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PayPal adds new features for online small businesses

Payment provider PayPal has rolled out new features to its complete payments solution for small businesses to help drive payment acceptance and “enhance how they run their business”. One of the new features will include Apple Pay as a checkout option, allowing customers an easy and secure way to complete the payment with one-time PayPal...

Business

PayPal expands ‘buy now pay later’ offering

Payment provider PayPal has announced a new Pay Monthly offer, providing US customers with a further ‘buy now pay later’ option for more flexibility. The offer allows customers to make large purchases between 199 dollars and 10,000 dollars, breaking the total cost into monthly payments over a six to 24 month period. On selection, customers will...

Business

PayPal in talks to acquire Pinterest

PayPal, the digital payments giant, is thought to be in the late stages of acquiring Pinterest. The digital pinboard company, which allows commerce via links and clicking on images via its platform, could be sold in the vicinity of 45 billion dollars, predicted analysts. The New York Times on Thursday reported PayPal offered around 70 dollars a...

Retail

PayPal launches 'Pay in 3' feature in UK

PayPal has launched a new feature in the UK allowing customers to make purchases over three, interest-free payments. The new PayPal Pay in 3 feature can be used for purchases between 45 and 2,000 pounds and will appear directly in customers’ PayPal wallets. Businesses will not have to pay any extra fees to enable the new feature, and PayPal will...

Retail

PayPal launches ‘buy now, pay later’ service

Payment platform PayPal has launched a new ‘buy now, pay later’ service, allowing users in the US to pay for products in four interest-free instalments. With the new ‘Pay in 4’ feature, merchants and partners will be paid upfront while customers can pay for purchases between 30 dollars and 600 dollars over a six-week period. The service is also...

Retail

Small businesses not capitalising on mobile shopping

New research from PayPal reveals that UK small businesses could be losing billions in sales by failing to act on the popularity of smartphones, as 42 percent of UK shoppers buy on mobile at least once a week. PayPal’s small business mobile commerce research, which is now in its third year, adds that the number of UK shoppers buying on mobile...

Business

EU must challenge PayPal, Apple in payment services: ECB

European Union countries must foster payment services that work across the continent to boost its financial sector and reduce dependence on third countries like the United States, a top European Central Bank official said Monday. "Large non-European companies now play a significant role in the provision of payment services in Europe, while...

Business

PayPal to acquire fraud-prevention platform Simility

PayPal has announced that it is to buy Simility, a fraud prevention and risk management platform, for 120 million dollars, as it looks to enhance payment experiences for merchants and customers by reducing fraudulent activity. “Digital commerce has exploded, and fraudsters have taken note, adapting and developing new methods to carry out their...

Business

PayPal acquires iZettle

PayPal has announced that it is to buy iZettle, the small business commerce platform in Europe and Latin America, for 2.2 billion US dollars, as it looks to expand its in-store presence and strength its ominichannel platform to help small businesses around the world. The deal will see PayPal gaining in-store capabilities in 11 markets, Brazil,...

Business

eBay and PayPal finalise new payment deal

Auction marketplace eBay has confirmed that it will offer PayPal as a way to pay on its website until July 2023, making PayPal a payment option on its new intermediated payments model. “PayPal has been a great partner for eBay, and as part of our new payments experience PayPal will continue to be a key form of payment for our global customers,”...

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UK SMEs need to embrace mobile shopping

British small businesses need to stop ignoring the success of the smartphone, according to new research from PayPal, which reveals that only 18 percent of the UK’s SMEs have mobile-friendly websites. With mobile shopping estimated to hit 27 billion pounds in 2017, according to the Centre for Retail Research, PayPal is stressing that small...

Retail

British retailers encouraged to take advantage of the 4th of July

London - Paypal UK is encouraging British online retailers to try and tap into the upcoming spending spree taking place in the run up to the 4th of July, the United States Independence Day, as its slated to become the next big international shopping holiday following Chinese New Year and Single's Day. The National Retail Federation in the US...