Tag: PayPal

April 25, 2019

E-commerce has reoriented retail, and growth continues to outpace overall retail sales growth as more legacy retailers expand their digital operations and as pure-plays in several categories continue to enter the space. It’s been a costly shift, not least due […]

March 14, 2019

This offering is the latest example of how PayPal’s partnerships with traditional financial institutions and payment card companies are paying off. It first partnered with JPMorgan Chase in 2017, and the companies have looked beyond just broadening acceptance of PayPal […]

December 3, 2018

The gateway weekend to the busiest shopping season of the year appears to be evolving in some interesting ways. Black Friday isn’t just for going out to ye olde brick-and-mortar shops anymore — it’s becoming much more of an online […]

October 19, 2018

For American Express, this is another step in the company’s effort to shake off its legacy image as a stodgy credit card network that in the past has seemed unable or unwilling to evolve with the changing payments landscape. AmEx […]

May 25, 2018

PayPal, which had 237 million active accounts worldwide as of Q1 2018, is becoming a highly versatile payment platform with continued integrations with Google. The new strategy that links payment across the entire Google ecosystem will likely provide a more […]

August 31, 2017

PayPal has announced the PayPal Cashback Mastercard, a new cash-back credit card exclusively for PayPal account holders that offers 2% cash back on online and in-store purchases where Mastercard is accepted, a PayPal press release stated. The card, issued by […]

May 12, 2017

Retail purchases made with Apple Pay are on the rise, and the service is now tied with PayPal as consumers’ preferred method of mobile payment. According to research from retail app platform Branding Brand, in-app purchases with Apple Pay increased […]

October 11, 2016

Every business is a word of mouth business. This is even more true in the internet age of social media posts and Yelp reviews. Nearly three out of four people value the opinions of friends more than any other advertising […]

September 19, 2016

PayPal Holdings Inc. said it’s joining with China UnionPay Co. in the digital-payments company’s latest global push to find more customers and better position itself in cross-border e-commerce. Merchants in European countries will be able to accept payments from UnionPay […]

September 7, 2016

PayPal and MasterCard announced an expanded partnership Tuesday enabling consumers to to use PayPal’s payment services in brick-and-mortar stores. Per terms of the agreement, PayPal will allow users to select a MasterCard credit or debit card as their default payment method […]

July 21, 2016

The value of goods transacted on eBay Inc.’s U.S. marketplace grew 4.8% to $8.54 billion during the company’s second quarter ended June 30, the online marketplace reported on Wednesday. That’s up from $8.15 billion in the same quarter a year […]