A Makeover for PayPal's Site
/ June 20, 2012 0 COMMENTS

PayPal’s website just got a significant makeover. In addition to its improved look and feel, the site is more touch-friendly, making it easier for users on smartphones and tablets to interact with the site. Fast Company, TechCrunch and other media outlets have been covering the news. The PayPal Blog also has a good post up,…

Planned PayPal Site Outage for April 19
/ April 18, 2012 0 COMMENTS

PayPal is planning a technology migration of their data center on Thursday, April 19, 2012, starting at approximately 10 p.m. PT. They expect it to last 45- 60 minutes.

eBay Inc. Acquires BillSAFE
/ December 22, 2011 0 COMMENTS

eBay Inc. has acquired BillSAFE, a leading provider of payment upon invoice in Germany.

The @PayPal blog asks the question: "Will publishers back the new iPad?"
/ February 23, 2011 2 COMMENTS

Sam Shrauger, VP of Global Product Strategy for PayPal, speculates on whether or not publishers will back the new Apple iPad based on its new subscription plan for digital content.

PayPal and Marktplaats.nl Extend Buyer Protection To Over 900 Categories
/ June 3, 2009 0 COMMENTS

Robbert de Haan, Marketing Director of PayPal Benelux, used The PayPal blog to let folks know that they’ve expanded PayPal buyer protection to over 900 categories on Marktplaats.nl (the most popular classified site in the Netherlands and an eBay Inc company). You can read his post here. Cheers, RBH

PayPal Experiences Link Bug… and Blogs about it.
/ November 11, 2008 9 COMMENTS

Scott Guilfoyle, PayPal’s senior vice president of platform services, is reporting a pretty significant but seemingly easily fixable bug on the PayPal blog this afternoon. “Early this morning, we made a change to our site that caused some links to PayPal from Web sites such as eBay, merchant sites, blogs, forums, and others to be…

“Take off” Paying until after you Land
/ July 25, 2008 1 COMMENTS

It has been a year since Northwest Airlines became the first airline to accept PayPal payment for online ticket purchases. It was announced today that Northwest is the first airline to accept PayPal Pay Later. The service lets passengers buy tickets on Northwest’s Web site, and then defer payments for 90 days, and is available…