PayPal

On eBay’s earnings call this past week, CEO John Donahoe revealed that the company’s Square competitor, PayPal Here, had landed its first U.S. retail deal. PayPal Here is now being sold at 1,800 AT&T stores across the US. Previously, PayPal only had an international retail deal in Japan with Softbank. PayPal Here, which allows anyone Continue Reading →

Following the likes of PayPal and Square, Groupon has revealed that it’s releasing its own credit card payment service called Groupon Payments. Groupon Payments will be available for the iPhone and iPod touch, and participating merchants can get free plastic dongle for swiping credit cards or pony up for a $100 smartphone case/credit card slider. Continue Reading →

In another sign that mobile payments are going mainstream, PayPal on Wednesday announced a deal with Discover that will expand PayPal’s footprint to 7 million merchants next year. Starting in April 2013, participating merchants who offer Discover will begin accepting payments from PayPal’s 113 million active users. In a press release, the companies said merchants Continue Reading →

McDonald’s is testing a new payments system in which customers use the fast food chain’s mobile app to order and pay for meals. PayPal, eBay’s mobile payments platform, would power the transactions. Customers using the PayPal method at the 30 participating McDonald’s locations in France would be put into a separate pick-up line while waiting Continue Reading →

To the steadily growing list of digital weapons that appear to have been jointly created by the combined resources of the U.S. and Israel, we can now add another. The researchers at Russia-based Kasperky Labs who discovered it have christened it Gauss, and say it is aimed at pinching the pocketbooks of its intended targets, Continue Reading →

Father’s Day just passed, which meant great celebrations, barbeques and great gifts. Many of us hunted for the best gifts for dad online looking for everything from gadgets to clothes.  Unfortunately, gift giving holidays like Father’s Day also tend to bring out fraudsters and online scammers. There are thousands of places to find great gifts Continue Reading →

Interactive TV services and advertising solutions company TiVo this morning announced that it has partnered with eBay company PayPal to enable TiVo users to connect to the latter’s digital payments service to purchase products featured in interactive advertisements with a few clicks of the remote. TiVo says it will be working with advertisers and agencies to Continue Reading →

PayPal has made deals with 15 retailers including Toys R Us, J C Penney and Barnes & Noble that will allow consumers to pay for purchases with their cellphones while expanding the online payment company’s service into additional physical stores.Earlier this year Home Depot began accepting PayPal in about 2,000 stores. Read the full story Continue Reading →

Bump, the app that lets users “bump” smartphones together to share contacts and photos, is launching another service to let users pay the same way. It’s called Bump Pay.  It’s a simple solution, powered by PayPal, and designed to solve the headache of splitting drink or dinner tabs. Similar solutions exist, including one from Venmo and even PayPal’s Continue Reading →

Apple’s one-year iPad product cycle has many existing iPad owners pining for the newest version. Instead of letting your first or second generation iPad become a very beautiful, very expensive paperweight, many companies are offering gift cards and even cash for trade-ins. The amount you will get for your iPad depends on many factors including Continue Reading →