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PayPal deepens partnership with Google Cloud to support growth
Hyperscale

PayPal deepens partnership with Google Cloud to support growth

Google Cloud and PayPal are deepening their relationship to further accelerate PayPal's digital transformation and evolving customer needs.

By Catherine Knowles • 3 min read • Wed, 19th May 2021
Microsoft, Facebook and PayPal most impersonated brands during phishing attacks
Phishing

Microsoft, Facebook and PayPal most impersonated brands during phishing attacks

Microsoft has maintained its position as the brand most often found in phishing emails, followed by Facebook and PayPal.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 11th Feb 2021
PPRO accelerates growth in APAC with new addition to leadership team
Marketing Technologies

PPRO accelerates growth in APAC with new addition to leadership team

PPRO appoints new global head of payment networks, Kelvin Phua, to strengthen its acquisition and management of Asia Pacific's local payment methods.

By Shannon Williams • 3 min read • Thu, 28th Nov 2019
PayPal phishing scam uses 'safety' features to trick people
Phishing

PayPal phishing scam uses 'safety' features to trick people

These scams use safety features to steal victims' confidential data, and are 'brandjacking' trusted names in the industry to conduct their attacks.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Fri, 26th Jul 2019
Phishing scammers target PayPal in very well crafted attack, Proofpoint finds
Phishing

Phishing scammers target PayPal in very well crafted attack, Proofpoint finds

Scammers are finding increasingly cunning ways to capitalise on the reach and popularity of the world's global brands. This time PayPal is the target.

By Sara Barker • 2 min read • Tue, 7th Feb 2017
Aussie businesses & consumers at odds about mobile payment tech
Marketing Technologies

Aussie businesses & consumers at odds about mobile payment tech

Australian businesses aren't matching customer expectations when it comes to mobile transactions, a new study from PayPal Australia has found.

By Sara Barker • 3 min read • Wed, 21st Sep 2016
Xero and Paypal join forces to speed up payday
Fintech

Xero and Paypal join forces to speed up payday

Xero and PayPal team up to create 'PayPal Express Checkout' to combat late payments and provide faster payment experience.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Thu, 18th Aug 2016
PayPal stops processing Mega payments; NZX listing still on
Encryption

PayPal stops processing Mega payments; NZX listing still on

PayPal has ceased processing payments for Mega, the storage and encryption firm looking to join the New Zealand stock market via a reverse listing.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Mon, 2nd Mar 2015
Massive cyber attack sends eBay into disarray
Marketing Technologies

Massive cyber attack sends eBay into disarray

eBay is asking users to change their passwords because of a cyberattack that compromised a database containing encrypted passwords and other non-financial data.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Thu, 22nd May 2014
Drury drives Xero's US expansion with Microsoft, HP and Paypal stalwarts
Fintech

Drury drives Xero's US expansion with Microsoft, HP and Paypal stalwarts

Xero Limited has bolstered its Board and US management team with the appointment of a new Board Chairman, adding a further US based Director, and esta.

By Staff Writer • 3 min read • Thu, 13th Feb 2014
PayPal cuts over 500 jobs
DevOps

PayPal cuts over 500 jobs

PayPal lays off over 500 employees, with a US$15m pre-tax hit in Q4, as it consolidates product groups for streamlined operations and faster innovation.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Wed, 31st Oct 2012
Facebook investor cashes out
Marketing Technologies

Facebook investor cashes out

Director Peter Thiel sells most of his stock in the social networking site after the end of the first lockup period.

By Staff Writer • 1 min read • Tue, 21st Aug 2012
Resume error not my fault: Yahoo CEO
Marketing Technologies

Resume error not my fault: Yahoo CEO

Reports say Scott Thompson has claimed an executive placement firm introduced the erroneous qualification before he started work with PayPal.

By Staff Writer • 2 min read • Fri, 11th May 2012

Stories from Other Regions

PayPal teams up with WooCommerce and Xero to deliver online business toolkit
Fintech

PayPal teams up with WooCommerce and Xero to deliver online business toolkit

Business in a Box gives small businesses tools to design and manage an online store, accept payments, and get an overview of the business' cash flow.

By Kai Ping Lew • 2 min read • Tue, 2nd May 2017
Reckon forms tactical partnership with PayPal
Fintech

Reckon forms tactical partnership with PayPal

Reckon's new tie-up with PayPal opens a realm of swift payment solutions for SMEs, easing cash flow woes with a 'pay now' feature.

By Sam Worthington • 2 min read • Mon, 11th Jul 2016
Mega's legal guns shoot down claims of 'content theft'
Marketing Technologies

Mega's legal guns shoot down claims of 'content theft'

Mega, the file storage firm, has hit back at claims it profits from 'content theft' in a report calling the allegations 'defamatory'.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Fri, 15th May 2015
Kim Dotcom's Mega deal falls through
Marketing Technologies

Kim Dotcom's Mega deal falls through

Mega deal falls through as TRS Investments fails to gain shareholder approval for NZX listing of cloud-based storage firm.

By Pattrick Smellie • 2 min read • Wed, 6th May 2015
RBNZ seeks stronger regulatory oversight of payment systems
Marketing Technologies

RBNZ seeks stronger regulatory oversight of payment systems

The Reserve Bank wants stronger oversight of the nation's payment systems, with a particularly focus on managing risks from the global infrastructu.

By Pattrick Smellie • 3 min read • Tue, 11th Nov 2014