PayPal

731 results about this entity

Period: 08 Feb 2005 - 07 Oct 2024

Oz bookshop lets students beat the queues with QR codes

Australian students stocking up on textbooks for the upcoming semester can avoid busy queues at Co-op Bookshop outlets by using their phones to scan QR codes in store windows and paying with PayPal

PayPal acquires card scanning startup card.io

PayPal has acquired card.io, the San Francisco-based startup that provides technology for developers to capture credit card information by using the camera on a smartphone.

PayPal moves into 'couch commerce' with TiVo and Comcast TV remote payments deals

PayPal has moved to kick-start its 't-commerce' plans, inking deals with DVR outfit TiVo and Comcast Cable that will enable viewers to make purchases through their TV sets.

Mobile NFC fails TfL's need-for-speed transit tests

A senior Transport for London executive says the read-speed of NFC-enabled mobile devices is too slow for practical use on the capital's transit network.

PayPal comes to UK high street; AmEx extends Foursqare discount check-ins to UK

PayPal has inked deals with four major UK high street retailers that will see customers able to make in-store payments using their mobile phones.

PayPal signs 15 retailers to in-store payments; Groupon tests mobile payments

PayPal has continued its assault on the bricks-and-mortar world, signing 15 major US retailers to its in-store payment system.

PayPal targets big retailers through VeriFone and Equinox partnerships

PayPal has inked a licensing, marketing and implementation agreement with terminal manufacturers VeriFone and Equinox in a bid to bring its alternative payment methods to America's biggest retailers.

US banks roll out P2P payments platform

Bank of America and Wells Fargo have gone live with the clearXchange person-to-person payments platform, which enables users to send and receive payments through online and mobile banking using just an e-mail address or mobile phone number.

European equivalent of Square, iZettle, commences UK beta trials

Swedish mobile card swipe start-up iZettle - billed as the European equivalent to Square - is set to begin a beta-test of its technology in the UK.

Former PayPal president Thompson falls on his own CV at Yahoo!

Yahoo! chief executive Scott Thompson, hired from PayPal to turn around the fortunes of the once-giant dotcom company, has been shown the door after misrepresenting his academic qualifications on his CV.

Yahoo sets up committee to investigate Thompson CV claims

Yahoo has formed a special committee to look into the academic credentials of its new CEO Scott Thompson after it emerged that claims he holds a computer science degree were false.

PayPal forms Japanese JV with Softbank

PayPal has formed a joint venture with Japan's leading Internet company Softbank as it bids to finally crack the country's digital payments market, kicking off with the launch of PayPal Here.