Ebay Is Finally Breaking It Off With PayPal, Which Is Doing Just Great By the Way
PayPal and eBay, two brands that were best friends forever for like 15 years or so, are destined to be platonic besties no longer.
And Here's Another PayPal Phishing Scam You'll Want to Avoid
The holidays are upon us, and so it is to remind ourselves once again of just how much cyber criminals enjoy playing on the very fears of consumer fraud they elicit. If the last thing you want interrupting your time with friends and loved ones is a slew of fraudulent bank charges, you’ll need to keep your wits about…
The FBI Says ISIS Used Phony eBay Listings to Funnel Cash to US Operative
A senior official for the Islamic State used phony eBay deals to funnel money to an operative living in the US, according to an unsealed FBI affidavit.
PayPal Beats Up on Sad Sack Pandora Over New Logo
PayPal sued Pandora on Friday, claiming that the struggling music streaming service ripped off its distinctive blue logo in the hopes of piggybacking on PayPal’s popularity. PayPal savagely disses Pandora’s business model in its complaint, basically claiming that Pandora’s user base is faltering so much that it has to…
PSA: Charitable Donations Through PayPal May Never Reach Your Charity of Choice
If you’ve ever donated to a charity through PayPal’s fundraising platform, be warned: A lawsuit filed yesterday alleges that money given through Paypal’s Giving Fund may never actually reach the intended recipients.
PayPal Will Soon Stop Protecting You From Shitty Crowdfunding Projects
It’s a well established fact that backing a crowdfunded campaign is like playing with fire. Unfortunately for backers everywhere, however, there’s yet another roadblock in the way of getting that cash back: PayPal has is taking away its purchase protection for crowdfunded payments.
Why You Should Care If Apple Pay Comes to Websites
A report in Recode today suggests that Apple is planning to bring Apple Pay to websites later this year, which will let you buy stuff online with your iPhone. An incremental change to a marginally popular payment service doesn’t sound exciting, but it’s arguably the biggest payment move Apple has ever made.
Stop Using Venmo
The first time I heard about Venmo, it sounded like a miracle. Hell yes, I want to send money to friends with my computerphone! I used Venmo enthusiastically for years. Then, it became a cesspool of awkward emoji and hidden fees, a place where money goes to hide. So I stopped, and you should too.
PayPal's Two-Hour Outage Could Have Cost Tens of Millions of Dollars
Despite some slightly questionable practices, PayPal continues to be the best (or only) way for millions of online businesses to take your money. So, an outage, even just a few hours long, can cost millions.
A Strike May Park San Francisco's Tech Buses
San Francisco’s tech workers may be looking for a new ride to work if their shuttle bus drivers go on strike over contract negotiations. At a meeting yesterday in San Leandro, leaders of the Teamsters Local 853 advised members to be prepared for a strike if there’s no progress on the contract proposal that the union…
PayPal Launches Service That Will Compete With Venmo, a Company It Owns
Do you like Venmo? Then you’re going to love PayPal.me, a new Venmo-like payment platform by PayPal, Venmo’s parent company. It works a lot like Venmo except, you know, it’s PayPal instead.
PayPal Just Killed Its Terrible Robocalling Policy
When PayPal updated its user agreement earlier this month, people were pissed off. The agreement left people with two options: Agree to receive robocalls from PayPal, or stop using the service. Now the company is back-pedalling on the whole “deal with our obnoxious, aggressive automatic calling or GTFO” policy.
PayPal's Shady New User Agreement Opts You Into Robocalls
PayPal, a company specializing in online payments and fucking people over, has a new user agreement. Headlining the changes is a new provision that will let PayPal bombard your phone lines with robocalls — and there’s no opt-out. It’s put up, or get lost.
"I Can't Afford Not to Have That Money": The Worst PayPal Horror Stories
Yesterday, PayPal agreed to pay customers $15 million for ripping them off over the past few years. After I wrote about it, reader horror stories started flooding my inbox and comments.
PayPal Has to Pay $25 Million for Being Sketchy as Hell
After the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau filed a complaint against PayPal today, the company quickly agreed to refund $15 million to customers it ripped off over the past few years.
PayPal Canceled Mega's Account Because of Encryption (But Really Piracy)
Mega is one of the only cloud storage services that offers end-to-end encryption, a great feature for people who value security. However, after political pressure from MPAA-affiliated goons, PayPal recently decided to stop providing payment services to Mega. What gives?
Report: Google Might Buy An Apple Pay Rival
Apple Pay hasn't quite been the card-busting life-changing revolution that some might've expected, but even so, it's humming along quite nicely. Well enough, in fact, that an envious Google may buy up mobile payments company Softcard to provide a little competition.
The Apple Store will now let you buy stuff online with PayPal in the US and the UK. Along with the new payment option, Apple is also promoting PayPal Credit, which lets you pay for that shiny new MacBook in interest-free monthly instalments, rather than having to sell a kidney upfront. [re/code]
Pebble and PayPal Give You Another Stupid Way To Pay For Stuff
Tech companies are continuing with the long, hard struggle to rid the planet of credit cards. Today's slightly awkward solution comes courtesy of PayPal and Pebble, who will now let you ditch your wallet, provided you own a Pebble smartwatch, have a PayPal account, and shop at stores that take PayPal.
PayPal Will Give You a Two-Week Interest-Free Loan
PayPal's latest service, Pay After Delivery, gives people up to 14 days to pay for the stuff they buy.