Archive for the 'Paypal News' Category

longislandpress:
During the Internet boom, when everyone was a millionaire and life felt like every day was your birthday (complete with apple cobbler and ice cream on top), Congress was afraid that the party would come crashing down, or the cops would bust it up, or the lacrosse team would ruin everything. So they made online [...]

ThisIsMoney:

PAYPAL stands accused of using bully-boy tactics to scare customers into paying back money before disputes have been settled.
Money Mail readers say that they are receiving letters from debt recovery companies demanding payment of disputed sums even though PayPal has been told the Financial Ombudsman Service is investigating complaints.
PayPal, which is owned [...]

silicon.com:
eBay-owned internet payments outfit PayPal has announced it is venturing into the world of mobile payments.
PayPal Mobile will launch in Canada, the UK and the US over the course of this month. Any PayPal user will be able to access the service once they’ve registered their mobile through their online account.
PayPal Mobile will allow users [...]

bizjournals:
The Internal Revenue service won approval Tuesday from federal court in San Jose to ask PayPal Inc. for account information on its customers.
San Jose-based PayPal, which is owned by San Jose-based eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) is still evaluating its options, according to reports. The company enables online money transfers and the IRS is looking for [...]

Mercury News:
PayPal, the online payment service owned by auctioneer eBay Inc., said Thursday that customers can now use their cell phones to instantly send money, buy items or donate to charities.
The PayPal Mobile service allows users in the United States and Canada to instantly send money by sending text messages.
Customers activate the service by logging [...]

Auctionbytes:
AuctionBytes reported on Friday a vulnerability on the PayPal website that allowed anyone to find out if an email address was attached to a PayPal account, and if so, revealed the account holder’s full name (http://www.auctionbytes.com/cab/abn/y06/m03/i24/s00). Several hours after AuctionBytes contacted PayPal about the security issue the page raised, PayPal fixed it, calling it “a [...]

Mercury News:
Paypal, the online payment service owned by eBay Inc., has begun testing a new offering that allows people to make and receive payments using cell phones and other mobile devices.
Paypal Mobile is being tested by an unspecified number of eBay employees and will be available to the public in the United States, Canada and [...]