<![CDATA[PayPal News]]> http://www.ebayinc.com/view/site.feed/paypal The latest news from PayPal, an eBay Inc. company. en-us <![CDATA[PayPal and SOFTBANK to Establish a Joint Venture to Revolutionize Digital Payments and Drive Future of Commerce in Japan]]> PayPal_Softbank_Pressrelease San Jose, California and Tokyo, Japan, May 9, 2012 - PayPal and SOFTBANK announced today that the two companies plan to establish a joint venture company, “PayPal Japan”, to build a digital payments business that will drive the future of commerce in Japan. In addition, PayPal and SOFTBANK today announced PayPal Here in Japan, the fifth country to receive this global mobile payment solution that is already available in the USA, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia. PayPal Here will enable millions of Japanese...

]]> Wed, 09 May 2012 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal’s iPhone App is iTunes App of the Week in Multiple Countries Worldwide]]> paypalapp_pressrelease PayPal recently released its newly redesigned mobile app for the iPhone and consumers around the world have been quick to embrace it. In its first weeks of release, the PayPal iPhone app was selected as the “App of the Week” on iTunes in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, France and Mexico.

In addition to a sleek new design, the PayPal app includes features that give consumers more control over their money. Users can send and request money, check their balances or withdraw funds or snap a...

]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal Announces PayPal Payments ]]> paypalpayments_pressrelease Just a few weeks ago, PayPal introduced PayPal Here, the world’s first global mobile payment solution that allows small businesses to accept almost any form of payment, delivering on PayPal’s vision for anytime, anywhere, any way payments for small businesses.

At the time, PayPal hinted that this was just part of a comprehensive revamp of its products. On April 5, PayPal unveiled the full launch of PayPal Payments. The three-tier business product gives U.S. merchants the flexibility to easily choose a payment...

]]> Fri, 06 Apr 2012 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal’s New President David Marcus Is a Proven Mobile Innovator]]> David_Marcus_pressrelease Last week, eBay Inc. announced that David Marcus, PayPal’s former Vice President of Mobile, is now President of PayPal, replacing Scott Thompson. Already a member of PayPal's executive management team, Marcus was previously CEO and founder of Zong, the leading provider of mobile payments, acquired by eBay Inc. in Aug. 2011. Marcus is a serial entrepreneur who hails from Europe originally, as he discusses in a video interview posted on the eBay Ink blog.

“I’ve always been innovating out on the edge of...

]]> Mon, 02 Apr 2012 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal Here is Here, Providing a Mobile Payment Solution for Merchants of All Sizes]]> paypalhere_pressrelease It’s an exciting time to work at PayPal.  Teams across the company are launching innovative, game-changing products every day, strengthening PayPal’s position as the worldwide leader in simple and secure online payments.  Many of these products are paving new frontiers, transitioning the brand to articulate the flexibility and security of PayPal payment services and growing expansion into the merchant marketplace.  PayPal is thrilled to announce that one of these products, PayPal Here, is...

]]> Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal Announces 1,000 Dundalk Jobs in New International Center]]> Irelandsite_pressrelease Editor’s Note: The following press release was published on Feb. 21, 2012 in IDA Ireland. For more information, check out this PayPal blog post.

PayPal, the leading global online payments company, and Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD today announced the creation of 1,000 jobs by the end of 2015 at PayPal’s new European Operations Center in Dundalk, Co Louth.  The jobs are supported by Government through IDA Ireland.

The new Dundalk Operations Center will open in July 2012. It will be eBay Inc.’s third site in...

]]> Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[PayPal’s New iPhone App Leads the Way in Hong Kong]]> PayPal_HongKong_Pressrelease Marking another PayPal milestone, Hong Kong’s Pacific Coffee chain is enabling customers to pay for their morning beverages via PayPal on their iPhones. Customers can also fund their store credit card, “Perfect Cup,” with PayPal online or via a mobile device at the counters of all 106 locations of Pacific Coffee. For the first-time ever in Hong Kong, consumers can now place their order and pay for their coffee quickly and efficiently with a simple scan of a QR code on their iPhones at the store counter.

“The...

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[PayPal Partners with The Home Depot to Bring PayPal Payments to Select Stores]]> Home_Depot_pressrelease As part of their initial roll-out of Touchstone technology, purchasers can pay with PayPal through cashiers or at self-checkout kiosks.

Marking another significant milestone in PayPal’s history, the company is partnering with The Home Depot to bring PayPal payments and state-of-the-art mobile purchasing to a sample of their retail stores.

As part of their initial roll-out of Touchstone technology, purchasers in select Home Depot stores can pay with PayPal through cashiers or at self-checkout kiosks by...

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[eBay Inc. Launches Enhanced Careers Site to Attract and Serve Top Talent]]> careers_pressrelease As 2012 begins, eBay Inc. is hiring, and the company’s new and improved eBay Careers site is designed to serve prospective new employees as well as existing ones. This year, the company expects to fill many job requisitions worldwide, with a focus on attracting top external talent and giving existing employees good avenues for building long, rewarding careers.

The new eBay Careers site delivers much more than just job openings. “It gives prospective employees a glimpse into eBay culture, leadership,...

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[PayPal Access Now Freely Available to Magento Go Merchants]]> 20111207005474

SAN JOSE, Calif.--()--LEWEB 2011 — X.commerce, eBay’s open commerce ecosystem, announced today that PayPal Access, the trusted commerce identity system, is now freely available to Magento Go merchants. PayPal Access, which was announced in October at X.commerce Innovate 2011, continues to gain traction with merchants of all sizes by making it safer and easier for customers to shop across the Web without having to remember multiple passwords or fill out multi-page forms.

“That’s one of the core...

]]> Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[PayPal’s Send Money App for Facebook Marries Gifting and Social Media]]> Instant_Giving_PRESSRELEASE Did you know that nearly 80 percent of active PayPal users also actively use Facebook? With that in mind, PayPal has delivered a new application to make it even easier to send money directly from Facebook. The new Send Money application on Facebook allows users to turn Facebook wall posts into actual gifts.

Facebook users can now send money to friends and family along with an e-card, photos, videos and a message. The process requires just a few clicks and a PayPal account.
The Send Money application’s roots...

]]> Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[eBay and PayPal Predict Major Spike in Mobile Shopping on Thanksgiving; eBay Powers “Couch Commerce” with Launch of “Watch with eBay”]]> 20111121006269

SAN JOSE, Calif.--()--eBay, the world’s largest online marketplace and a leader in mobile commerce, and PayPal, a leader in online and mobile payments, are helping people to holiday shop when they want, where they want, anticipating a significant shift in typical Thanksgiving weekend shopping behavior. eBay and PayPal predict that after dinner on Thanksgiving Day, people will head for the couch, and their smartphones and tablets, in what will be the first mobile shopping spike this holiday...

]]> Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[Your holiday season – all wrapped up in blue with Simon Doonan!]]> Simon_Donnan_Press_Release At PayPal’s Shopping Showcase in New York, exciting things are happening! We’re not only welcoming retailers into the future of commerce this holiday season, renowned fashion commentator and creative genius Simon Doonan is helping us do it. If you’ve ever been shopping in New York during the holidays, you know half the fun is seeing all the great holiday window displays in storefronts.

There’s one retailer in particular that’s known for irreverent and eye-catching displays – luxury department retailer Barneys...

]]> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[Mobile Fast Facts]]> Mobile_Fast_Facts_Press_Release The holiday season is a magical time of year when we at eBay and PayPal strive to help our customers score the best deals and pay anytime, anywhere. That’s why we’ve partnered to create an infographic that brings this illuminating data to life. For example, did you know that eBay sells three items per second on mobile? And were you aware that PayPal processes $10,000 in mobile payments every minute?

We hope you’ll enjoy these stats with a hot cocoa and a warm gingerbread cookie.

View the next holiday resource.

]]> Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[PayPal and X.commerce Launch PayPal Access]]> 20111012006418 SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At eBay Inc.’s Innovate Developer Conference 2011, PayPal and X.commerce, the world’s first open commerce ecosystem, today introduced PayPal Access, a new trusted commerce identity system that makes it safer and easier for customers to shop across the web without having to remember multiple passwords.

“There’s still too much friction in online shopping”

Available to global retailers today, PayPal Access gives consumers the...

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