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EBay ponders PayPal spin-off - report

Shares in eBay rose nearly five per cent yesterday afternoon off the back of a media report that the online auction house could spin off its PayPal unit as early as next year.

22 August 2014

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PayPal taps Venmo for one-touch in-app payments

PayPal has taken advantage of technology from its Braintree unit to build a system which lets mobile shoppers make in-app purchases with a single touch.

20 August 2014

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Ryanair adds PayPal option

Ryanair, Europe’s favourite low fares airline, today (18 Aug) launched a new payment partnership with PayPal, providing customers, business travellers, travel agents and corporate travel departments with even more ways to book and pay for the lowest fares on the Ryanair.com website.

18 August 2014

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Braintree could soon accept bitcoin

EBay is preparing to integrate bitcoin into its Braintree payments service, according to the Wall Street Journal, giving the crypto-currency a firm nudge into the mainstream.

15 August 2014

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BitPay brings in Visa, PayPal and Jumio talent

BitPay has begun putting the proceeds of its recent $30 million funding round to use, embarking on a hiring spree that sees talent from Visa, PayPal and Jumio join the digital currency startup.

14 August 2014

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PayPal brings Start Tank programme to London

PayPal is bringing its Start Tank programme to the UK, inviting the country's tech startups to apply for one of five chances to win a six month stint at its London offices.

29 July 2014

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PayPal hits the high street in Holland

Shoppers in the Netherlands can now use their PayPal accounts to order ahead and pay for goods and services at 1500 high street locations through a partnership with Rabobank-backed MyOrder

28 July 2014

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PayPal brings small biz working capital programme to UK

PayPal is bringing its working capital programme for small business customers to the UK, offering firms cash advances against future sales.

23 July 2014

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Former PayPal founder Levchin wants to upend consumer finance

Former Paypal co-founder Max Levchin is looking to disrupt the payments market once again with the launch of a new service that lets online merchants advance credit to consumers at the point of sale.

10 July 2014

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PayPal releases first Android Wear app

PayPal has released an app for the new Android Wear line of smartwatches.

27 June 2014

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PayPal president Marcus quits for Facebook

PayPal president David Marcus has quit the eBay unit to run the mobile messaging business at Facebook.

10 June 2014

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EBay tells users to change passwords after database hack

EBay is asking users to change their passwords because of a cyber-attack that compromised a database containing user data. But the online auction house says that there is no evidence that PayPal accounts have been compromised.

21 May 2014