<![CDATA[PayPal News]]> http://www.ebayinc.com/view/site.feed/paypal The latest news from PayPal, an eBay Inc. company. en-us <![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’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...

]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2011 06:09:00 PDT <![CDATA[eBay Inc. to Acquire Zong]]> 20110707005650 SAN JOSE, Calif. & MENLO PARK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--eBay Inc. (NASDAQ: EBAY) announced today that it has agreed to acquire Zong, a leading provider of payments through mobile carrier billing, for total consideration of approximately $240 million in cash. Zong leverages connections with more than 250 mobile network operators around the world, offering localized, secure and easy-to-use payments capabilities for digital goods and services in 21 languages and 45...

]]> Thu, 07 Jul 2011 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal Files Lawsuit to Protect Trade Secrets: A Reason Worth Fighting For]]> paypal_files_lawsuit_to_protect_trade_se Editor’s Note: The following blog post was published on the PayPal blog on May 26, 2011.

Spending time in courtrooms is generally not our thing. We prefer to compete and innovate, serving our customers by offering the best way to pay and be paid. That’s how you really win. But sometimes the behaviors of people and competitors make legal action the only meaningful way for a company to protect one of its most valuable assets – its trade secrets.

We spend a lot of time and energy creating the things that...

]]> Thu, 26 May 2011 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[Q&A with Laura Chambers of PayPal Mobile]]> qa_with_laura_chambers_of_paypal_mobile For the past several years, eBay Inc. has increasingly focused on mobile, local and social commerce, and has delivered on this promise with a leading collection of mobile applications. Among them,PayPal Mobile continues to win new users and is expected to drive mobile payment volume to over $2 billion in 2011, up from $25 million only four years ago. PayPal Mobile’s horizons are also expanding, including integration with eBay Inc.’s growing portfolio of local shopping assets,...

]]> Fri, 20 May 2011 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[Fast Company Names PayPal the Most Innovative Financial Services Company]]> fast_company_names_paypal_the_most_innov “For leading the charge on digital money,” Fast Company magazine has named PayPal the most innovative financial services firm, atop a list of prominent players including Citibank and Intuit. The recognition comes on the heels of the publication naming eBay Inc. one of the world’s 50 most innovative companies.

In Fast Company’s discussion of PayPal, editors said, “In November 2009, PayPal made the radical move to open up its system to third-party developers and allow them to integrate its payment system...

]]> Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal’s Express Checkout Helps Raise Merchant Sales By 18 Percent]]> paypals_express_checkout_helps_raise_mer According to an Ipsos Public Affairs report, 83 percent of PayPal merchants have reported seeing increased sales since PayPal began offering its Express Checkout product. Ipsos conducted a survey of PayPal merchants, who reported that sales rose an average of 18 percent upon offering the checkout option.

TechCrunch covered the findings from the survey, noting that “since offering PayPal, merchants claim that 22 percent of their total revenue comes from PayPal’s Express Checkout." TechCrunch’s story is ...

]]> Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:00:00 PDT <![CDATA[PayPal Opens Office in Arizona to Support Global Growth]]> 20110223006009 CHANDLER, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, PayPal opened the doors to its new customer service and operations center in Chandler, Ariz. The new facility, located at 3000 West One Payment Way, will employ up to 2,000 new employees – which will help to support PayPal customers around the world.

“This new facility will bring good quality jobs to the East Valley”

“PayPal is growing at a phenomenal rate. Last year we set a new record for the business, adding one million new customers a...

]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2011 12:00:00 PST <![CDATA[eBay and PayPal Report Very Healthy Holiday Shopping Results]]> ebay_and_paypal_report_very_healthy_holi

Now that the holiday shopping season is in full swing, eBay and PayPal are seeing positive results from many deep discount offers and optimized ways to give – and get – the perfect gifts . PayPal has announced its Black Friday shopping results, which featured a 27 percent increase in total payment volume compared to last year, and eBay experienced increased sales as well as double the amount of Black Friday sales in the U.S. from its mobile applications. eBay also announced that...

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