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Wikipedia

  1. PayPal

    PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers, and serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. Established in 1998 as Confinity, PayPal went public through an IPO in 2002. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay later that year, valued at $1.5 billion. In 2015 eBay spun off PayPal to its shareholders, and PayPal became an independent company again. The company was ranked 143rd on the 2022 Fortune 500 of the largest United States corporations by revenue.

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  1. PayPal

    PayPal is a global e-commerce business allowing payments and money transfers to be made through the Internet. Online money transfers serve as electronic alternatives to paying with traditional paper methods, such as checks and money orders. PayPal is an acquirer, performing payment processing for online vendors, auction sites, and other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. It may also charge a fee for receiving money, proportional to the amount received. The fees depend on the currency used, the payment option used, the country of the sender, the country of the recipient, the amount sent and the recipient's account type. In addition, eBay purchases made by credit card through PayPal may incur extra fees if the buyer and seller use different currencies. On October 3, 2002, PayPal became a wholly owned subsidiary of eBay. Its corporate headquarters are in San Jose, California, United States at eBay's North First Street satellite office campus. The company also has significant operations in Omaha, Nebraska, Scottsdale, Arizona, Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas in the United States; Chennai in India; Dublin in Ireland; Kleinmachnow in Germany; and Tel Aviv in Israel. From July 2007, PayPal has operated across the European Union as a Luxembourg-based bank.

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  1. PayPal

    PayPal is an online payments and money transfer service that allows you to send money via email, phone, text message or Skype. They offer products to both individuals and businesses alike, including online vendors, auction sites and corporate users. PayPal connects effortlessly to bank accounts and credit cards.PayPal Mobile is one of PayPal’s newest products. It allows you to send payments by text message or by using PayPal’s mobile browser. PayPal created the Gausebeck-Levchin test, which is an implementation of the CAPTCHA technology, the blurry box of letters and numbers used to prevent against online fraud by ensuring a human response. They created it in the early days to help prevent unauthorized access by automated systems.When eBay acquired PayPal in October 2002, eBay already had an online payment system of choice called Billpoint. Billpoint was quickly phased out due to PayPal’s popularity, branding and technology. PayPal’s main competitor is Google Checkout. PayPal Mobile competitors include obopay, TextPayMe and KushCash.More information about PayPal can be found on the PayPal Press Center, the PayPal Facebook page, the PayPal Twitter page, the PayPal Developer Network, and the PayPal Blog.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of PayPal in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of PayPal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

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  1. Thomas Tierney:

    Devin has been a tireless advocate for driving improvement in the business, particularly in leading the Company forward after the PayPal spinoff, indeed, eBay is stronger today than it was four years ago.

  2. Jim Sisco:

    Nike is a global icon, which provides protection from the numerous scandals that have occurred during Mark's tenure, john's experience at eBay and PayPal illustrate that Nike's focus is on increasing profits by integrating digital marketing and other technologies into their operations. Improving their corporate culture is an afterthought, which only comes up when an incident like the Salazar crisis occurs... John was brought in to help Nike thrive in this new environment, which shows no signs of slowing.

  3. John Rainey:

    I can't imagine a more exciting time to join PayPal, payPal is leading the transformation of money and the digitization of payments.

  4. Christopher Vecchio:

    If Block CEO Jack Dorsey were to become a part-time CEO who was back at Twitter, that could help PayPal and open up the door for them to gain ground.

  5. Andrew Bauch:

    PayPal is in an awkward kind of purgatory with John Rainey leaving.

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    Med Vizir
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