The PayPal Blog

Add Money to Your PayPal Account with MoneyPak and Get $5!

Hi, I’m Sanjeev Kriplani, Senior Director of the Payments Portfolio Team at PayPal. Recently we introduced a new way to add money to your PayPal account – MoneyPak®. To celebrate this new launch, from now until December 31, 2009, customers who add money to PayPal with a MoneyPak for the ...

What Gives?! Fundraising Widget by PayPal

Hi, it’s Judy Chang and I manage the nonprofits vertical here at PayPal. Today we’re introducing a new fundraising widget for nonprofits, just in time for holiday fundraising! Nonprofits can add the new What Gives?! fundraising widget by clicking here, post to their Facebook fan pages and any other applications that ...

PayPal Commended in Australian Privacy Awards

Hi all, I’m Frerk-Malte Feller, from the PayPal Australia team. I am very proud to share that we were recognized by the Australian Government for the privacy and security of the PayPal system, being granted a high-commendation in the ‘large business category’ at the Australian Privacy Awards. The Australian Privacy Commissioner ...

PayPal Government Relations Launches PayPal Main Street

Hi All, Chris Thomas here from the Government Relations Team. Government Relations recently revamped our webpage and with it launched our new grassroots program. We all know that PayPal is a great tool to enable merchants online, but at times the PayPal user base may not be aware of upcoming legislation ...

Great Ways to Save this Holiday Season

Hello, I’m Beth Strobel, director of marketing for PayPal. Even though we just celebrated Halloween, holiday shopping is already underway for many of you - myself included! Here at PayPal we know people want to shop smart by stretching their holiday budgets while also finding great gifts. That’s why we’ve ...

comScore: PayPal Holiday Season Promotions Boost Share of Dollars at Major Retailer Sites

Anuj from the communications team here. As our merchants ramp up for the busy 2009 holiday season, I wanted to let you know about an independent comScore study that was just released. It showed the PayPal promotions launched in Q4 2008 caused a significant increase in the dollars spent via ...

PayPal X Innovate 2009: Day 1

PayPal X Innovate 2009: Day 1 Scott Thompson here in San Francisco, at the end of a great first day at PayPal X Innovate 2009! Today we officially marked the opening of PayPal X, PayPal’s global payments platform, putting the future of payments into the hands of developers. We made several announcements ...

PayPal Launches Community Help Forum

Hi everyone, I’m Jay Schrad, manager of the PayPal Community. Yesterday we launched the PayPal Community Help Forum at www.paypal-community.com where buyers and sellers of all backgrounds and experiences can interact and engage in conversation. There are a number of different ways to use PayPal – as a buyer or seller, ...

MicroPlace Launches Facebook Quiz: Take the quiz to enter to win a trip to Nicaragua

Hi Everyone, I’m Ashwini, General Manager of MicroPlace. MicroPlace is a PayPal company that’s addressing global poverty. We provide an easy and effective way for inspired individuals to have a direct impact on poverty by making investments in the world's working poor. Your investment can help a poor person start ...

PayPal Radio – Tuesday, October 27

Hi everyone. Jason Miner here with the news on our October 27th edition of PayPal Radio. First up, we’ll be chatting with Ellie Diaz, PayPal’s director of consumer support to discuss a sneak preview of a new PayPal feature. PayPal is scheduled to launch a brand new Community Help Forum at ...