With the increased penetration of the Internet, payment companies have mushroomed under a myriad business structures. Nowadays they could be a bank, postal service, money transfer business, stored...
The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation donates musical instruments to under-funded music programs, empowering youngsters to be better students and inspiring creativity and expression through playing music.
Last month, we launched our first product integration with Braintree -- the v.zero SDK -- giving businesses across the U.S. a new foundation for accepting payments with Braintree. Businesses that...
People have been filling up their gas tanks the same tired way for a long time, before technologies existed that could speed up and simplify the process. But PayPal and MAPCO -- one of the largest...
The past few years have seen a shift in the way people think about workplace culture. While culture was once viewed as something that emerged organically without thought or intention, there is a...
Last year we published a white paper in collaboration with Network for Good titled “Why Mobile Matters: A Guide to the Mobile Web,” where we talked about the importance of mobile fundraising...
We are constantly working to make it easier for our customers to pay, and get paid, on any device. To that end, I’m excited to announce that we’ve fully refreshed the PayPal app for Windows...
As a small business owner, you never get tired of the “pinch me” moment. The instant you take a step back and say to yourself, “Wow – this is really happening!” Personally, this moment...
Technology advances through innovation. Innovation is catalyzed by challenging the status quo. And challenging the status quo requires diversity - different people from different walks of life...
Over the past few months, we’ve been updating our capabilities for businesses so that they can focus less on getting paid, and more on growing their business. In April, we completely redesigned...
With a passion for food (particularly cheese and bread) and a smart business plan, co-owners of The American Grilled Cheese Kitchen, Heidi Gibson and Nate Pollack, embarked on a journey in 2009 to...
BattleHack Boston took place at Isobar this past weekend, and after 24 hours of stiff competition, 26 teams presented their hacks to our judges. The final hacks featured integrations of PayPal,...
The use of RFID wristbands for payments at Low Festival was a hit, but why stop there? This week saw the expansion of cashless, walletless, phoneless transactions at two Palladium Group luxury...
This weekend, BattleHack will touch down in Boston for the first time. Known for its tech-savvy residents, it’s no surprise that the city is a huge supporter of the local technology and...
The average human makes about 612 decisions a day and decision making is probably the most risky function undertaken by any executive. So how should executives make decisions strategically? asks...
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...
Hi there, my name is Oktay Dogramaci and I’m the head of our cause-related products team here at PayPal. We’re using PayPal innovations to build new ways for everyone to support the causes...
For just about a month, PayPal has been searching for a new leader of Global Product for PayPal. Product is the heartbeat of PayPal, so it was imperative that we found the best fit to run this...
Before you head out to enjoy your Memorial Day weekend, please stop a moment to think about those who have served in our armed forces. One way to show gratitude for their sacrifice is by donating...
PayPal and SOFTBANK announced today that the two companies plan to establish a joint venture company, “PayPal Japan”, to build a digital payments business that will drive the future of...
Last Wednesday, our mobile engineering team at Venmo attended F8, Facebook’s developer conference. At some point during the kick-off, Mark Zuckerberg stood on stage with the famous phrase...
Our mission at Venmo is to connect the world and empower people through payments. We love to see users connect when they add personal notes to each payment and share with friends, and in 2014 we...
Simon hails from the sweetest place on earth: Hershey, Pennsylvania. After graduating from the University of Rochester last spring, he spent the summer at Hacker School. Simon's a big fan of fried...
Thomas is a Hacker School (Winter 2013) alum. He's a contributor to Ember.js and various other open source JavaScript projects. He cares deeply about build tools and foundations for creating web...
Green lights make engineers (and users!) happy. Unfortunately failure is always lurking, especially when your user base grows at the exciting (and sometimes frightening!) rate Venmo’s does....
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