Alex Chriss

Embedded Lending Platforms Jump as Merchants Seek Working Capital
Embedded Lending Platforms Jump as Merchants Seek Working Capital
November 14, 2024  |  Digital Banking

The payment and commerce platforms PayPal, Shopify and Block have long been developing ecosystems for merchants. For the small to mid-sized businesses, signing on to...

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PayPal Reports BNPL Bounce, More Focus on Financial Services
PayPal Reports BNPL Bounce, More Focus on Financial Services
October 29, 2024  |  Earnings

With its transaction growth rates slowing and less-than-expected revenue guidance for the balance of the year, PayPal focused on its repositioning from a peer-to-peer pioneer...

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PayPal Boosts Revenue Forecasts With New Small Business Features and Apple Pay Integration
PayPal Boosts Revenue Forecasts With New Small Business Features and Apple Pay Integration
July 30, 2024  |  Earnings

If the global consumer is showing signs of cutting spending, PayPal didn’t get that email. The digital payments and peer-to-peer platform on Tuesday (July 30)...

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PayPal CEO Calls 2024 a ‘Transition Year’ Amid Churn and Slowing Growth
PayPal CEO Calls 2024 a ‘Transition Year’ Amid Churn and Slowing Growth
February 07, 2024  |  Earnings

Slowing growth. A churning of inactive accounts. A slew of puts and takes dominated PayPal’s earnings Wednesday (Feb. 7), and a number of flat metrics...

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PayPal to Cut Workforce by 9%
PayPal to Cut Workforce by 9%
January 30, 2024  |  Digital Payments

PayPal will eliminate about 2,500 positions, or about 9% of its workforce, this year. The company aims to “right-size” its workforce by cutting jobs and...

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PayPal Rolls Out One-Click Checkout, Personalized Offers and ‘Smart Receipt’ Features
PayPal Rolls Out One-Click Checkout, Personalized Offers and ‘Smart Receipt’ Features
January 25, 2024  |  Retail

PayPal is introducing what it terms a “reimagined checkout experience” that will reduce checkout times by as much as 50%. In addition, it’s using artificial...

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Former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to Leave Board Dec. 31 
Former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to Leave Board Dec. 31 
December 14, 2023  |  Personnel

Former PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman will leave the company’s board of directors at the end of the year.  Schulman, who has served on the board since 2015...

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PayPal’s New CEO: Data, AI, Scale Bring Merchants and Consumers Together in ‘Tight Flywheel’ 
PayPal’s New CEO: Data, AI, Scale Bring Merchants and Consumers Together in ‘Tight Flywheel’ 
November 01, 2023  |  Earnings

In his first quarterly earnings conference call as PayPal’s new CEO, Alex Chriss laid out for investors and analysts a number of initiatives aimed at...

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PayPal Picks Intuit’s Alex Chriss as New CEO
PayPal Picks Intuit’s Alex Chriss as New CEO
August 14, 2023  |  Personnel

PayPal has named longtime Intuit executive Alex Chriss to serve as its new president and CEO. The payments company announced Chriss’ appointment in a Monday (Aug. 14) press release, following...

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