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PayPal rival on the way from Google?
News Google could be about to launch its own Internet payments service to rival eBay-owned PayPal. Any potential move into the payments sector could prove lucrative - PayPal earned eBay $233m (£128m) in the first quarter of this year.
[June 20, 2005, 14:55]
PayPal Payment Link Creator
Downloads This tool enables a PayPal Premier seller to quickly and easily send email invoices with full payment URLs automatically generated on demand. A highly customizable AppleScript based utility for Mac OS 8,9, and OS X.
[March 24, 2001, 7:00]
PayPal fixes phishing hole
News PayPal has fixed a flaw in its Web site to block a sophisticated scam designed to obtain sensitive data from members, the payment service said on Friday. By exploiting the flaw, attackers were able to redirect people from a PayPal Web page to an...
[June 19, 2006, 9:55]
PayPal alert! Beware the 'PaypaI' scam
News A scam artist last night created an exact replica of PayPal.com and used the fake site to attempt to pilfer user names and passwords from customers of the online payment system. X.com [PayPal's parent company] has notified law enforcement of the...
[July 24, 2000, 10:14]
PayPal users targeted by email scam
News PayPal subscribers are being targeted by a fraudulent email scheme designed to con them into handing over their personal information. Over the past week, users of eBay's online payments service have been receiving emails masquerading as official...
[March 10, 2003, 11:12]
PayPal goes international
News Currently PayPal accepts only US dollars. PayPal's electronic payment system, popular on auction sites, allows customers to collect payments online, with PayPal acting as a go-between for the payer and the recipient.
[September 26, 2002, 15:02]
Paypal Link Maker
Downloads Paypal Link Maker is a handy desktop application that creates Paypal payment links without having to go online, easily and efficiently. Choose to save links automatically to your clipboard, open them directly in your favorite browser or create a...
[February 13, 2004, 7:00]
PayPal settles gambling allegations
News PayPal will pay the US government $10m (£6.16m) to settle allegations that it knowingly transferred funds to unlawful offshore gambling sites. The government's claims, disclosed in March, asserted that PayPal had violated the USA Patriot Act and...
[July 28, 2003, 12:21]
PayPal hit by global outage
News PayPal suffered a global outage and slow performance on Monday, but eBay says its online payment system is mostly back in working order. About an hour ago, PayPal started experiencing site issues that affected the ability to send and receive money.
[August 4, 2009, 8:42]
PayPal fights fraud with password key fob
News eBay is getting ready to offer its PayPal users a password-generating key fob that promises to increase the security of the online payment service. PayPal clients who opt to use the device will enter this password along with their regular...
[January 12, 2007, 8:49]
PayPal plugs in Azure, woos developers
News PayPal, eBay's well established but ageing mechanism for online payments, is trying to rebuild itself for a new generation of online commerce possibilities. At an event for press and developers on Thursday, PayPal and its partners described several...
[July 24, 2009, 16:42]
PayPal
Downloads Send money to your friends and family using your existing PayPal account. Also great for checking your balance while you're out.
[July 12, 2008, 8:00]
PayPal bans payments for porn on eBay
News PayPal, the payment service eBay purchased for $1.5bn (£935m) in October, this month published its revised policy on processing payment for adult material. Only PayPal members can access the policy statement.
[May 1, 2003, 10:47]
PayPal alert! Beware the 'PaypaI' scam
Talkback I have today received in my inbox the very same PayPal email you have been warning people about, so it is still doing the rounds. Thursday 12 May 2005. People Beware!
[May 12, 2005, 19:55]
PayPal alert! Beware the 'PaypaI' scam
Talkback I've recently recieved emails from "paypal" saying that a new email address had been registered, and I should verify wether it is mine or not. PayPai is back. Email message is from aw-service@paypaI.com (Capitol I, of course) Which is hosted on...
[December 7, 2004, 0:17]
PayPal steps up fight against phishing
News PayPal is stepping up its battle against phishing with new technology and by collaborating with others in the industry. Speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco last week, Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer...
[April 14, 2008, 9:58]
Paypal hit by payment problems
News PayPal is battling to fix a glitch that has been causing duplicate debit card withdrawals and deposits on some customer accounts since the beginning of September. The problem first surfaced on 6 September when some PayPal customers noticed...
[September 26, 2005, 9:20]
PayPal refunds customers after technical glitch
News The eBay-owned online payments service, PayPal, has refunded some of its UK customers after their bank accounts were accidentally debited twice on some transactions. Due to a technical error on Monday 24 and Tuesday 25 July, some PayPal account...
[August 8, 2006, 17:35]
PayPal to pay out on problem accounts
Talkback I experienced the same "freeze" and shabby treatment from PayPal here in the United States. Talkback: Thanks for bringing this situation and story to light. And I never got an apology, refund or restitution from then.
[December 8, 2004, 3:16]
PayPal card lets parents track student spending
Blog Online payments firm PayPal is offering US students a new service that links a PayPal-branded MasterCard to their parents' PayPal account. PayPal says the new service, launched on Tuesday, not only removes the need for an overdraft or specific bank...
[August 12, 2009, 16:02]
