CB Insights

JULY 18, 2018

In a 2009 interview , Airbnb co-founder and chief product officer Joe Gebbia said “The story that we tell has a very human element to it — people connecting online, meeting in person, being resourceful.” Website as of: July 2009. Website as of: January 2009. Website as of: May 2009. Website as of: July 2010.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 3, 2020

Gmarket was acquired by eBay in 2009 for around $1.2 eBay used to also own brands like PayPal and StubHub, but sold them when their directives differed from its own. There are a few large retail companies that could potentially buy eBay Korea, like Lotte Shopping, Shinsegae or Hyundai Department Store Group.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Déjà vu because it was 10 years ago, in May of 2009, that Facebook launched the alpha version of Facebook Credits. Not just the traditional players, but PayPal, Amazon, Apple, Google, WeChat, Grab, Paytm – all of them – as well as the global money transfer players like MoneyGram and Western Union. That was then and this is now.

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The Payments Association

MARCH 19, 2025

In 1998, PayPal was born, and in 2008, blockchain was ushered into existence, quickly followed in 2009 by Bitcoins entry into the market. Sandwiched between these two step changes, when (in my opinion) the revolution really started, the UK introduced faster payments, which (arguably) led to the instant-everything era.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

TPBank, in which the SBI Group has invested in 2009 and owns a 19.9 And decentralized AI technology firm SingularityNET has integrated PayPal into its blockchain-based marketplace. In other news, SBI Remit revealed it has completed the first blockchain-based money transfer service between Japan and Vietnam.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2019

billion purchase of Zappos.com in 2009 and Alibaba’s $1 billion purchase of Lazada in 2016. As well, PayPal last year bought payments payout platform Hyperwallet for $400 million in cash. But PayPal’s biggest deal to date was the May 2018 acquisition of Swedish payments company iZettle for $2.2 Payments Acquisitions. billion.

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Fintech Review

MAY 2, 2025

Owned by PayPal , it continues to serve millions of users every month, expanding beyond friends-and-family transfers into business payments, crypto , and even banking features. Venmos Beginnings Venmo launched in 2009 as a way to send payments via SMS. The app is also integrating more with PayPal s broader ecosystem.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

eBay had previously acquired Gmarket in 2009. Separately, eBay had previously announced plans to replace its former PayPal unit with Netherlands-based Adyen , which would become its new payment processor, part of a strategy to put payments between buyers and sellers under the eBay umbrella and provide eBay with more data about sellers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2016

” Reports said the company, founded in 2009, has already worked with major clients, like PayPal, Yahoo and Google, to collaborate on authentication and security solutions. PayPal, Facebook and LinkedIn are all using Agari email security solutions.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space. PayPal and Square emerge as leaders in the payments space. PayPal was the first major company to pioneer a new online payments method for budding e-commerce sites like eBay, which previously relied on checks and money orders. TABLE OF CONTENTS. rate per transaction.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

Since its inception in 2009, BigCommerce has become one of the most popular brands in the industry and among the fastest-growing, Software-as-a-Service eCommerce platforms serving the online retail industry, it said in the press release.

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PYMNTS

MAY 17, 2019

Apple has increased its research and development spending from $1 billion in 2009 to an estimated $13 billion this year, an amount that does not include stock-based compensation, according to a report from CNBC. Also, because Apple is such a large company, it can be hard to gauge how big some of its smaller product lines are.

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Fintech News

MAY 7, 2024

Qoala – US$47 million, Series C Qoala, an Indonesian omnichannel insurtech startup, announced in March the completion of its Series C funding round, raising US$47 million led by PayPal Ventures and MassMutual Ventures. Established in 2009, Annapurna Finance is a NBFC headquartered in Odisha. million spread across 20 states.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

From Venmo and PayPal to Apple Pay and Android Pay, new digital payment options are seemingly always on the rise. While cryptocurrencies have been around since the 1980s, it wasn’t until 2009 that the first decentralized version was born. When it comes to making purchases online, there are so many options available.

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Fintech News

JULY 23, 2024

Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised more than US$300 million from world-class investors, included Sequoia, Lightspeed, Y-Combinator, Tencent and Paypal. Additionally, DBS Bank had honored as the “Safest Bank in Asia” by Global Finance for 15 consecutive years from 2009 to 2023.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

BillPay first hit the scene in 2009 as one of several e-commerce clones from Berlin-based incubating factory Rocket Internet. Occasionally called the PayPal of Germany, BillPay has mostly focused its efforts on dominating its home nation — which also happens to be Europe’s biggest eCommerce market.

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CB Insights

APRIL 17, 2018

He stayed with the company through its acquisition by Amazon in 2009 and joined Sequoia Capital as Partner in October 2010. Jeff oversaw the acquisitions of Paypal and Half.com (Josh Kopelman’s company) during his 5 years with eBay. In 2011, Jeff parted ways with OpenTable after successfully taking the company public in 2009.

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Cardfellow

OCTOBER 26, 2022

The company was founded in 2009 when its founders saw a need for a recurring billing solution as a result of the popularity of subscription services. on payments made by credit card, PayPal, and Amazon. for credit card, PayPal, and Amazon payments applies. Recurly also has its own payment gateway for US-based vendors.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

Four years later, in 2002, eBay announced that it would buy PayPal for $1.5 Zulily, founded in 2009, became a favorite platform for moms who wanted to buy stuff for their kids and loved the surprise of seeing new selections and flash sale options every day. In September of that year, eBay went public. It was shuttered in 2014.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2015

Kabbage customers will gain immediate access to their Kabbage loan without having to transfer funds into their PayPal or business checking account. Founded: February 2009. Swiping their Kabbage Card will immediately deduct the transaction amount from the customer’s available funds. Product Launch: May 2015. HQ: Atlanta, GA.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2016

The firm saw its annual sales approaching the $2 billion mark and the firm even filed for a 2009 IPO that was aimed at $175 million (back in 2009 when that was still a large sum).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

The battle between big bank-backed Zelle and PayPal property Venmo starts now. The race with Venmo will be tough — and Venmo has a big head start, since it was first founded in 2009. Zelle Is Officially Out There. That app will work with any debit card — regardless of what bank issued it. It processed $17.6

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 28, 2015

And PayPal and Braintree both presented at the inaugural FinDEVr 2014 conference for developers in San Francisco last fall. .” The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in New York City. After more than 150 hackathons involving more than 13,000 hackers, which payment APIs were the most in demand? Blockchain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2017

In a conversation with economist and author of “Matchmakers: The Economics of Multi-Sided Platforms,” David Evans, in 2009, Co-Founder and CEO Jack Dorsey initially hinted at ambitions of controlling both ends of the payments ecosystem with what he called a “more elegant” payments experience. And industry pundits fell in love.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Bitcoin grew explosively after its 2009 introduction by becoming the currency of choice for criminal commerce, including hiring hitmen , giving the term “killer app” new meaning. Lots of other FinTech companies have made great contributions, on a smaller scale and without the hype, like Braintree which is now part of PayPal.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2017

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong wrote in a blog post , “If the IRS were to approach Citibank, Fidelity or PayPal and ask them to turn over all customer records, they would rightfully push back. Berns filed a motion in federal court to block the IRS from accessing Coinbase users’ personal, transactional and security data.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Exit: Purchased by PayPal in 2013 for $800 million. FinovateSpring 2009 demo. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2009. Founded: 2009. FinovateSpring 2009 demo. Founded: 2009. FinovateSpring 2009 demo (under former name KaChing). FinovateSpring 2013 demo. FinDEVr San Francisco 2015 presentation.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2017

Whether payments are moving between individuals (peer to peer, or P2P) or between consumers and businesses (C2B), they flow most easily from like to like — for instance, if the sender wants to use PayPal, the recipient must also have an account. In 2009, said Maoloni, the world started adopting mobile banking, and so did Interac.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 6, 2016

This is the first time on the list for both PayPal and Fiserv. FinovateFall 2009 demo. This was PayPal’s first year as a stand-alone company. Companies represent 170,000 employees. Qualcomm (Firethorn). Rank: #110 (up from #113 in 2015). Revenues: $25.3 17th year on the Fortune 500 list. 33,000 employees. CenturyLink.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The Wall Street Journal threw some serious shade on that move, citing Steve Jobs’ reaction to Amazon’s decision in 2009 to do the same for the Kindle — that it must not be selling many. Or at any other time — unless it wants to. Jobs’ point then was that if a company is selling a lot of stuff, they want to tell people about it.

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Stax

APRIL 18, 2024

Mobile credit card processing first came on the scene when Square released its original mobile credit card reader in 2009 and by the early 2010s, it had become a common method of accepting payments for small businesses. Popular mobile payment solutions include Square, PayPal Here, and Shopify POS.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2016

PayPal expands Facebook Messenger capabilities. PayPal ( FD16 ) first announced it was integrating with Facebook Messenger last month, when the social media giant unveiled payments capability within Messenger. Make it easy for PayPal customers to link their PayPal accounts to Facebook and Messenger at PayPal checkout.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 24, 2016

Small business funding platform Kabbage was founded in 2009 with a mission to use big data to help underwrite small business loans. At FinovateSpring 2015, Kabbage launched the Kabbage Card , a payment device that offers businesses immediate access to their loan without the need to transfer funds into a PayPal account.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 25, 2016

FinovateSpring 2009 demo. PayPal (PYPL). IHS Markit (INFO). FinDEVr New York 2016 presentation. Jack Henry & Associates (JKHY). FinovateFall 2015 demo. LendingClub (LC). MasterCard (MA). FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2014 presentation. FinDEVr New York 2016 presentation. FinovateEurope 2012 demo. Thomson Reuters (TRI).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

Potential that we see now being tapped by Uber, Facebook Messenger, Amazon, Braintree/PayPal and even Spotify. In 2009, Uber’s innovation was to match up black car drivers with downtime and consumers fed up with the uncertainty of not being able to reliably get a ride when they needed one.

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Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Just days after Paypal announced that it was redesigning its iOS and Android mobile apps. Founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco, Credit Karma demonstrated its Debt Manager solution at FinovateSpring 2009. Maybe it’s the change in seasons. Credit Karma reports that it too has a new design for its mobile app.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

When I advised Elon Musk back in the X.com/PayPal days, he had his sights on American Express (and now, astonishingly, PayPal is worth 3x American Express). And going back a bit further, I’d put Suresh Ramamurthi and Suchitra Padmanabhan’s 2009 acquisition of $3.5M But regulators are not exactly on board.

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