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PayPal Smashed Some Lady’s Antique Violin, And Can Smash Yours Too

5:00AM January 5, 2012 | Kyle Wagner

Buying and selling stuff online can be stressful, since you’re always guarding against getting ripped off. Luckily, intermediaries like PayPal are in place to mediate disputes. Which apparently means having your antique violin smashed open to see if it’s fake, then not compensating you in any way. More »


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PayPal Launches New App To Send Money Over Facebook

5:39AM November 18, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

PayPal’s got a new Facebook app called Send Money that’s going to make it a lot easier to send money to another person over the internet. And now even your gushing, huggy aunt can take care of your birthday in a few seconds on Facebook. More »


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Aussie Spending Up Big Online

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10:25AM October 18, 2011 | Alex Kidman

The traditional retailers might not like it, but we’re increasingly becoming a nation of online shoppers. According to PayPal, a nation of extremely big spending online shoppers. More »


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Is Digital Money The New Way To Buy Drugs?

1:00PM September 30, 2011 | Joe Brown

I’m not gonna name names, but someone just mentioned paying for weed with a Square account. It’d be equally easy to use Paypal, Venmo, Bitcoin (RIP) or any of the myriad mobile payment systems that allow you to send money from your phone. More »


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PayPal Fights Back, Gives 1000 Anonymous IPs To The FBI

8:20AM August 1, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Looks like it’s PayPal’s turn in this volley. After Anonymous started an anti-PayPal campaign last week in response to all the recent arrests, PayPal has come back with what they believe are the IP addresses of those responsible for last year’s DDoS attacks on their servers. More »


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Anonymous Mounts Legal Protest Against PayPal

4:00PM July 27, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Anonymous has PayPal in its crosshairs but this time it’s using a legal strategy to battle the online payment processor. Following PayPal’s recent comments about the Antisec movement, the hackers are asking people to voluntarily close their PayPal accounts. More »


News

PayPal Signs Up Major US Retailer For Non-NFC Payments

7:30PM July 21, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

eBay’s CEO confirmed Tuesday they’ll be enabling customers to pay for products in a major US street store, with up to 20 national retailers adopting their payment service by 2012. More »


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PayPal Shows Off New NFC Payment System

4:04AM July 14, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

While you still can’t pay for a Lady of the Night using Bit Coins after you’re done bumping uglies, you may soon be able to pay her by simply by bumping phones. More »


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PayPal’s iPhone App Now Displays Previous Spendthrift Habits

7:40PM July 12, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Be careful your PayPal app doesn’t fall into the wrong hands, as update 3.4 now displays previous transactions, easily jumpable from the new homepage screen. [iTunes via SlashGear]


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PayPal Suing Google, Ex-Employees Over Google Wallet

5:40PM May 27, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

While it doesn’t mention Google Wallet by name, PayPal’s lawsuit coincides with the day that Google’s NFC service was announced. Alleging that trade secrets were stolen and disclosed, PayPal’s going after Google in a big way. More »