Now you can get access to the latest and highest-quality analysis of recent Wall Street buying and selling ideas with just one subscription to Beyond the Wall Investing ! There is a free trial and a special discount of 10% for you. Join us today!I initiated coverage of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL ) stock in May 2023 and have since authored 6 articles. The first 2 articles were published withDaniel Sereda is chief investment analyst at a family office whose investments span continents and diverse ass ...

The aging fintech leader still faces plenty of long-term challenges. PayPal's (PYPL 2.30%) stock has rallied 41% this year as the digital payments leader has attempted to put its struggles behind it under a new CEO. Is it still worth investing in anticipation of a long-term recovery? Let's take a fresh look at its business model, its most pressing challenges, and its valuations to decide. What are PayPal's most pressing problems? PayPal owns one of the world's largest digital payment platforms, but a lot of ...

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PayPal (PYPL 2.30%) is a leader in the electronic payments niche of the broader financial services industry but hasn't been too kind to investors in recent years. Shares currently trade at an alarming 73% off their peak, which was established in July 2021.However, there's been a renewed sense of optimism from the market, as the fintech stock has climbed 25% in the past three months (as of Nov. 18). Does this momentum make the PayPal shares a no-brainer buy that can double in five years?Solid financial perfo ...

PayPal experienced a global outage that affected multiple products for about two hours Thursday (Nov. 21).The incident lasted from 10:53 UTC to 12:59 UTC Thursday, the company said on its status page.The outage affected account withdrawals, express checkout, cryptocurrency, the receive money function of Xoom and several functions of Venmo, according to the status page.PayPal posted its initial notification of the incident at 12:15 UTC Thursday and said it was resolved at 12:59 UTC Thursday.“We are experienc ...

PayPal said on Thursday that it was “experiencing a system issue” that appears to be interfering with merchants’ ability to process payments.The San Jose, Calif.-based tech giant issued an incident report on its web site on Thursday saying that the outage “may be affecting multiple products in our Production environment.”“Merchants may be encountering an elevated number of” error messages.PayPal said on Thursday that it was “experiencing a system issue” that appears to be interfering with merchants’ ability ...

PayPal will begin letting its disbursement partners use PayPal USD to settle cross-border money transfers.The new service will be offered through PayPal’s Xoom cross-border payments business, according to a Tuesday (Nov. 19) press release. Philippines-based financial services firm Cebuana Lhuillier and Africa’s Yellow Card are the first users.“Cross-border transactions are an important driver for economic growth and prosperity in developing countries,” Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPal senior vice president o ...

Shares of the fintech enterprise have surged in the past few months.Since its founding more than two decades ago, PayPal (PYPL -1.74%) has become a leader in the digital payments arena. However, in the past few years, it has become a disappointment for investors.Shares of PayPal currently trade about 70% below the all-time high they touched in 2021, even though they have soared by more than 40% in the past four months. That combination might have you considering this fintech stock as an investment candidate ...

PayPal customers can easily collect and manage funds with friends and family for things like group gifts, travel, special events, and more in the PayPal app.SAN JOSE, Calif., Nov. 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, PayPal announced a new experience that gives customers an easy way to pool money with friends and family for group gifts, travel, special events or other shared expenses. Rolling out globally across the US, Germany, Italy and Spain, the new experience gives customers the ability to set up a pool in ...

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