PayPal
PayPal is a website that allows transfer of money among people via web services and email. The money can be deposited into a bank account. PayPal was owned by eBay, from 2002[5][6] to 2015.[4][7] It can be used in more than 200 countries.[8]
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 Headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S. | |
| Public | |
| Traded as |
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| Industry | Financial technology |
| Predecessors | |
| Founded | December 1998 (as Confinity) October 1999 (as X.com) March 2000 (as PayPal) |
| Founders | |
| Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. (corporate headquarters) La Vista, Nebraska, U.S. (operative center) |
Area served | Almost worldwide |
Key people | |
| Products | Credit cards, payment systems |
| Revenue |  US$25.37 billion (2021)[3] |
| US$4.26 billion (2021)[3] | |
 US$4.17 billion (2021)[3] | |
| Total assets | US$75.80 billion (2021)[3] |
| Total equity | US$21.73 billion (2021)[3] |
Number of employees | c. 30,900 (2021)[3] |
| Divisions | |
| Subsidiaries | |
| Website | www |
PayPal allows customers to send, receive, and hold funds in 25 currencies worldwide.[9] However, PayPal is not a bank.[10] Funds that are not used are converted into PayPal's profit.[11]
PayPal Media
eBay, PayPal, Kijiji and StubHub, 500 King Street West, Toronto, April 2014
PayPal Operations Center in La Vista, Nebraska
References
- ↑ "PayPal Goes Public Again". Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanmac/2015/07/20/as-paypal-goes-public-again-ceo-hints-at-working-with-amazon-and-sets-sights-on-acquisitions/. Retrieved 2017-08-27.
- ↑ "PayPal Leadership". www.paypal.com. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 "PayPal Holdings, Inc. Full Year 2021 Form 10-K Report" (PDF). cloudfront.net. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "EX-10.5". www.sec.gov. Retrieved 2018-06-16.
- ↑ Wolverton, Troy (3 October 2002). It's official: eBay weds PayPal. http://news.cnet.com/2100-1017-960658.html. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
- ↑ Matt Richtel (9 July 2002). "EBay to Buy PayPal, a Rival in Online Payments". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/09/business/ebay-to-buy-paypal-a-rival-in-online-payments.html. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
- ↑ Seetharaman, Deepa; Mukherjee, Supantha (September 30, 2014). "EBay follows Icahn's advice, plans PayPal spinoff in 2015". Reuters. Retrieved April 16, 2021.
- ↑ "PayPal Global - All countries and markets". PayPal. Retrieved 28 March 2017.
- ↑ "PayPal's Q4 2021 Earnings Call".
- ↑ "Paypal is Not a Bank". Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Speaker Series: ECorner. 21 January 2004. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
- ↑ Chu, Lenora (February 26, 2008). What PayPal does with your money. https://money.cnn.com/2008/02/26/smbusiness/paypal_float.fsb/. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
