PayPal

736 results about this entity

Period: 08 Feb 2005 - 26 Nov 2024

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.

PayPal Here signs up 200k merchants in weeks

More than 200,000 merchants have already signed up to PayPal's dongle and app combo that allows users to accept card payments with their mobile phones.

Shrauger quits as PayPal VP, global product and experience

PayPal's vice president of global product and experience, Sam Shrauger has resigned after eight years at the eBay unit.

PayPal ditches Web label as it makes play for high street transactions

PayPal is rebranding its suite of small business payments programmes as PayPal Payments, deliberately dropping the word 'Website' from its US product range as it moves away from its online roots to embrace mobile and offline opportunities for expansion.

Bump launches iPhone payment app

After being removed from the PayPal app, Bump Technologies has unveiled its own iPhone payment tool, enabling users to send money to each other by tapping handsets together.

PayPal names mobile man David Marcus president

PayPal has replaced Scott Thompson, who quit as president in January, with its current mobile chief David Marcus, who joined the eBay unit last year when it acquired his direct carrier billing operator Zong.

Square poaches from PayPal as it bids for international expansion

US mobile swipe outfit Square has responded to PayPal's attempt to muscle in on its territory by hiring Alyssa Cutright, a 12-year veteran of PayPal, to head up its international expansion.

PayPal launches Square rival

PayPal has taken the wraps off its Square rival, offering small businesses a free dongle and app that allows them to accept card payments with their mobile phones.