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Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPT)
PayPal is a leading technology platform company that enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants worldwide. We put our customers at the center of everything we do. We strive to increase our relevance for consumers, merchants, friends and family to access and move their money anywhere in the world, anytime, on any platform and through any device.
PayPal and Rainforest Team to Move Businesses Away From Checks
February 25, 2026
Paypal has formed a partnership with Rainforest, an embedded payment provider focused on software platforms. The collaboration will see the companies launch an embedded payment integration to help software platforms move more processing volume away ...Read moreStripe and PayPal Combination Would Reorder the Payments Landscape
February 24, 2026
Tuesday (Feb. 24) marked a potentially seismic day in the payments industry. Rumors of Stripe’s interest in PayPal emerged after hours on Tuesday, initially reported by the likes of Bloomberg, with ...Read moreAnalysts Say PayPal Stock Slump Makes It Takeover Target
February 23, 2026
PayPal Holdings has met with banks at a time when it is seeing unsolicited interest from would-be buyers, Bloomberg reported Monday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources. The company is drawing takeover ...Read morePayPal Working Capital Security Lapse Exposes Data of 100 Users
February 23, 2026
PayPal notified about 100 customers of PayPal Working Capital (PPWC) that their personally identifiable information (PII) was exposed to unauthorized individuals over a five-month period due to an error in its PPWC loan application. The ...Read morePayPal Teams With Sabre and Mindtrip on Agentic AI Travel
February 12, 2026
PayPal is launching an artificial intelligence-focused partnership with tech firms Sabre and Mindtrip, according to a Thursday (Feb. 12) press release. The collaboration combines PayPal’s agentic commerce capabilities, Sabre’s enterprise-grade travel ...Read morePayPal Swaps CEOs as Checkout Slows and 2026 Reset Begins
February 3, 2026PayPal finds itself in a transition year, as 2026 signals a reworking of strategy while growth cools, with deceleration in its online branded checkout franchise. The company reported its fourth-quarter and ...Read morePayPal Replaces CEO With HP Vet Who Managed Company Breakup
February 3, 2026
PayPal sprang a surprise on investors Tuesday morning (Feb. 3), unveiling a CEO change during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. PayPal said it has named Enrique Lores to lead the next ...Read morePayPal Acquires Cymbio to Bolster Agentic Commerce Capabilities
January 22, 2026
PayPal is set to acquire marketplace and dropship automation platform Cymbio. As the company noted in a news release Thursday (Jan. 22), PayPal has in the past worked with Cymbio as part of its agentic ...Read morePayPal and april Team on Faster Tax Filing
January 20, 2026
PayPal has launched a partnership with embedded tax technology platform april. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Jan. 20), lets PayPal Debit Mastercard customers in the U.S. file their 2025 state and federal tax returns ...Read morePayPal Teams With Deutsche Bank to Scale Payment Solutions
January 13, 2026
PayPal says it is expanding its years-long partnership with Deutsche Bank. This effort is designed to provide “enhanced payment solutions” throughout the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, PayPal said ...Read more
Stripe and PayPal Combination Would Reorder the Payments Landscape
February 24, 2026Tuesday (Feb. 24) marked a potentially seismic day in the payments industry. Rumors of Stripe’s interest in PayPal emerged after hours on Tuesday, initially reported by the likes of Bloomberg, with ...Read moreAnalysts Say PayPal Stock Slump Makes It Takeover Target
February 23, 2026PayPal Holdings has met with banks at a time when it is seeing unsolicited interest from would-be buyers, Bloomberg reported Monday (Feb. 23), citing unnamed sources. The company is drawing takeover ...Read moreOKX and Mastercard Enable Stablecoin Payments for European Cardholders
January 28, 2026
OKX has launched a crypto card in the European Economic Area (EEA) that enables direct stablecoins payments anywhere in the world Mastercard is accepted. The OKX Card also has zero fees transaction fees or foreign ...Read morePayPal Teams With Deutsche Bank to Scale Payment Solutions
January 13, 2026PayPal says it is expanding its years-long partnership with Deutsche Bank. This effort is designed to provide “enhanced payment solutions” throughout the U.S., Europe and the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, PayPal said ...Read moreGoogle Aims at Merchants With Open-Source Universal Agentic Protocol
January 12, 2026
Google’s Universal Commerce Protocol marks a shift in how the company wants transactions to happen online. Instead of sending users from search results to merchant websites, Google is beginning to ...Read moreBanks, Cards and Creators Push Stablecoins Into Financial Mainstream
January 9, 2026
The stablecoin pitch has always been a digital token that maintains a stable value, usually pegged to a fiat currency, while inheriting the speed, programmability and global reach of blockchains. What ...Read moreDigital Payments Rebuild Financial Systems in the Middle East
December 12, 2025
Across the Middle East, governments, banks and global payments firms are treating digital payments as foundational infrastructure for future economic activity. The focus is not limited to consumer convenience or ...Read morePayPal Uses UK Relaunch to Debut Rewards Program
November 12, 2025
PayPal said it is relaunching in the UK as a “unified payment experience.” The company’s new offering, announced Wednesday (Nov. 12), is designed to improve shopping for British consumers, letting them ...Read moreFive Factors Driving Digital Wallets From Trial to Habit
November 12, 2025
PYMNTS Intelligence finds that 31% of consumers used a mobile wallet in a store in the last seven days, more than double the 14% reported a year earlier. Apple Pay’s ...Read moreStablecoin Orchestration Becomes New Blockchain Battleground
November 3, 2025
As payment innovations scale, settlement and infrastructure have traditionally reared their heads as the strategic chokepoints. In the early days of the digital payments revolution, for example, industry titans like Mastercard, ...Read more
More Than 75% of Banks Not Ready for ISO 20022 Mandates. The Question Is: Why?
December 13, 2024
The benefits of standardized data formats and exchanges in financial services are myriad. Banks are moving toward the ISO 20022 financial messaging standard, tied to Swift, which noted that the open ...Read moreSling Money Raises $15 Million for Money Transfer App
August 15, 2024
Stablecoin-centric money transfer app Sling Money has raised $15 million in new funds. Sling’s app combines stablecoin technology “with a user-friendly interface” and integration with fiat payment systems for easier money movement, according ...Read moreWise Resumes Signing Customers in India to Tap $32 Billion Remittance Market
August 12, 2024
Money transfer firm Wise is reportedly hoping to tap India’s $32 billion remittance market. To that end, Wise plans to begin signing up new customers in the world’s most populous nation after pausing that side ...Read morePomelo and Thunes Partner on International Money Transfer Solution
May 9, 2024
Pomelo and Thunes have partnered on an international money transfer solution from the United States to the Philippines. This credit-based digital wallet solution provides a remittance method that reduces costs and ...Read morePomelo Officially Launches Product Combining Credit and International Money Transfer
April 22, 2024
Pomelo has announced its official launch after several months of private beta. The company is launching with $70 million in seed financing that includes $20 million in venture capital and $50 million ...Read moreWestern Union Marks 100 Concept Stores in Europe
December 6, 2023
Western Union says it has expanded its network of concept stores in Europe. The cross-border money transfer provider announced Wednesday (Dec. 6) that it now has 100 concept stores and “company-owned hubs” ...Read moreFTC: Walmart ‘Turned Blind Eye’ to Telemarketing Rule Violations
July 2, 2023
Federal regulators have offered new details in a legal action involving Walmart’s money-transfer operations. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced Friday (June 30) that it had amended its year-old complaint against the retail giant, which involves the company’s ...Read moreMoney Transfer Company Wise Reports 37% YOY Increase in Volumes
June 27, 2023
Money transfer company Wise increased its customer base by 34% and its volumes by 37% over the last year. During the 12 months ended March 31, the company’s customer base grew ...Read moreMoney Transfer Firm Instant Cash Receives License From UAE Central Bank
May 25, 2023
Instant Cash has received a license from the Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates (CBUAE). With this Retail Payment Services and Card Scheme Regulation (RPSCS) Category 2 License, Instant Cash ...Read moreRising P2P Payments Driving Demand for More Seamless Money Movement Options
April 11, 2023
Call it peer-to-peer or person-to-person, but P2P is taking on new significance in a troubled economy where splitting the restaurant bill or lending your friend a few dollars is a ...Read more
PayPal and Rainforest Team to Move Businesses Away From Checks
February 25, 2026Paypal has formed a partnership with Rainforest, an embedded payment provider focused on software platforms. The collaboration will see the companies launch an embedded payment integration to help software platforms move more processing volume away ...Read morePayPal Teams With Sabre and Mindtrip on Agentic AI Travel
February 12, 2026PayPal is launching an artificial intelligence-focused partnership with tech firms Sabre and Mindtrip, according to a Thursday (Feb. 12) press release. The collaboration combines PayPal’s agentic commerce capabilities, Sabre’s enterprise-grade travel ...Read morePayPal Acquires Cymbio to Bolster Agentic Commerce Capabilities
January 22, 2026PayPal is set to acquire marketplace and dropship automation platform Cymbio. As the company noted in a news release Thursday (Jan. 22), PayPal has in the past worked with Cymbio as part of its agentic ...Read morePayPal and april Team on Faster Tax Filing
January 20, 2026PayPal has launched a partnership with embedded tax technology platform april. The collaboration, announced Tuesday (Jan. 20), lets PayPal Debit Mastercard customers in the U.S. file their 2025 state and federal tax returns ...Read moreBlock and PayPal Say Scams Are Now an Industry
January 6, 2026
Watch more: Live Roundtable with Block’s Brian Boates, Paypal’s Dave Szuchman and FTA’s Angelena Bradfield The contours of the modern scam economy are becoming clear. And its edges are growing sharper. Fraud ...Read morePayPal, CrowdStrike and Synopsys Use Focused AI for Speed, Accuracy
November 25, 2025
Companies are replacing large language models (LLMs) with smaller, specialized micro agents that handle tasks faster and more accurately. The move comes after early use showed that focused agents outperformed ...Read moreLabor Economy Workers Make Digital Wallets Their Banks
October 27, 2025
The Labor Economy is a group of about 60 million essential workers who keep the service and supply systems in the United States moving. Most earn $25 an hour or less, ...Read moreMastercard and PayPal Make Trust the Core of Agentic Commerce
October 27, 2025
Mastercard and PayPal are deepening their partnership to bring agentic AI transactions into the mainstream. Under the agreement, Mastercard’s Agent Pay platform will be integrated into PayPal’s branded checkout wallet. ...Read morePayPal Raises Stake in eCommerce Firm Shopware to 41%
October 21, 2025
PayPal is reportedly taking over a stake in eCommerce company Shopware from the Carlyle Group. The company’s stake in the German company will jump from 11% to 41% in this deal, Bloomberg News reported Tuesday (Oct. ...Read moreVerizon Appoints Former PayPal Head Dan Schulman as CEO
October 6, 2025
Verizon appointed its independent lead director and former PayPal Holdings CEO Dan Schulman as CEO, effective immediately, saying he will lead the company’s “new chapter of growth.” Schulman succeeds Hans Vestberg, ...Read more
PayPal and Rainforest Team to Move Businesses Away From Checks
February 25, 2026Paypal has formed a partnership with Rainforest, an embedded payment provider focused on software platforms. The collaboration will see the companies launch an embedded payment integration to help software platforms move more processing volume away ...Read moreStripe and PayPal Combination Would Reorder the Payments Landscape
February 24, 2026Tuesday (Feb. 24) marked a potentially seismic day in the payments industry. Rumors of Stripe’s interest in PayPal emerged after hours on Tuesday, initially reported by the likes of Bloomberg, with ...Read moreFanDuel Ditches Credit Cards as Sen. Warren Targets Junk Fees
February 12, 2026
Sports betting firm FanDuel will stop accepting credit card deposits on March 2. “Starting March 2, 2026, FanDuel will no longer offer U.S. credit card deposits on Sportsbook, Casino, and FanDuel ...Read morePayPal Swaps CEOs as Checkout Slows and 2026 Reset Begins
February 3, 2026PayPal finds itself in a transition year, as 2026 signals a reworking of strategy while growth cools, with deceleration in its online branded checkout franchise. The company reported its fourth-quarter and ...Read morePayPal Replaces CEO With HP Vet Who Managed Company Breakup
February 3, 2026PayPal sprang a surprise on investors Tuesday morning (Feb. 3), unveiling a CEO change during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call. PayPal said it has named Enrique Lores to lead the next ...Read morePayPal Leverages Massive Data Trove to Create Retail Media Network
January 6, 2026
PayPal announced in a press release Tuesday (Jan 6) the launch of its Transaction Graph Insights & Measurement program, designed to give merchants a “full-funnel” view of consumer spending habits ...Read moreBlock and PayPal Say Scams Are Now an Industry
January 6, 2026Watch more: Live Roundtable with Block’s Brian Boates, Paypal’s Dave Szuchman and FTA’s Angelena Bradfield The contours of the modern scam economy are becoming clear. And its edges are growing sharper. Fraud ...Read moreThis Week in Stablecoins: Winning the Back Office, Not the App Store
December 19, 2025If stablecoins finally had their moment during 2025, it wasn’t the moment most crypto evangelists imagined. There were no consumer splash campaigns that took off, no breathless promises of “banking the ...Read morePayments Infrastructure Now Decides Which Insurers Win
December 18, 2025
Watch more: What’s Next in Payments: One Inc’s Elizabeth Hoemeke Payments are maturing into a utility layer for the global economy. The unsung heroes of the sector’s operations can increasingly determine which ...Read moreUlta’s Digital and AI Investments Drive Growth in Beauty Sales
December 8, 2025
Ulta Beauty reported strong third-quarter results, with digital engagement rising, eCommerce up in the mid-teen range and loyalty membership growing 4% to a new high. AI-driven personalization, social-led discovery and ...Read more