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PayPal Wants to Be a Bank. Here’s How Its New Charter Bid Could Reshape Small-Business Finance

Rogers BillDecember 16, 2025December 16, 2025

by Rogers BillDecember 16, 2025December 16, 20250

PayPal is trying to turn itself into a bank, literally. The payments giant has filed applications to create “PayPal Bank,” a Utah‑chartered industrial loan company...

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PayPal abandons Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency group

YoopyaOctober 5, 2019May 29, 2023

by YoopyaOctober 5, 2019May 29, 20230

Pioneering digital payments firm PayPal on Friday said it is abandoning an alliance intended to oversee the Facebook-backed Libra cryptocurrency, which has come under attack...

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Will cities of the future FLOAT? $167 million project using concrete platforms could be home to 300 people by 2020

YoopyaJuly 9, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJuly 9, 2015July 1, 20230

The Seasteading Institute claims that building floating cities is the first step to fulfilling ‘the eight great moral imperatives’ because the experimental floating landscapes could...

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Visa’s PayPal clone is far from dead as more banks sign up

YoopyaJune 11, 2015July 1, 2023

by YoopyaJune 11, 2015July 1, 20230

Visa’s pinning its hopes on its online wallet service. But is it too little too late for the market leader? Apple may be grabbing most...

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Technology: PayPal expands payment services to Nigeria, 9 other markets

YoopyaJune 17, 2014July 16, 2023

by YoopyaJune 17, 2014July 16, 20230

(Reuters) – PayPal is entering 10 new countries this week, including Nigeria, providing online payment alternatives for consumers via mobile phones or PCs in markets...

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PayPal acquisition brings ”growth hackers” into the fold

YoopyaApril 13, 2013

by YoopyaApril 13, 20130

(Reuters) – PayPal said on Thursday it acquired start-up Iron Pearl, bringing noted “growth hackers” Stan Chudnovsky and James Currier on board to help the...

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Google and Apple among hundreds hit in high-profile Pakistan hack

YoopyaNovember 26, 2012

by YoopyaNovember 26, 20120

Google, Apple, eBay and Yahoo were among almost 300 sites affected by a hack attack in Pakistan. The hack targeted sites that had Pakistani domain...

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PayPal eyes 7 million retail locations in Discover deal

YoopyaAugust 22, 2012

by YoopyaAugust 22, 20120

(Reuters) – Online payments provider PayPal will gain access to millions of physical stores in the United States under an agreement with Discover Financial Services...