PayPal

731 results about this entity

Period: 08 Feb 2005 - 07 Oct 2024

Crooks swipe PayPal chief Marcus's card data for shopping spree

PayPal president David Marcus has fallen foul of crooks who swiped the details of his EMV card and used the information to go on a shopping spree.

GCHQ launched DDoS attack against Anonymous members

British spy agency GCHQ ran denial-of-service attacks against chat rooms in a bid to disrupt efforts by the Anonymous and LulzSec collective to run their own DDoS campaigns against firms including PayPal and Visa, documents taken by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden reveal.

EBay rebuffs calls to spin-off PayPal

EBay chief John Donahoe has rebuffed proposals from activist investor Carl Icahn that the company should spin-off PayPal to increase shareholder value.

Twitter said to near Stripe deal for e-commerce push

Twitter could finally be preparing to jump into the commerce arena through a deal with Stripe that would let it accept card payments for in-tweet payments, according to press reports.

PayPal buys mobile app specialist StackMob

PayPal has acquired StackMob, a San Francisco-based firm which helps developers build and manage their mobile applications. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

PayPal Here brings festive cheer to Covent Garden market traders

Stallholders at Covent Garden's arts and craft market in central London have been equipped with mobile point-of-sale card readers supplied by PayPal, enabling them to accept debit card payments over the busy Christmas shopping period.

PayPal boss backs bitcoin, but not as a currency

PayPal president David Marcus has predicted that bitcoin could double its value over the next year as it continues to prosper as an investment asset but insists that the cryptocurrency is not a real currency.

Uber hails PayPal for in-app taxi payments

Uber, the US start-up behind an app that connects passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire, has added PayPal as a payment option.

McDonald's rolls out remote mobile order and payment system across France

Fast food chain McDonald's is to extend a mobile ordering and PayPal payment app programme across its French network following a successful trial at 80 establishments.

PayPal waives processing fees for start-ups

PayPal is offering to waive up to $50,000 in processing fees for 18 months for young mobile and Web firms as part of its new Blueprint Startup programme.

PayPal and Equity Bank bid to bring global e-commerce to Kenya

PayPal is bidding to tap into the fast growing African market through a partnership with Kenya's Equity Bank which will let the country's merchants sell to customers around the world.

Money2020 stirs up cashless society debate

While much of the chatter at the Money2020 conference in Las Vegas centred on schemes to eliminate hard cash, former Citibanker Jay Bhattacharya took a contrarian approach, brandishing a newspaper clipping from 1972 that confidently forecast the arrival of a cashless society by the end of the 1970s.