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PayPal Canada Will Donate the Fees for Alberta Fires Appeals for Donations Made to the Canadian Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association in Fort McMurray
From now through to May 31, 2016 all donations will 100 per cent benefit these charities

TORONTO--PayPal Canada announced today that it will donate its fees for gifts made through PayPal to the Canadian Red Cross, The Salvation Army and the Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association for their Alberta fire appeals from now through to May 31, 2016.

“Our thoughts are with those affected in Fort McMurray and nearby areas,” said Cameron Schmidt, general manager, PayPal Canada. “As residents of the Fort McMurray area struggle to deal with this devastation, we can come together to make a difference. We’ve made it easy and secure for you to donate online so that you can support relief efforts.”

By donating to the Canadian Red Cross, The Salvation Army and the Wood Buffalo Food Bank Association, your donation dollars will go further as PayPal’s commitment means 100 per cent of your donations will benefit these charities that are working to provide emergency shelters, medical supplies, water and food.

For more information, visit the PayPal Canada blog.

About PayPal
At PayPal (Nasdaq:PYPL), we put people at the center of everything we do. Founded in 1998, we continue to be at the forefront of the digital payments revolution. PayPal gives people better ways to manage and move their money, offering them choice and flexibility in how they are able to send money, pay or get paid. We operate an open, secure and technology agnostic payments platform that businesses use to securely transact with their customers online and increasingly on mobile devices. In 2015, 28% of the 4.9 billion payments we processed were made on a mobile device. With our 184 million active customer accounts, PayPal is a truly global payments platform that is available to people in more than 200 markets, allowing customers to get paid in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds to their bank accounts in 57 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 26 currencies. For more information on PayPal, visit www.paypal.ca.

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