February
AI shock: Tech companies axe 34,000 since start of year
Microsoft, Snap, eBay and PayPal have each scrapped hundreds or thousands of roles since the start of January.
- Camilla Hodgson
December 2023
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How digital payments are fuelling a future of connectivity
Prioritising customer experience is paramount, but for telecommunications providers, who have such regular and consistent engagement with their customers – it is critical.
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by PayPal
September 2023
- Sponsored
Ecommerce allows utilities companies to empower cash-strapped consumers
In an era of escalating utility prices, high inflation and rising rates, cash-strapped consumers and the utility companies who serve them are looking at innovative payment solutions to provide greater choice and flexibility.
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by PayPal
PayPal targeted by ASIC for contract clause letting it keep wrong fees
The corporate regulator sued PayPal in the Federal Court alleging an unfair clause that let it hold on to overcharged fees if errors weren’t notified to it.
- James Eyers
August 2023
PayPal is shifting Aussie dollars onto crypto exchanges
Major banks remain jittery about crypto but the US payment giant PayPal has struck a deal with Independent Reserve to make it easier to invest in Bitcoin, Ether and Ripple.
- James Eyers
July 2023
- Analysis
- Tech Observed
Bye bye bank fees, as tech cuts out costly foreign exchange pain
Banks will hate it, but tourists and expat workers will be cheering as new tech lowers FX fees across SE Asia, while fintechs compete to transform the world’s largest financial market.
- Tom Richardson
April 2023
- Exclusive
- Fintech
How a pun landed an Aussie start-up in a battle with PayPal
Chippit, a fintech that is less than two years old, is tangled in a legal fight with the global tech giant, over what it decided to name a joint savings product.
- Tess Bennett
August 2022
PayPal resolute on innovating with crypto
PayPal’s crypto CTO Edwin Aoki says the payment giant is closely monitoring stablecoins and CBDCs.
- James Eyers
Greenies thwart Peter Thiel’s New Zealand luxury lodge plans
The PayPal founder dropped plans for a ‘meditation pod’ on the Wanaka property to unsuccessfully try to ease environmentalists’ concerns.
- Ainsley Thomson
February 2022
What getting back to the office should mean for you
Executives are planning their commutes and meeting schedules to make the most of their days in the office.
- Tess Bennett
January 2022
PayPal is the latest fintech to fall in love with fashion
The sector is backing fashion like never before, as PayPal announces naming rights sponsorship of Melbourne Fashion Festival.
- Lauren Sams
October 2021
PayPal is exploring a purchase of Pinterest
PayPal has recently approached Pinterest about a potential deal, at a price that would value the transaction at more than $50 billion.
- Ed Hammond and Liana Baker
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Retail convergence opens world of possibilities
The COVID-19 lockdowns have been tough on retail. While some are facing unprecedented spikes in demand and online has boomed, for many retailers the abrupt loss of footfall in-store has been nothing short of disastrous
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Cross-channel innovation set to shape retail future
Retailers will need to improve their ability to engage and transact with customers across multiple channels as shopper expectations of the digital experience increase, says Peter Cowan, managing director, PayPal Australia.
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by PayPal
September 2021
Why Peter Thiel is such a charismatic influencer
In this exclusive extract from a new unauthorised biography of the Silicon Valley billionaire, author Max Chafkin describes some of the mogul’s contradictions.
- Max Chafkin
The libertarian who kicked Elon Musk out of PayPal
A biography of venture capitalist Peter Thiel argues he may be the most influential figure in the world’s most influential industry, Silicon Valley.
- Aaron Patrick
July 2021
- Analysis
- BNPL
PayPal’s slowdown cements wider reversal
PayPal shares fell in after-hours trade after it warned it was seriously slowing down from the freakish growth rates delivered by lockdowns in 2020.
- Tom Richardson
June 2021
PayPal launches credit card to take on Afterpay, big banks
The platform’s quest to become a ‘one-stop payments shop’ will extend to old-school plastic that allows customers to splurge in physical stores.
- James Eyers
March 2021
Amid the buy now, pay later boom, PayPal still reigns supreme online
The value of online shopping doubled during the pandemic but the way people paid remained largely unchanged, according to a BigCommerce report.
- Sue Mitchell
December 2020
What stocks the experts are buying in 2021
Eight leading investors select the stocks to watch in the coming year, from fintechs to retirement products to support for electric vehicles.
- Tony Featherstone