PayPal Might be Working on its Own Virtual Currency
PayPal isn't exactly a huge fan of Bitcoin. Understandably so, since Bitcoin poses a threat to the entire company. PayPal specialises in online payments, but people can just skip the PayPal middleman with Bitcoin transactions. Simply selling mining equipment on eBay, PayPal's parent company, can get your account banned. Although PayPal's president David Marcus stated, "I really like Bitcoin. I own Bitcoins," he also thinks, "People are confused. They think because it's called cryptocurrency it's a currency. I don't think it is a currency." However, a 2012 patent application from eBay....
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In an email from Ebay they share their plans to open trade for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin on 10th February 2014. This is a shift from their present policy that bans the sale of digital currencies. Many virtual currency experts are urging caution when trading virtual currencies on EBay using Paypal, however, as the risk for charge backs are still very real using PayPal. At it's core, EBay is built to be a major venue to trade these assets. Forecasting an advancement in payment processing as large as virtual currencies offer was impossible when EBay bought PayPal in 2002. Not a person in....
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....
David Marcus, PayPal President stated that the company was thinking a lot about bitcoin. David Marcus, president of EBay Inc.'s PayPal unit, talks about mobile payment security and the prospects for virtual currency bitcoin. He speaks to Guy Johnson on Bloomberg Television's show called "The Pulse". When Guy Johnson questioned PayPal President about what was his vision on bitcoin, David Marcus answered: "I've been spending a lot of time looking at it! And it's truly fascinating actually; the way that the currency has been designed and the way the inflation is built in to pay for miners and....
eBay chief executive John Donahoe has confirmed the e-commerce giant is looking at ways to integrate bitcoins into its PayPal payments network. "It's a new disruptive technology, so, yeah, we're looking at bitcoin closely," Donahoe said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. "There may be ways to enable it inside PayPal." eBay hasn't yet made any commitments to use the currency, Donahoe added, comparing the digital currency to early music sharing sites such as Napster. "Virtual currency is something that's here to stay," he said. Last week, PayPal president David Marcus said he was....
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....