PayPal News & Updates
Last updated October 26, 2026
Apple’s DOJ antitrust settlement talks worry PayPal, Epic Games, and developers who fear weak iPhone interoperability terms
Commerce launches BigCommerce Payments by PayPal in the UK, with card fees from 1.2% plus £0.30 and seven local European methods
75% of shoppers who have tried or considered BNPL may pay with it for holiday purchases, per a PayPal survey of 2,005 US adults
Shopify and PayPal partner with Muse for almost-agentic commerce
PayPal partners with Meta to add its checkout to the Muse AI agent, two weeks after Muse launched with Stripe’s Link wallet
DoorDash, PayPal, and Chase pitch ad buyers at retail media’s first upfront-style Showcase, with Amazon and Walmart absent
Google Play starts accepting Venmo for apps, games, subscriptions, and creator tips, adding a second PayPal-owned wallet in the US
PayPal brings its Ratenzahlung installment loans to Amazon.de in Germany and Austria with terms stretching to 48 months
PayPal leaves the door open to a sale on its earnings call while raising full-year guidance and beating revenue estimates
Stripe pulls in $3.2B of free cash flow on AI payment volume, funding an acquisition run that now targets PayPal
Meta names former PayPal and Qualtrics security chief Assaf Keren as CISO, succeeding departing 13-year veteran Guy Rosen
Stripe and Advent International offer $53B to acquire PayPal, but PayPal will likely reject the offer (as they should)
Stripe and Advent offer more than $53B to buy PayPal at $60.50 a share, a 28% premium that sends its stock up nearly 17%
PayPal launches Pay in 30 Days in the UK, letting shoppers pay for purchases up to 30 days later with no interest or fees
Private credit giants Blue Owl, KKR, and Elliott pour billions into Klarna, Affirm, and PayPal BNPL loans as forward-flow deals raise subprime-style risk fears
Xbox appears to be preparing a buy now, pay later program with PayPal and Klarna to help players afford next-gen hardware
PayPal reaches $30M DOJ settlement over DEI investment program that allegedly gave preference to Black and minority-owned businesses
PayPal partners with Anthropic to launch free AI Fluency course and Claude for Small Business plugin
PayPal plans to cut 20% of its global workforce as part of new CEO Enrique Lores’s turnaround strategy
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