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Google and PayPal team up on agentic commerce

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-22 13:58:22

In Brief PayPal announced on Wednesday a new multi-year partnership with Google that will see the payments giant using Google’s AI technology to create new AI-powered shopping experiences. PayPal’s solutions, meanwhile, will be integrated across Google’s products, and PayPal will work with Google Cloud on hosting and improving its technology infrastructure. The companies did not detail what specific types of agentic shopping experiences they would work together to create, but said Google would

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Check Your Bank Accounts, You Might Spot a Deposit From a Facebook Lawsuit

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-27 23:09:19

Read your email carefully this week: On Monday morning, I received an email from PayPal with the enticing subject line, "Your Facebook Consumer Privacy User Profile Litigation Settlement Payment." And no, it wasn't a scam. I opened it to find my PayPal account had been sent $37.55 as my share of Facebook's $725 million privacy settlement. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. I was glad I spotted the email, because the money w

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PayPal adds new one-to-one payment links that will soon support crypto

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-29 09:58:26

PayPal is introducing a new way for people to send money to one another through peer-to-peer (p2p) payments made via personalized, one-time links. The system, called PayPal Links, complements the company’s existing feature called PayPal Me, which will continue to exist as a way to share your profile information and make it easier to get found and paid. The company explains that PayPal Me links are not payment requests tied to a specific amount — at least until the receiver inputs how much they

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PayPal Links lets you send and receive money much faster now - even crypto

zdnet.com Lance Whitney 2025-09-29 17:00:12

Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways PayPal Links lets you send and request money with other PayPal users. You can share the payment link in an email, direct message, or text. PayPal is also adding cryptocurrency as a payment method. Move over, Zelle. Watch out, CashApp. PayPal has unveiled a new type of peer-to-peer payment method that promises to be easier and simpler than other options. On Monday, the

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PayPal and Venmo users get free year of Perplexity Pro and Comet AI browser

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-15 13:15:00

Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Some PayPal and Venmo users can now access Comet for free. The offer includes a one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro. Comet is Perplexity's new AI-centric web browser. PayPal and Venmo users in the US and other global markets can now receive early access to Perplexity's highly anticipated Comet web browser, PayPal announced. The offer includes a 12-month free trial of Pe

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PayPal and Venmo users get a free year of Perplexity Pro and early access to its AI browser

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-17 09:58:44

Perplexity, the NVIDIA- and Bezos-backed AI company, is partnering with PayPal to get its Comet browser in front of millions of the financial tech giant's users. The deal will see PayPal and Venmo customers in the US and select international markets gain access to the AI-powered browser, as well as a free 12-month subscription to Perplexity Pro, which normally costs $200. There are, of course, some conditions. The promotion is part of PayPal's new subscription hub, where users can manage all th

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PayPal and Venmo users can try Perplexity's Comet AI browser free for a year now

zdnet.com Webb Wright 2025-10-17 17:00:17

May James/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Some PayPal and Venmo users can now access Comet for free. The offer includes a one-year subscription to Perplexity Pro. Comet is Perplexity's new AI-centric web browser. PayPal and Venmo users in the US and other global markets can now receive early access to Perplexity's highly anticipated Comet web browser, PayPal announced today. The offer includes a 12-month f

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PayPal and Venmo are giving out Comet invites and free Perplexity Pro subscriptions

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-10-17 17:00:00

Invites to Perplexity’s new AI-powered web browser, Comet, are one of the web’s hottest commodities these days. The new product was made available first to the AI firm’s $200-per-month Max subscribers and a small group of invitees. But now there’s a new way to jump ahead on the waitlist. On Wednesday, PayPal announced it’s giving its customers, including PayPal and Venmo users, early access to Comet as well as a free year’s subscription to Perplexity’s premium service, Perplexity Pro, normally $

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European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth 'billions'

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-28 17:38:52

European banks hit by rogue PayPal payments worth 'billions' The BBC has approached PayPal for comment. The DSGV confirmed to the BBC there had been "incidents involving unauthorized direct debits initiated by PayPal against various credit institutions". It said payments were paused on Monday when lenders reported millions of suspicious direct debits from the payment firm. The German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) says payments worth in the region of 10 billion euros (£8.6bn) have had t

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Steam's censorship issues have broken PayPal support in some regions

engadget.com Unknown 2025-11-19 12:42:23

If you've been unable to pay with PayPal on Steam, Valve says the limitation has to do with issues one of PayPal's banking partners has with content on the platform, according to Rock Paper Shotgun. Users have noticed PayPal was disabled in some regions as far back as July, and the issue seems like it might be out of both Valve and PayPal's hands. "In early July 2025, PayPal notified Valve that their acquiring bank for payment transactions in certain currencies was immediately terminating the p

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PayPal and Venmo outage hit users Friday morning - what we know

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-14 22:24:15

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images ZDNET's key takeaways PayPal and Venmo experienced an outage Friday morning. Affected accounts couldn't send or receive payments. PayPal has acknowledged the problem and said a fix is in the works. Did you have trouble with PayPal or Venmo this morning? You weren't alone. The problem has been resolved, but millions of people were scrambling to find a fix. Also: PayPal's AI-powered scam alert system might intercept your transactions now - here's why

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Are PayPal and Venmo down for you? What we know - and alternatives to use

zdnet.com Artie Beaty 2025-12-15 08:14:00

SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images ZDNET's key Takeaways PayPal and Venmo experienced an outage Friday morning. Affected accounts couldn't send or receive payments. PayPal has acknowledged the problem and said a fix is in the works. Are you having trouble with PayPal or Venmo this morning? You're not alone. Also: PayPal's AI-powered scam alert system might intercept your transactions now - here's why Shortly before 9 a.m. ET, users began reporting that both platforms were down. They

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PayPal to let US merchants accept over 100 cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ethereum

techspot.com Alfonso Maruccia 2025-12-23 03:36:00

In context: Thanks to strong support from the Trump administration, cryptocurrencies are gaining significant momentum in the financial market. PayPal is closely watching this growing interest in crypto and will soon roll out a game-changing update for the entire online marketplace. Over the next few weeks, PayPal will roll out a new "Pay with Crypto" option. The feature will reportedly allow businesses worldwide to accept more than 100 cryptocurrencies at checkout, though international buyers m

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PayPal Launches Pay With Crypto, Expanding Its Push Into Digital Currencies

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-12-24 22:40:02

PayPal says Pay With Crypto lets purchases settle almost instantly, makes international payments easier and could cut transaction fees by as much as 90%. chameleonseye/Getty Images PayPal is doubling down on crypto, on Monday launching Pay With Crypto, a new feature that lets customers use Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies at checkout with millions of merchants worldwide. While PayPal has been investing in crypto in previous years, this move aims to provide easier cross-border transa

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Crypto Payments Are Coming to PayPal

gizmodo.com Bruce Gil 2025-12-25 22:40:27

PayPal will soon let businesses that use its digital payments platform accept more than 100 types of cryptocurrency. The fintech company announced today that it’s rolling out a new “Pay with Crypto” feature in the coming weeks, allowing merchants to accept popular digital currencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP. The platform will support transactions from several major crypto wallets, including Coinbase, MetaMask, and Exodus. PayPal CEO Alex Chriss said the new feature will help businesses

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PayPal taps wallets from China and India to make cross-border payments easier for 2 billion people

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2026-01-04 06:01:00

PayPal announced Wednesday it has partnered with global wallet companies to create a platform called PayPal World that is designed to make cross-border commerce easier. The platform will allow users to pay others using their local wallets and payment systems. The company said the launch partners include India’s NPCI International Payments Limited, which operates mobile payments framework UPI (Unified Payment Interface), China’s Tenpay Global (Tencent’s Payment arm), which operates Weixin (WeCha

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PayPal's AI-powered scam alert system might intercept your transactions now - here's why

zdnet.com Sabrina Ortiz 2026-02-03 10:00:13

Getty Images / SOPA Images / Contributor Cybersecurity is a cat-and-mouse game, with new technologies providing more sophisticated protections -- and threats. That has only accelerated with generative AI, which has led to even more advanced attacks, but PayPal is now leveraging it to stay ahead. PayPal, which also owns the digital payment platform Venmo, has added a new, dynamic, AI-powered scam alert system to its fraud prevention initiative, which is meant to keep its worldwide ecosystem of

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