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PayPal Details Agentic Commerce Initiatives and Strategic Focus on Value-Added Services
Earnings // April 29, 2025

To say agentic AI is having quite a week is an understatement. And the week is only half over. Several payment companies have hung major news announcements on this trend that is moving at an unprecedented speed even for artificial intelligence (AI). How fast? So...

‘PayPal 2.0’ Aims at AI-Powered Commerce and B2B Expansion
Digital Payments // February 25, 2025

PayPal Holding’s senior management laid out a strategy at its annual Investor Day on Tuesday (Feb. 25) that will bolster omnichannel efforts under its “unified commerce” approach,  as CEO Alex Chriss said PayPal continues its transformation from “a payments company to a commerce platform.” Get...

PayPal Partners With Verifone to ‘Win Checkout’ In-Store and Online
Partnerships // February 25, 2025

When PayPal CEO Alex Chriss spoke with investors during the Q4 2024 earnings call, he made one thing very clear: The number one goal is to win checkout. Today’s announcement of a strategic partnership with Verifone represents another big step by PayPal toward that vision....

Embedded Lending Platforms Jump as Merchants Seek Working Capital
Digital Banking // November 14, 2024

The payment and commerce platforms PayPal, Shopify and Block have long been developing ecosystems for merchants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily...

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Embedded Lending Platforms Jump as Merchants Seek Working Capital

November 14, 2024
The payment and commerce platforms PayPal, Shopify and Block have long been developing ecosystems for merchants. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to […]

PayPal Reports BNPL Bounce, More Focus on Financial Services

October 29, 2024
With its transaction growth rates slowing and less-than-expected revenue guidance for the balance of the year, PayPal focused on its repositioning from a peer-to-peer pioneer to a two-sided payments technology...

PayPal Boosts Revenue Forecasts With New Small Business Features and Apple Pay Integration

July 30, 2024
If the global consumer is showing signs of cutting spending, PayPal didn’t get that email. The digital payments and peer-to-peer platform on Tuesday (July 30) posted better than expected Q2...

PayPal CEO Calls 2024 a ‘Transition Year’ Amid Churn and Slowing Growth

February 07, 2024
Slowing growth. A churning of inactive accounts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional...

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PayPal to Cut Workforce by 9%

January 30, 2024
PayPal will eliminate about 2,500 positions, or about 9% of its workforce, this year. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required. yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today. By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing […]

Former PayPal CEO Dan Schulman to Leave Board Dec. 31 

December 14, 2023
Former PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman will leave the company’s board of directors at the end of the year.  Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

PayPal Picks Intuit’s Alex Chriss as New CEO

August 14, 2023
PayPal has named longtime Intuit executive Alex Chriss to serve as its new president and CEO. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all...