PayPal: Difference between revisions
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| | | Company = PayPal Holdings, Inc. | ||
| Founded = | | Founded = March 2000 | ||
| Industry = Financial Technology | | Industry = Financial Technology | ||
| Official Website = | | Official Website = paypal.com | ||
| Logo = | | Logo = PayPal_2024.png | ||
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[[wikipedia:PayPal|'''PayPal''']] is | * [[wikipedia:PayPal|'''PayPal Holdings, Inc.''']] is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers. | ||
* It serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. | |||
* The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial users, for which it charges a fee. | |||
* Originally founded as [[wikipedia:Confinity|Confinity]] in 1998, it merged with [[wikipedia:X.com_(bank)|X.com]] in March 2000, and was finally renamed [[wikipedia:PayPal|PayPal]] in June 2001. | |||
* PayPal can be used in more than 200 countries/regions. | |||
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* [[PayPal Honey]] | * [[PayPal Honey]] | ||
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