BNET Industries

PayPal

is in the Business Services Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$299.9M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Founded in 1998, PayPal, an eBay Company, enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. PayPal's service builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards and utilizes the world's most advanced proprietary fraud prevention systems to create a safe, global, real-time payment solution.

Number of Employees 500
Contact Information

2211 N. First St.

San Jose, California 95131

www.paypal.com

408-967-1000

NAICS Code All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: 541990

Recent Events

  • Carlson Marketing, PayPal Team for Rewards

    11/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FS15K 12.1MP 5x Zoom Digital Camera from $110 + free shipping

    11/12/09 - Bond / Stock Rating - View Story

  • PayPal, Amazon Up Ante in Online Payments

    11/06/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Storenvy.com Launches Today: Groundbreaking Social Shopping Site Supporting Independent Merchants

    11/05/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • PayPal growing steadily despite poor economy

    11/09/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • CORRECTING and REPLACING PayPal Launches PayPal X Developer

    11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • PayPal Launches PayPal X Developer Challenge

    11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • PayPal Unveils Plans To Open Payment Service

    11/04/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • FIS Chooses PayPal To Facilitate Person-To-Person Payments

    11/03/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • FIS Chooses PayPal To Facilitate Person-To-Person Payments

    11/03/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • UPDATE: EBay's PayPal Launches Open Payments System

    11/03/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • S1 Teams With PayPal to Deliver Fast, Convenient Mobile Personal Payments Solution...

    11/03/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Super Rewards Launches New Virtual Currency Offer Platform Enhancements

    11/03/09 - Licensing / Contract - View Story

  • PayPal Opens Its Global Payments Platform

    11/07/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • PayPal launches Web site for holiday deals

    10/30/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • First Data partners with PayPal to link debit cards to PayPal accounts

    10/19/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • First Data and PayPal Team up to Offer New Online Payment Services for STARR Network...

    10/08/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • PayPal Survey Reveals Indians are Expected to Spend More this Diwali than they did Last...

    10/08/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

News & Analysis

paypal - All News and Analysis

  • American Express Acquires Revolution Money: Challenges PayPal

    BNET - 2009-11-18

    American Express just announced that it plans to acquire Revolution Money for $300 million. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval. Revolution Money, which was founded by AOL's co-founder Steve Case , launched in 2007. The company offers a number of services, including...

    Tags: American Express Co., PayPal, Card

  • Sun Teams with PayPal for Java Store Payments

    BNET - 2009-11-05

    At the PayPal X Innovate 2009 developer conference, Sun Microsystems announced an alliance with PayPal to support application payment in the Java Store Beta and enhancements to the beta user experience.At the PayPal X Innovate 2009 developer conference, Sun Microsystems announced an alliance with PayPal to support application payment in...

    Tags: Java, Sun Microsystems Inc., PayPal

  • New APIs Could Increase PayPal's Share of Virtual Currency Transactions in Facebook Apps

    BNET - 2009-11-04

    With nearly 80 million active users in 190 countries and 19 currencies, and a strong record of fraud prevention, PayPal is still the single largest payment processor of virtual currency microtransactions inside Facebook applications – despite not having created any special payment products for app developers. Today, however, the company...

    Tags: Facebook, Payment, PayPal

  • PayPal to Take Over Mobile and Social Apps

    BNET - 2009-11-04

    PayPal has opened its global payments platform called PayPal X, providing new APIs, a new developer portal, and some introductory services pricing to help developers take advantage of PayPal X to build businesses."The whole world is going digital, and the future of how we communicate, how we get information, and...

    Tags: Payment, PayPal

  • PayPal Unveils Plans To Open Payment Service

    BNET - 2009-11-04

    The API will allow developers to write programs that use PayPal for payments, without users having to leave the application. Today, people who use PayPal on a third-party application are taken to a separate window to complete the transaction. Beginning in the second quarter of next year,...

    Tags: PayPal

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Scott Thompson President
Chuck Geiger Vice President, Chief Technical Officer
Max R. Levchin CTO
Michael Barrett Chief Information Security Officer
David Sacks Executive Vice President, Product
Ryan D. Downs Senior Vice President, Global Operations
Amy E. Rowe Vice President, Product
Amy R. Klement Vice President, Product
Dana Stalder Vice President, Marketing
Dilip Venkatachari Vice President, Operations
John C. Muller General Counsel & Vice President
Julie Anderson Vice President, Public Relations
Ken Miller Vice President, Risk Management
Mary M. Hentges Vice President, Finance
Salvatore J. Giambanco Vice President, Human Resources & Administration
Dave Deming Product Manager
Scott Khanna Executive Recruiter

Scott Thompson is President of PayPal with overall responsibility for growing the global leader in online payments. Succeeding Rajiv Dutta in 2008, Scott previously served as PayPal's Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer where he oversaw information technology, product development, and architecture for PayPal. Prior to PayPal, Scott worked for Inovant, a subsidiary of Visa formed to oversee global technology for the organization. As Executive Vice President of Technology Solutions at Inovant, he was responsible for all development, support and maintenance of Visa's global payment system. Scott was also Chief Information Officer of Barclays Global Investors, where he implemented a new strategic technology platform and global infrastructure. In addition, he has worked with Coopers and Lybrand, delivering information technology solutions to leading financial services clients such as Wells Fargo. Scott received a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting and Computer Science from Stonehill College.

Organization Position Status
PayPal, Inc. President Current
eBay Inc. President, PayPal Current
Ignite Venture Partners Senior Vice President of Product Development, Technology and Operations at Paypal Current
F5 Networks, Inc. Director Current
Ignite Venture Partners Board of Directors Current
eBay Inc. CTO, PayPal & Senior Vice President Former
Barclays Global Investors Chief Information Officer Former
Visa International Chief Technology Officer Former
PayPal, Inc. CTO & Senior Vice President Former
Visa International Executive Vice President, Systems Group Former
Inovant, LLC Executive Vice President of Technology Former
Cooper's Inc. Partner Former
PricewaterhouseCoopers Partner Former
Stonehill College Bachelor's Degree In Accounting Former

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Chief Technical Officer Current

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PayPal, Inc. CTO Current

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PayPal, Inc. Chief Information Security Officer Current
Cso Interchange Current
StopBadware.org Board of Advisors Current
Liberty Alliance President Former
American Express Company Vice President, Security & Utility Strategy Former

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PayPal, Inc. Executive Vice President, Product Current

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PayPal, Inc. Senior Vice President, Global Operations Current
LiveOps, Inc. Board of Directors Current
PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Operations Former

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Product Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Product Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Marketing Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Operations Current

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PayPal, Inc. General Counsel & Vice President Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Public Relations Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Risk Management Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Finance Current

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PayPal, Inc. Vice President, Human Resources & Administration Current

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PayPal, Inc. Product Manager Current

Organization Position Status
PayPal, Inc. Executive Recruiter Current
eBay Inc. Manager, Executive Search Former

Executive News

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