16 Apr 14 @ 12:37

Researcher from Security Research Labs have managed to bypass Samsung Galaxy S5 fingerprint authentication, less than a week after the device’s official release, the ethical hackers also hacked the PayPal app. The... read more

14 Apr 14 @ 10:34

Carl Icahn has backed off from his demands for eBay to spin out its fast-growing PayPal payments unit on Thursday, after the billionaire investor failed to drum up support from... read more

25 Mar 14 @ 15:21

eBay has suggested that its shareholders and customers are best served by keeping payment processor PayPal and the company together. Further, the e-commerce giant said it does not support activist... read more

25 Feb 14 @ 11:22

In a move which must surely put Apple on the back foot and after yesterday’s news Samsung has announced its new flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S5, includes biometric security as... read more

24 Feb 14 @ 11:57

PayPal has partnered with Samsung to launch wearable tech payments. The Gear 2 is Samsung wearable device. The watches come packed with an embedded camera and run on Tizen OS, a... read more

20 Dec 13 @ 09:33

PayPal announced it has acquired StackMob, a backend-as-a-service company that helps developers easily implement features in mobile apps. You can, for example, use it to add social network logins and push... read more

14 Nov 13 @ 11:20

PayPal is giving digital start-ups a helping hand by waiving up to $50,000 in payment processing fees for 18 months. PayPal’s Start-up Blueprint Program reduces the costs for start-ups helping... read more

30 Oct 13 @ 17:34

PayPal is giving digital startups a helping hand by waiving up to $50,000 in payment processing fees for 18 months. PayPal’s Startup Blueprint Program reduces the costs for startups helping them get... read more

24 Sep 13 @ 14:13

Research firm Gartner expects the mobile-payments market to grow by 31% this year to $235.4 billion — and to increase by more than three-fold by 2017. For this reason, PayPal... read more

11 Sep 13 @ 12:49

PayPal announced PayPal Beacon, a low-powered Bluetooth device that will allow consumers to automatically check-in at local stores. The company descibes it as a “complete hands free experience” that will... read more

06 Sep 13 @ 12:41

After discussing its vision of a digital payments future over the past few years, PayPal is finally making it a reality today with the launch of its new iPhone and Android apps. The apps (free... read more

21 Mar 13 @ 00:00

To continue PayPal’s pain, following on from the news that MasterCard will levy a Digital Wallet fee, Visa Inc. CEO, Charlie Scharf suggested on Wednesday that the payment network may... read more

14 Mar 13 @ 00:00

PayPal on Wednesday served up its first iPad app, a version of its product intended to help small businesses process transactions. The app, which can accept PayPal and cash in... read more

25 Feb 13 @ 00:00

PayPal is bringing its Square-like chip and PIN mobile payment service to the UK this summer, aimed at giving small businesses an alternative payment method to taking cash and cheques. The system,... read more

29 Jan 13 @ 00:00

US mobile payments will reach $90 billion by 2017, a 48% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) from the $12.8 billion spent in 2012. This is according to Forrester’s latest five-year... read more

02 Mar 16 @ 12:23

As reported earlier this year, Vodafone has become the first operator in the world to offer its customers the opportunity to make contactless PayPal payments using a smartphone. It is... read more

15 Jul 26 @ 16:28

Stripe and private equity group Advent International have reportedly submitted a joint $53 billion bid for PayPal, in a proposed transaction that could significantly reshape the digital payments market. The... read more

13 Jul 26 @ 20:10

Mastercard is reportedly exploring the sale of a majority stake in Vocalink, the company that operates much of the UK’s retail payments infrastructure, in a move that could reshape ownership... read more

14 May 26 @ 13:47

Stablecoins are no longer best understood as a specialist corner of the crypto market. They are increasingly being tested as practical settlement instruments across the payments stack, from tokenised assets... read more

07 May 26 @ 16:30

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority has opened a competition investigation into PayPal, Mastercard and Visa, examining whether commercial arrangements linked to PayPal’s digital wallet may have restricted competition in the... read more