PayPal

On the heels of PayPal’s new mobile credit card processing service released Friday, Pay Anywhere has cut prices on the processing fees for its service. Pay Anywhere will still charge a 2.69% fee for each transaction, but is abandoning its flat rate $0.19/transaction fee that made it one of the priciest options for mobile card Continue Reading →

PayPal has launched PayPal Here, a new method merchants can use to accept credit card payments using their  smartphones.  By using a card reader and the PayPal Here app, businesses will be also be able to accept checks, keep track of cash transactions and send invoices. Read the whole story at Mashable Continue Reading →

PayPal is making its way into retail stores, RedBox Kiosks are the most popular rental location and Apple owns exclusive distribution rights for iBooks you sell. Continue Reading →

PayPal is making its way into retail stores and is now being testing in a few Office Depot locations. Office Depot becomes the second major retailer to start offering PayPal’s point-of-sale system, already in use by 51 Home Depot stores. PayPal plans to be available in 20 retailers by year’s end. Read the full article Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120123_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] PayPal is making its way into retail stores and is now being testing in a few Office Depot locations. Office Depot becomes the second major retailer to start offering PayPal’s point-of-sale system, already in use by 51 Home Depot stores. PayPal plans to be available in 20 Continue Reading →

Yahoo hired the former president of PayPal’s electronic-payments division, Scott Thompson to be its newest CEO. Thompson will take over for the interim chief executive Tim Morse who filled in after Yahoo fired Carol Bartz back in September. Hiring Thompson is a sign that Yahoo’s board is unlikely to sell the struggling Internet company. Read Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120105_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Yahoo hired PayPal’s Scott Thompson to be its newest CEO. Thompson will take over for Tim Morse who filled in after Yahoo fired Carol Bartz back in September. Hiring Thompson is a sign that Yahoo’s board is unlikely to sell the struggling Internet company. In other news, Continue Reading →

PayPal showed off its new point-of-sale technology that will let online users spend in the real world. The system will work with retailers’ existing equipment, but gives consumers more payment options including using their mobile phones. Do we already have too many ways to pay? Read the full article at Reuters.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/110916_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL are teaming up to give Google a run for its advertising dollars. The three companies are banding together to sell ads on each other’s sites to better compete with Google’s AdWords dominance. The alliance could help even the playing field, or just get Continue Reading →

PayPal is working with retailers to make its electronic payment system available for in-store purchases. By the end of 2011, PayPal will roll out point-of-sale purchases with 20 major retailers and will expand rapidly through 2012. PayPal currently serves of 100 million users making online purchases, with an exceptionally low fraud rate. Read the full Continue Reading →