The PayPal Dilemma: Is It The Next AutoZone Or The Next Western Union?

Paypal (PYPL) is rated a Buy, driven by durable cash generation and disciplined capital return. PYPL's investment case hinges on modest growth and aggressive share buybacks, potentially reducing share ...
TechRadar

Starling Bank brings iZettle payments to its business customers

Starling Bank will now be including PayPal’s payment processing service iZettle in the array of software featured within its Business Marketplace. The move will provide business owners with ...
Tech Digest

iZettle launches payment card reader made from fishing nets

Financial technology firm iZettle has unveiled a card reader for small businesses made from recycled ocean plastic. The PayPal-owned company has launched the Ocean Reader, which it says is 75% made ...
The Big Issue

The Big Issue goes cashless with the help of iZettle

Cashless payments now far outweigh cash transactions, with one in five Brits ditching notes and coins entirely, while tapping a card against a reader accounted for 5.6 billion payments last year. That ...
The Scotsman

iZettle aims to grow staff in Edinburgh after PayPal deal

Swedish-based payments firm iZettle is looking to push staff numbers in Edinburgh over the 100 mark as it progresses its integration with global giant PayPal. Did you know with a Digital Subscription ...
The Big Issue

The Big Issue partners with iZettle to bring contactless payments to vendors

In this ever-growing cashless society, we have been increasingly asked when vendors would be able to take contactless payments. We are now pleased to announce that The Big Issue has partnered with ...
Business Wire

PayPal Completes Acquisition of iZettle

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL) announced today that it has completed its acquisition of iZettle for approximately $2.2 billion USD. This transaction builds on ...
VentureBeat

Beyond Spotify and iZettle: How Sweden became Europe’s capital of startup exits

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More The exits earlier this year by two of Sweden’s biggest startup names ...
Forbes

Why Did PayPal Pay Such A High Price For iZettle?

As mentioned earlier, calling iZettle the “Square of Europe” is the easiest way to describe its business. Like Square (NYSE: SQ), the primary aim of iZettle is providing tools to help small businesses ...
The Motley Fool

With Its iZettle Acquisition, PayPal Gains a Massive International Opportunity

PayPal (PYPL +0.62%) has confirmed it is taking its biggest step to date to expand its growing payments empire. The company said it will spend $2.2 billion to buy iZettle, a small-business tools and ...
Forbes

iZettle: Can European Tech Companies Resist Selling To U.S. Competitors?

Just hours before it was due to set the price for its shares in an initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm last Friday, the Swedish mobile payments company iZettle AB agreed to allow PayPal ...
Los Angeles Times

IZettle scraps its IPO, sells itself to PayPal for $2.2 billion

IZettle finalized its deal to be bought by PayPal Holdings Inc. for $2.2 billion the evening before the Swedish fintech start-up was set to price its shares in an initial public offering. It looked ...