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Texas Man Gets 5 Years for Buying Stolen Logins for 38K PayPal Accounts

Marcos Ponce stole an estimated $1 million in funds from the affected PayPal accounts.

By Michael Kan

PayPal Expands Payment Services, Waives Fees to Help Ukrainians

It's now easier to send money to Ukraine or any Ukrainian who has fled the country as a refugee.

By Stephanie Mlot

PayPal Is 'Exploring' Launching Its Own Stablecoin

It's expected to be called PayPal Coin and backed by the US dollar.

By Nathaniel Mott

Venmo Credit Cards Can Now Turn Cash Back Into Cryptocurrency

Set up automatic crypto purchases in the mobile app.

By Stephanie Mlot

Venmo to Remove Public Feed That Could Expose Your Payments to Strangers

The feature operated as a Facebook-like news feed for your payments on Venmo, which could expose personal details about yourself to strangers on the app.

By Michael Kan

PayPal Now Lets You Use Bitcoin to Buy Products From Millions of Businesses

However, you won't be able to transfer any existing Bitcoin or Ethereum you own into your PayPal account. Instead, you'll have to buy the virtual currencies from the company.

By Michael Kan

PayPal to Support Buying and Selling Select Cryptocurrencies

According to PayPal, users will also be able to 'instantly convert their selected cryptocurrency balance to fiat currency,' in order to use the virtual cash to buy real goods from PayPal merchants.

By Michael Kan

Which Mobile Payment App Is Best: PayPal or Venmo?

Using one or the other of these two services, you can pay just about any person, app, or website. We tested each of them to find out how they differ, how they're similar, who you can pay with each service, and which one you is the best for you.

By Michael Muchmore

Venmo Review

3.0

Venmo's clear focus and strong execution make it one of the best overall mobile-payment systems, as long as you understand the possible privacy concerns with its default settings.

By Michael Muchmore

PayPal Review

4.0

PayPal is a convenient, easy to use, and ubiquitous payment platform, both for shopping online and now for paying friends, too, though Venmo still beats it in the latter case.

By Michael Muchmore

PayPal Launches 'Pay in 4' Interest-Free Option

Pay in four installments over six weeks without any interest or fees applied and at no extra cost to merchants.

By Matthew Humphries

PayPal Stops Supporting Pornhub

The decision affects thousands of performers who rely on PayPal to get paid.

By Matthew Humphries

The Best Tech Products of 2018

From PCs, peripherals, and smart home tech to apps, games, and well beyond, in 16 top categories, these are the very best products we've tested all year. It's the ultimate holiday gift guide for the most deserving tech lovers on your list.

By PCMag Staff

GoDaddy and PayPal Ban Gab After Pittsburgh Shooting

GoDaddy, Paypal, Stripe, and Joyent have all restricted Gab's access to its services after it was found that the Pittsburgh shooter used Gab to spread anti-Semitic messages.

By Adam Smith

PayPal Bans Infowars Over Hate Speech

InfoWars says PayPal gave it 10 days to find an alternate payment provider before terminating the service. The company joins Twitter, Facebook and YouTube in banning the site.

By Michael Kan

Get Your Money Quicker With PayPal Funds Now

With Funds Now, you get access to your money 'within seconds' of a completed sale. It's rolling out now in the US, UK, and Australia and PayPal is accepting applications.

By Angela Moscaritolo

Be Careful What You Share on Venmo

For better or worse, Venmo will make all your transactions over the app public by default and even encourage you to write a blurb about them. However, that data can also expose personal details about yourself, according to a privacy researcher.

By Michael Kan

PayPal Apologizes for Demanding Payment From Dead Woman

If someone dies while owing PayPal money, PayPal sends out a letter acknowledging they are deceased while at the same time demanding full repayment and threatening to restrict access to their credit limit.

By Matthew Humphries

PayPal Now Fully Integrates With Google Accounts

Add PayPal to one Google service and the entire Google ecosystem can use it to pay for stuff.

By Matthew Humphries

Turns Out, (Cyber) Crime Does Pay

Cybercrime is generating at least $1.5 trillion in annual revenue, according to a new study from UK criminology expert Michael McGuire.

By Michael Kan