eBay Building Digital Wallet That Stores 'Multiple Types' of Currency
John Donahoe, eBay's CEO, has confirmed that the company is building a digital wallet for PayPal that can take multiple types of currency. Speaking to Bloomberg, Donahoe dismissed calls made by activist and investor Carl Icahn, who recently called for PayPal to be spun off into an independent company. Donahoe disagreed, believing PayPal and eBay should stay just the way they are. No spin, no spin-off. "Mobile is the most important platform shift that has happened arguably in the last decade. When mobile first started no-one would have downloaded a PayPal mobile app," he said. However,....
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In a conversation on Bloomberg program "Street Smart" surrounding activist investor Carl Icahn's proposal to make PayPal it's own company, eBay (who owns PayPal) CEO John Donahoe released an interesting tidbit of information surrounding digital payments, and their future at PayPal. "There's nothing that's holding PayPal back from pursuing digital payments today," said Donahoe in response to a question asked by the program's co-host, Matt Miller. "In fact, PayPal is pursuing digital payments and is the leading digital payments alternative in many different environments." "For now, right?....
eBay is launching a dedicated Virtual Currency category on eBay Classifieds in the UK on 10th February. The Classified Ads category will allow for the sale of all types of digital currency, including bitcoin and litecoin, eBay representatives have confirmed. eBay Classifieds, which lists posts throughout the site, serves as the site's answer to Craigslist. eBay provides the free platform for local buyers and sellers to connect, but does not participate in the transactions. Ryan Moore, Manager of Business Communications at eBay, said: "To promote a trustworthy marketplace and ensure....
The president of eBay has revealed that his company is preparing to expand the range of digital currencies it accepts. In an interview with the Financial Times, John Donahoe even went as far to say that PayPal could, one day, incorporate bitcoin. He said digital currency is going to be a "very powerful thing", but said the ecommerce group is first going to focus on incorporating reward points from retailer loyalty schemes into its PayPal wallet. Donahoe said using PayPal as a digital wallet will make it a lot easier for consumers to keep track of their reward points. When asked....
China’s central bank has released its digital currency wallet app ahead of the Winter Olympics. The wallet app for the digital yuan, also known as e-CNY, can now be downloaded from the iOS and Android app stores in the country.
Digital Yuan Wallet App Now Downloadable From iOS and Android App Stores
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), has released a pilot version of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) wallet application.
Developed by the PBOC Digital Currency Research Institute, the wallet app for e-CNY, also known as....
eBay CEO John Donahoe by now isn't a stranger to making comments about digital currencies. He's gone on the record before to speak about the possibilities of digital currency integration into PayPal, and he's done so yet again. PayPal, of course, is a subsidiary of eBay, and remains a top payment network on the internet. Appearing in a CNBC interview, Donahoe said: "I think there's no doubt digital currency is going to play an important role going forward, and at PayPal, we're going to have to integrate digital currencies into our wallet." Interesting remarks indeed, and the community....