PayPal

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PayPal Holdings, Inc.
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Founded March 2000
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Industry Financial Technology
Official website paypal.com


  • 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 Confinity in 1998, it merged with X.com in March 2000, and was finally renamed PayPal in June 2001.
  • PayPal can be used in more than 200 countries/regions.

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