The Fintech Times

JULY 15, 2025

Levine’s new role Levine, who joined Checkout.com in 2021 to lead US sales and later served as general manager for Israel, will now oversee commercial teams across North America.

Alternative Payment Methods

Payments Dive

JUNE 30, 2025

Visa’s value-added services business logged annualized revenue growth of 20% in the years since 2021, ballooning into a $9 billion global business, according to the release announcing Torre’s appointment. Meanwhile, value added services have also been a driver of growth for Mastercard.

Card Services

Fintech Finance

JULY 14, 2025

Originally joining Checkout.com in 2021 to lead the US sales team, Levine later took the reins as the company’s General Manager for Israel in 2024. Across the border, 48% of U.S. consumers say they plan to increase their use of ecommerce in the next 12 months, signaling sustained growth in digital spend across the North American region.

Venmo

The Fintech Times

DECEMBER 24, 2024

In fact, weve already earned the trust of some of the biggest names in payments, including Visa, PayPal, Mastercard and a growing roster of enterprise merchants, who increasingly recognise that payment orchestration is the quickest and most cost-effective way to get game-changing, future-proof paytech to their end users.

Payment APIs and Integration

Payments Dive

JUNE 11, 2025

San Francisco-based Affirm introduced the debit cards in 2021. Digital payments players PayPal and Klarna, for example, both have relied on physical cards to drive an increase consumer payments volume. "Its an important part of our long-term strategy," Linford said. "We We acquire users at the point of sale and were compensated."

Debit Card

Cardfellow

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

According to OpenAI, makers of ChatGPT, the information is from September 2021 and earlier. It suggested commonly considered options that included Square, PayPal, Stripe and Shopify (flat rate processors) and mentioned Traditional Merchant Accounts. Since we already discussed flat rate, we will skip explaining PayPal Here.

Credit Cards

Payments Dive

JULY 24, 2025

The business has about 7,000 client accounts, including private equity firms, and nearly tripled its revenue between 2021 and 2024, according to a presentation on the deal. Alpha has built a fast-growing fee-based business catering to European investment managers, a press release for the transaction said.

Cross-Border

Payments Dive

AUGUST 4, 2025

Koenninger previously served as CFO of the company from November 2021 to November 2022, according to her LinkedIn page. Its current CFO, Chad Noble, will become the company’s chief information officer, the company announced July 23. You can unsubscribe at anytime. Sign up A valid email address is required.

Bitcoin

Finextra

JUNE 26, 2025

Existing investors including PayPal, Mastercard and Peak XV are also set to divest up to 147.8 Indian fintech Pine Labs plans IPO Pine Labs, the India-based payments firm, is looking to raise more than $300m from its planned listing. The fintech has filed for an IPO and is set to issue fresh shares to meet its fundraising target of $304m.

FinTech

Payments Dive

AUGUST 8, 2025

The company introduced teen accounts on Cash App in 2021. Of those accounts,1.7 million graduated from a sponsor account — which a teen can use under a parent’s supervision — to an individual account that month, Ahuja said during the earnings call. Sign up A valid email address is required. Please select at least one newsletter.

Blocks

Fintech Labs Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

HQ: SF | Founded: 2017 | Raised $136M (including $120M in 2021) | Valuation: $1.7 Challenger of the Month* Mercury Bank Banking for what youre building. Startups of all sizes rely on Mercury. Apply in just 10 minutes! billion | Website visits: 2.2 822 reviews) | iOS app: 4.9 156 13 Fifth Third Bank 8.7 $214 220 16 M&T Bank 8.3 $209

Small Business

Payments Dive

APRIL 13, 2022

PayPal's CFO John Rainey said he would leave to join the retailer at the end of May. The exit follows a rough end to 2021 for the digital payments pioneer. One analyst said it wasn't a surprise after "a period of overpromising and under-delivering."

PayPal

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

PayPal has announced that it is jumping into the wild world of cryptocurrency , making it possible for wallet holders to buy, sell and hold cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ethereum, bitcoin cash and litecoin in their PayPal accounts. PayPal isn’t the first big name in tech to jump on the crypto bandwagon.

PayPal

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

The IPO, which is set to be a major one for 2021, signals the wider acceptance of bitcoin. Companies like Square , PayPal and Robinhood have made crypto trading possible on their platforms. WSJ reported that investors include Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller, and companies such as Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.,

Bitcoin

The Finance Weekly

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

The finance industry in specific is ready to be equipped to implement long-term initiatives in 2021. Here are five rising financial services sector trends and observations for 2021. It's time to say goodbye to old-school accounting techniques and say hello to automation in 2021. Automated Accounting.

Risk Assessment

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2020

PayPal has dropped its bid to acquire bitcoin wallet purveyor BitGo but remains interested in investing in the cryptocurrency space, Fortune reported. PayPal’s pursuit of BitGo became public in October, though neither company would confirm they were holding talks.

PayPal

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

It was another quarter of record-breaking results for PayPal , which saw both record transactions and new customer enrollments in Q3. PayPal is now reporting a run rate of approximately $1 trillion dollars in payment volume. Additionally, PayPal reported processing a record 4 billion transactions during Q3.

Venmo

FICO

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Welcome to the holiday shopping season for 2021, the second impacted by the pandemic. The final quarter of 2021 is expected to hit $910B, an 11 percent rise on last year. digital fraud was up 25% in the first four months of 2021 and continues to grow during the holiday season. However, spending is booming too! In the U.S.

Scams

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2021

Nearly a year of trial-by-fire, pandemic-era learning within the payments business has not only provided some great lessons but has also set the stage for some major advances in 2021 that have been in the cards for years.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Bitcoin’s price has been steadily rising in recent weeks, climbing above $19,000 last week , thanks to the pandemic-driven shift toward digital payments and cryptocurrency adoption by several mainstream companies, including Square and PayPal. Morgan on the coin and may launch it experimentally in 2021, CEO Herman Gref said.

Bitcoin

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

True, PYMNTS/PayPal data confirm in many ways that consumers want to get back to “normal” when it comes to dining out. We all still like pizza and wings, but as a group, consumers are considering where they’ll order them from quite a bit more widely. They miss the good old days. Convenience As The Killer Offering.

Returns

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

And CVS in August became the first major retailer to introduce PayPal QR code technology, which it plans to roll out in its 8,200 U.S. For example, PayPal waived transaction fees for QR code sales in May when it introduced QR codes to 28 markets worldwide. “We stand-alone stores.

Contactless Payments

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2021

B2B FinTech startups have stepped into 2021 with a bang, as industry players raised more than $910 million in combined funding. New backers of the company include Hanaco, PayPal Ventures, Whale Rock and Schonfeld, while previous investors including NEA, Insight Venture Partners, Acrew and Pelion also participated.

B2B

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

What merchants can do, and what PayPal is pleased to help them accomplish, he said, is to figure out how much of that uncertainty they can take off their customers’ plates in a responsible way, as a comfortable consumer is also one likely to convert this holiday season. A Glance Ahead To 2021.

PayPal

Fintech Finance

JULY 24, 2024

PayPal appoints Enrique Lores has been appointed the new Independent Chair of its Board of Directors. He succeeds John Donahoe, who is retiring from the PayPal Board after serving as Board Chair since 2015. has served on the Board since June 2021. Lores, President and CEO of HP Inc.,

PayPal

Fintech Finance

JANUARY 26, 2024

PayPal Holdings, Inc. PayPal is on a mission to revolutionize commerce, globally, and today we are starting the next chapter,” said Alex Chriss, President and CEO, PayPal. Business owners want to focus on the next sale and consumers are looking to remove any annoying interruptions like password prompts or lagging response times.

Venmo

The Paypers

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021

PayPal has announced introducing new fees for payments between businesses in the UK and those in Europe, from November 2021.

PayPal

CB Insights

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Here’s what they’ve achieved (as of October 2021): 2 of the winners have gone public. Bakkt announced a SPAC merger in January 2021 at a $2.1B The digital asset management platform completed the transaction and went public in October 2021. Crypto exchange and wallet Coinbase made its public debut in April 2021 at a $65.3B

Blockchain

Fintech Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2023

PayPal Holdings, Inc. She will have end-to-end accountability for leading PayPal’s local businesses and growth strategies in the markets around the world where the company operates to ensure seamless execution and drive profitable growth. I’m thrilled to welcome Suzan to the PayPal team.”

PayPal

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

In today’s top news, Grab celebrated solid recovery in its third quarter earnings report, and PayPal has introduced wallet services for cryptocurrencies. PayPal Hops On The Crypto Bandwagon. Starting in 2021, users will be able to spend their crypto caches with any of the 26 million merchants currently accepting PayPal.

PayPal

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

And that digital pivot has been aided by larger players like PayPal. Keen-eyed PayPal shoppers have likely noticed the start of some rather unusual coupon offers rolling into their inboxes of late. Keen-eyed PayPal shoppers have likely noticed the start of some rather unusual coupon offers rolling into their inboxes of late.

Contactless Payments

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

The Tracker notes that one in three eCommerce retailers is expected to offer some type of BNPL payment plan by the end of 2021. Sezzle has seen some wins this year, such as the appointment of Reid Bork, former PayPal senior director of accounts, to join its leadership team.

BNPL

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Beyond PayPal And Venmo . But Ranta added that the need remains to educate consumers, who might already be used to Venmo and PayPal , where closed-loop systems provide speed. 2021 Could Be The Game-Changer . “And I think that that's where some of this will start taking shape.

Real Time Payments

PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

PayPal has increased its foothold in Eastern Europe and Africa, and has boosted its presence in the global remittance market, through a new partnership agreement. Xoom launched in 2001 and was purchased by PayPal in 2015 for $890 million in an all-cash deal. The digital remittance market could be worth some $300 billion by 2021.

PayPal

Finovate

AUGUST 26, 2024

” Backed by Y Combinator and PayPal, Sei offers AI agents that work with risk and compliance teams to boost their efficiency, impact, and ability to scale. Headquartered in New York and founded in 2021 by CEO Neepa Patel, Themis made its Finovate debut at FinovateFall 2022.

Compliance

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

In today’s top news, PayPal announced third-quarter earnings and new BNPL services, and Ant Group’s IPO has been suspended. PayPal to Bring Pay Later to Venmo. It was another quarter of record-breaking results for PayPal, which saw both record transactions and new customer enrollments in Q3.

Venmo

CB Insights

MAY 20, 2021

Extend , a technology platform that allows businesses to offer product warranties has raised $260M in a Series C with participation from SoftBank Group, Meritech Capital Partners, GreatPoint Ventures, and PayPal Ventures, among others. Extend sold more than 300,000 protection plans in 2020 and expects to sell more than 3M plans in 2021.

PayPal