Surprise! You've won €500, was the message that supposedly appeared in a load of people's inboxes direct from PayPal recently. And even though it sounded so very much like a dodgy phishing attempt, it was in fact just a total cock-up by PayPal itself. Read More >>
PayPal, the infamously ubiquitous king of the online payments world, is moving into the world of real touchy-feely transactions in the UK, launching a chip-and-pin device which will enable retailers to nab money from PayPal accounts, as well as debit and credit cards. Read More >>
Featured comment by Jamz:
"There is a fair point there though - Shove a iPhone with an attachment in to any "customer" and they'll think - What is this - fraud?" More »
Bought something on PayPal recently, and had your payment taken multiple times, but the seller's claiming he's got no money? Yeah, you're not the only one. A website snafu is causing the big 'Pal to overcharge buyers and not reimburse sellers, and Twitter's getting quite angry about it. Read More >>
Featured comment by Bryank:
"It's a total mess. We've suspended taking Paypal orders on our sites as it's causing major customer support issues. Customers don't know if their tran..." More »
Featured comment by jaggedspike:
"There are some methods to minimize it, but everything is vulnerable. But large companies would probably be able to take a typical DDOS attack and its ..." More »
PayPal's one of the truly ubiquitous names of the internet. It's been around since e-commerce first became a Thing, and it's even got its own Mafia. Like every Mafia, though, some of its practices are a bit shady, bordering on the downright nasty. It's time for that to change. Read More >>
Featured comment by Fourthletter:
"Not actually a comparable situation if a big high street shop refused to take any payment method apart from a company they owned then the regulator wo..." More »
Remember those Anonymous attacks way back in 2010? PayPal, Mastercard and the Ministry of Sound, to name a few, got the Anonymous treatment. Well, it's taken a while, but at least one of the Anonymous hive has been dragged (probably kicking and screaming) away from his computer screen, and is being charged with some pretty serious crap in court. Read More >>
Featured comment by JohnStead2012:
"And all of that were using Tax Payer money.
For whom? For PayPal !!!
Stop this now.
And use the money instead for British people for better liv..." More »
Hacking collective Anonymous claims it's stolen around 28,000 user details from a server used by PayPal, with what appears to be email addresses, names and associated passwords appearing on a selection of online sharing services. Read More >>
Featured comment by cooldude255220:
"So, they've got more potential. Wonderful. You can't just hack a website using 'script-kiddie' scripts. It requires skill." More »
Featured comment by DrOhReally:
"My brother lost over £600 because paypal froze his account for no reason and since my brother was stupid enough to ignore it for a while they permaba..." More »
Just as it was announced last week that Square will become the mobile payment platform for Starbucks going forward, PayPal now has revealed it too has designs on the fastfood/payment game—its conquest: McDonalds. Read More >>
Featured comment by PhilipCohen:
"I’m still trying to figure out what the benefit is for Starbucks in the deal with Square ...
Square, like the utterly clunky PayPal, is a middlem..." More »
PayPal announced on their blog today that they have acquired card.io, the San Francisco-based company that "provides technology for developers to capture credit card information by using the camera on a smartphone." Read More >>
Uh oh, looks like the network run by the people has gaffed again. This time it seems GiffGaff's managed to publically send everyone's PayPal addresses to everyone else while attempting to pay community members back for all their shilling for the network. Read More >>
In yet another move to make the humble wallet totally redundant, another phone-based credit card alternative has hit the wider UK high street. If you need some new clothes, or you're trying to buy your girlfriend something nice, you'll no longer need cash or card, if you have a PayPal account that is. Read More >>
Featured comment by PhilipCohen:
"Read about it and weep, John Donahoe ...
In addition to Visa’s V.me, there is now MasterCard’s PayPass digital wallet soon to arrive; another ..." More »
We’ve heard a lot about the Square mobile payment app that lets you take credit card payments on your phone in the US. It always sounded great but never materialised over this side of the pond. Now we’re getting one of our own made by PayPal – PayPal Here. Read More >>
Featured comment by PhilipCohen:
"Square (in which Visa bought an interest in 2011) has absolutely nothing to worry about, sans its effectively mandated use on the eBay marketplace, th..." More »
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. Read More >>
Featured comment by warriorscot:
"I really don't like paypal as a service. It takes what should be legal matters of fraud and handles them in house sometimes they get it right a lot of..." More »
Google's latest update of its Android Market app adds a few nice little tweaks, most notably the option to have all apps automatically update themselves by default, rather than users having to select the auto-update toggle manually for each. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Also, the Paypal stuff has been in the market app for about 4 months now,so they're taking their time about it, possibly because Google pinched one of..." More »
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