PayPal is laying off 2,000 employees
The cuts will affect 7 percent of the company’s total workforce.
Payments
Amazon brings Prime shipping to more third-party sites on January 31st
Buy with Prime offers free shipping and other perks — if you're also paying Amazon.
India fines Google $113 million for abusing the Play Store's dominance
An antitrust regulator ordered the company to allow Play Store developers to use third-party payment services.We have two newsletters, why not sign up for both?
Amazon now lets you pay using Venmo
The option will be available to everyone in the US in the next few weeks.
PayPal's new rewards program includes Honey shopping discounts
The company bought Honey three years ago.
Samsung Wallet payments and passes are coming to 13 more countries this year
More people will be able to store bank cards, IDs and digital car keys.
Affirm's pay-over-time option comes to Canada through Amazon
It's the first time Affirm has made a significant move beyond the US.
Google allows Android apps to use third-party payments in the EU
The policy doesn't apply to gaming apps on the Google Play store for now.
Facebook Pay is now Meta Pay, and hopes to be the metaverse's digital wallet
Who could have seen this one coming?
PayPal will let users split the cost of purchases over up to 24 months
Pay Monthly is building on the company's previous buy now, pay later schemes.
Apple staff are already using 'Tap to Pay' at the HQ visitor center
It lets retailers accept contactless payments using only an iPhone.
Google's latest security upgrades include virtual credit cards
You can also expect stronger phishing protections.
Apple reportedly wants to handle more financial services in-house
You'd even go through Apple for credit checks and payment processing.
Amazon reaches deal to continue accepting Visa payments worldwide
It marks the end of a payment dispute that started brewing last year.
Apple's 'Tap to Pay' lets iPhones accept contactless payments
Shops won't need dongles or terminals to take your money.
Boston's Federal Reserve says it has solved technical challenges of a 'digital dollar'
It could settle payments in under two seconds and handle 1.7 million transactions a second.
Amazon UK won't ban Visa credit cards on January 19th after all
Amazon is still "closely working" with Visa on a potential solution, it told customers.
H&R Block sues Jack Dorsey's Block for trademark infringement
The tax-prep firm believes Square's new name will tarnish its brand.
Apple gets last-minute delay in complying with App Store changes after Epic lawsuit
A judge previously ordered Apple to let developers direct users to alternative payment methods.
Facebook is testing a bill splitting feature in Messenger
Like most digital payment features, this test is currently limited to the US.
