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Company announcement/startups

PayPal and Experian invest in home rental fintech Jetty

Jetty, the financial services company on a mission to make renting a home more affordable and flexible, today announced an investment from PayPal Ventures and Experian Ventures.

26 May 2022

News/payments

Zettle by PayPal ditches the dongle

PayPal's Zettle unit has introduced functionality that lets small businesses in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands accept contactless payments in-person, directly on their Android devices with no additional hardware or fees.

13 May 2022

Company announcement/startups

PayPal Ventures invests in Concerto

Concerto, a new company created to power credit card partnerships that enhance the user and product experience for consumers and businesses, today unveiled its next-generation card issuing and loyalty platform.

03 May 2022

News/predictions

Apple Pay most popular payments app with US teens

Apple Pay is the most popular payments app among American teens although the vast majority still regularly use cash, according to a survey.

11 April 2022

Company announcement/payments

PayPal revamps credit card

PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL), today announced the introduction of the new PayPal Cashback credit card, issued by Synchrony, which gives customers even more cash back when they shop with PayPal.

05 April 2022

Company announcement/payments

Ratepay becomes PayPal Checkout exclusive payment by invoice partner in Germany

Ratepay, part of leading European PayTech Nexi Group, becomes the exclusive payment by invoice partner for "PayPal Checkout" in Germany.

31 March 2022

Company announcement/retail

PayPal Ventures invests in Cymbio

Cymbio, a leading marketplace and drop ship automation platform, announced today an investment from PayPal Ventures, the venture capital arm of the global payments company. This latest development comes just months after Cymbio closed a $20M Series B round.

25 March 2022

News/people

PayPal names Intel's Archana Deskus CIO

PayPal has hired Intel's Archana Deskus as executive vice president and chief information officer.

23 March 2022

Company announcement/payments

PayPal funded donation to Ukrainian relief efforts reach $250 million

Since the beginning of the crisis in Ukraine, PayPal and our charity partners have helped raise over $250 million for organizations supporting relief efforts in Ukraine.

16 March 2022

News/payments

PayPal, Mastercard, Visa, Amex suspend all services in Russia

PayPal and each of the major card schemes have shut down all services in Russia in an escalation of financial sanctions that go beyond just targeted banks.

07 March 2022

Company announcement/startups

PayPal Ventures invests in Skipify

Skipify, a leader in Frictionless Commerce that enables instant checkout on merchant websites and marketing channels, announced today a strategic investment round from PayPal Ventures, Synchrony, Amex Ventures and Okta Ventures.

28 February 2022

News/crime

PayPal reveals 4.5 million accounts were ‘illegitimate’, shares plummet

Discussing Q4 earnings with analysts, PayPal CFO John Rainey disclosed that 4.5 million accounts had been shut down after “bad actors” took advantage of incentives and rewards programmes, resulting in shares falling by 25%, according to Bloomberg.

03 February 2022