There has been tremendous change in digital commerce in recent years and several things are transforming the next phase of global commerce. The dominance of mobile. The increasing pace of non-cash...
Starting a new business has never been easy. In fact, it’s getting continuously more challenging, especially in the retail space where commerce is consolidating and businesses need to innovate...
Today, there are many initiatives globally aimed at increasing gender parity, though gender inequality still exists around the world. The World Economic Forum estimates that the overall global...
Over the past few years, we’ve announced more than 40 partnerships with leaders across the tech and financial industries to enable new experiences for customers and connect businesses and people...
Every day men, women and children are transported across international borders and forced into slave labor or sex work. According to last year’s Global Slavery Index, there are over 18 million...
At PayPal, we’ve been focused on helping people and businesses get faster access to their money. For too long, digital payments offered faster and better technology but it actually made getting...
More than 12 million U.S. businesses are owned by women, which employ over nine million people. From 2017-2018, women started an average of 1,821 net new U.S. businesses per day. The value and...
Owning a successful consignment business is an extremely challenging feat. It’s oftentimes difficult to secure a loan due to the untraditional nature of the business, and because of that,...
This article was originally published to the World Economic Forum's Agenda Blog The rise of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and automation, the proliferation of Internet-based...
While consumers around the world increasingly shop online across borders, many small businesses still only sell domestically. PayPal’s recent global cross-border commerce report found that,...
As I’ve shared before, small businesses are the backbone of our economy -- creating jobs, economic opportunity, and fostering innovation, competition and diversity. But starting a business comes...
Small businesses are the backbone of our economy. They account for 99 percent of all U.S. firms, employ 57 million people in the U.S. and make up 63 percent of net new jobs. In addition to...
German small and medium-sized businesses generate more than one out of every two euros and provide well over half of all jobs in the country. It is estimated that these enterprises have created...
India’s GDP continues to grow at a fast pace, outpacing major world economies. One of the key drivers behind this growth story are India’s small businesses. More than 100 million people, or 40...
Micro and small businesses make up around 99 percent of all businesses and account for more than 50 percent of jobs in the Philippines. Around the world, small businesses contribute to job...
As an entrepreneur myself, and the son of small business owners, I know how important small businesses are for our communities and economy, but also how hard it is to succeed as a small business....
Consumers are more willing to buy in newer or unfamiliar situations -- like across borders, on mobile, with unfamiliar brands or for higher ticket items -- if PayPal is accepted, according to a...
At PayPal, we’re building solutions for global commerce to help our millions of global consumers and businesses seamlessly connect across all contexts. As part of this mission, we recently launched
Small businesses are the heart and engine of our economy. They are drivers of innovation, competition, diversity, economic opportunity, job creation and the overall health of our communities....
At PayPal, we’re building solutions for global commerce to help consumers and businesses seamlessly connect across all contexts. For consumers, we’re helping people get simple, secure access...
7/13/18 Update: We are pleased to announce that we have completed the acquisition of Simility. Welcome to PayPal, Simility team and customers! -- Following on Monday’s announcement about our...
11/15/18 Update: We are pleased to announce that we have completed the acquisition of Hyperwallet. Welcome to PayPal, Hyperwallet team and customers! I’m excited to share that we’ve signed an...
Over the past few years, we’ve been focused on partnering across the industry to drive greater choice and flexibility in how and where our customers can pay -- whether that’s in mobile apps,...
Small businesses play a critical role in the global economy. Entrepreneurs create jobs and foster healthy local economies, which leads to a more vibrant national economy. They contribute to local...
The commerce landscape is rapidly evolving. As consumers spend an increasing amount of time shopping online and on mobile, we’re seeing commerce consolidate around larger ecommerce companies...
At PayPal, we believe everyone should have access to affordable, convenient and secure financial services. Since our founding, we’ve embarked on a mission to give consumers the flexibility and...
As demonstrated through the financial results we announced yesterday, 2017 was a landmark year for PayPal. We had consistently strong and – in many cases – record breaking results. In...
This article was originally published to the World Economic Forum's Agenda Blog Small businesses play a critical role in the global economy, contributing to economic opportunity, diversity and the...
With the shift to mobile and digital growing, we’ve seen a fundamental change in commerce. Consumers now want the ability to transact wherever they are and however they want, and PayPal is...
In a major step forward in the evolution of Venmo, we are pleased to announce that starting this week, Venmo customers can use their Venmo account to shop and make purchases on their mobile phone...
PayPal is focused on delivering seamless mobile commerce experiences and extending this reach through strategic partnerships. Today, we took another step to bring PayPal to more customers by...
Available in the US, UK, Canada, Mexico, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain, PayPal customers will be able to pay for App Store, Apple Music, iTunes and...
You’ve read a lot from me about PayPal’s mobile commerce growth but beyond PayPal making it easier to shop from your mobile device, it is easier than ever these days to pay back family or...
Last month, we announced an extension of our existing partnership with Google to enable consumers in the US to use PayPal as a payment method in the Android Pay wallet where Android Pay is...
At PayPal, we know that money is personal. That’s why we’re committed to putting choice into the hands of our customers – to pay how and where they want to pay and get paid with the speed...
50 Million Consumer Accounts Globally & 75% of Top 100 US Online Retailers Now One Touch-Enabled A couple of weeks ago, I discussed PayPal’s mobile journey over the last decade and how mobile...
Today we are excited to announce a strategic agreement with Discover to add value to peoples’ everyday spending and deliver great experiences that customers love. The new agreement will make it...
Mobile commerce continues to evolve, offering opportunities for next-generation shopping experiences that are more frictionless and relevant than ever before. To continue ushering in this new...
The holiday season seems to come earlier and earlier each year, and with each new year comes new consumer expectations about how, when and where they want to pay. We’re still two months away...
Today, thousands of leaders, innovators and visionaries from the financial technology industry gathered at ETA’s Transact 16 to discuss how the industry is leveraging emerging technologies to...
The move to mobile has been one of the greatest changes in human behavior in recorded history. There are now more mobile connections than people on the planet. Mobile has fundamentally changed the...
One Touch™ with PayPal is one of the most rapidly adopted products PayPal has ever launched. Unlike other checkout tools that can require a login and password, once a customer opts in, One Touch...
We launched One Touch™ with PayPal just eight months ago and have since seen tremendous growth and adoption of the checkout experience. In just over six months, more than 10 million consumers...
In 2013, it was clear that Braintree’s early bet on mobile was paying off. Most of the best next-gen mobile commerce companies were using Braintree for payments. We launched industry-first...
It’s possible, but data security and other obstacles are getting in the way of a truly hyper-connected world. Mobile is playing a bigger role in the world, and as it does, it’s enabling some...
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