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PayPal to take small biz lending programme overseas following US trial success

PayPal is to extend its working capital programme for small business customers indefinitely, following a successful three-month trial in the US.

21 March 2014

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US charges three in multi-million dollar cybercrime case

US authorities have charged three men accused of using information hacked from more than a dozen financial service firms in a bid to steal at least $15 million.

18 March 2014

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Samsung and PayPal team to let Galaxy S5 owners pay by fingerprint

Owners of the new Samsung Galaxy S5 will be able to use the handset's fingerprint authentication system to make payments at online and in-store merchants that accept PayPal.

25 February 2014

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PayPal says the time is right for wearable payments

Paypal is to be the first payments provider for Samsung's new range of Gear 2 smartwatches.

24 February 2014

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PayPal names Danese Cooper head, open source

PayPal has hired programmer, computer scientist, and open source champion Danese Cooper as its first head of open source.

21 February 2014

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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.

11 February 2014

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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.

05 February 2014

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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.

23 January 2014

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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.

17 January 2014

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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.

18 December 2013

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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.

13 December 2013

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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.

11 December 2013