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German antitrust watchdog investigates PayPal

PayPal is being investigated by Germany's antitrust regulator for possibly obstructing rivals and restricting price competition.

24 January 2023

News/payments

Big US banks prep mobile wallet to take on Apple

America's biggest banks are teaming up to take on Apple and PayPal with a digital wallet linked to customers' debit and credit cards, according to the Wall Street Journal.

23 January 2023

News/crime

Thousands of PayPal users victim of data breach

The accounts of 34,942 PayPal users were hacked between the 2nd and 6th of December 2022 by unauthorised parties through a credential stuffing attack. Hackers potentially gained access to customers’ personal data, including their name, address, date of birth, tax ID number, and social security number.

20 January 2023

News/payments

Tulipshare calls on PayPal to end discriminatory account suspensions

Tulipshare, a mobile app that empowers individuals to drive ethical change at public companies by becoming a shareholder, has filed a proposal to PayPal, calling on the company to ease account suspensions and provide non-discriminatory financial services to all users.

10 January 2023

News/crypto

PayPal partners with ConsenSys MetaMask to allow US users to buy Ethereum

Web 3.0 company ConsenSys revealed this week that US MetaMask users will be able to purchase Ethereum from within the app using PayPal.

16 December 2022

News/crypto

PayPal readies for EU crypto push with Luxembourg roll out

PayPal is to expand its cryptocurrency service to Luxembourg in a move that portends a further roll out across the European Union.

08 December 2022

News/regulation

Polish regulator takes aim at PayPal

Poland's competition watchdog has initiated proceedings against PayPal over the use of possibly prohibited contractual provisions.

25 November 2022

News/payments

PayPal and Apple to accept each other's payment products

PayPal and Apple have struck a deal to start accepting each other's payments products within their separate ecosystems.

04 November 2022

News/security

PayPal lets Apple users ditch passwords for passkeys

PayPal is taking a major step away from passwords, giving users the option of logging in to their accounts with the new industry standard passkey.

24 October 2022

Company announcement/payments

PayPal launches unified rewards programme

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the introduction of PayPal Rewards, a new unified rewards program that gives customers an easy way to shop, earn, track, save, and redeem rewards and offers all in one place – their PayPal app.

17 October 2022

News/payments

PayPal to ride out social media backlash over misinformation policy change

Online payments giant PayPal is unlikely to suffer any significant impact from a customer backlash over a supposed charge for users spreading misinformation, acccording to financial analysts.

14 October 2022

Company announcement/payments

PayPal rolls out Zettle POS terminal in the US

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) today announced the rollout of the PayPal Zettle Terminal to small businesses in the U.S. following its launch in European markets last year.

11 October 2022