announcement/payments

PayPal adds features for small businesses

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced it has added new features to its complete payments solution for small businesses.

03 April 2024

Company announcement/startups

PayPal invests in Indonesian insurtech Qoala

Omnichannel InsurTech Qoala announced the completion of its Series C funding round, raising USD 47 million led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual Ventures.

27 March 2024

Company announcement/people

PayPal names SoFi's Aaron J Webster as EVP, chief enterprises services officer

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the appointment of Aaron J. Webster as Executive Vice President, Chief Enterprise Services Officer, effective March 18.

13 March 2024

News/payments

PayPal launches payment suite for SMEs

PayPal has launched a complete suite of payment processing tools for online small businesses in the UK, Canada and across more than 20 European markets.

05 March 2024