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PayPal Ads ID provides deterministic identity from verified PayPal and Venmo accounts, making it available to ad tech partners to improve ad relevance and performance.

MyPlace, the social network that helps friends share their homes, announced it has secured $5.8 million in seed funding. Freestyle led the round, joined by Haystack, Oceans, and OnDeck, as well as notable angel investors from Tesla, Facebook, and PayPal. This new funding will enable the platform to launch its iOS app as well as […]

A final glance at the top news announcements that made headlines in 2021 Customer is the king. They remained at the top of the priority list across sectors, as businesses tried to get back in the game. Marketing trends such as digitisation, automation, social selling, first party data, hybrid models, and cloud adoption made headlines. […]

Dragonboat, a product portfolio management platform, announced a $12 million Series A round. It was led by New York-based global private equity and venture capital Insight Partners, with participation from existing investors Act One Ventures, Roble Ventures and GingerBread Capital. The round quickly follows the company’s $3 million seed announcement in July and 500 per […]

In 2022, Amazon will begin accepting Venmo as well. Venmo parent company PayPal announced the news during its Q3 earnings call. Details on the Amazon partnership are scarce right now, but PayPal stated tha shoppers will be able to use it on Amazon’s website and its mobile app starting in 2022. They will be able […]

ExpandCart has announced its collaboration with PayPal to unveil global cross- border sales opportunities in the Middle East and Africa (MENA). ExpandCart’s merchants can now offer their customers a quick and secure international payment gateway. The collaboration is aimed at further democratisation of the payment landscape in the MENA region and inclusion of local merchants […]

PayPal debuts cryptocurrency payments for its users to make payments using cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash. The feature ‘Checkout with Crypto’, is only available for US customers for the time being. Customers with cryptocurrency holdings in their PayPal wallets will be able to make purchases using those holdings and face no additional […]