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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Financial technology |
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Founded | December 1998 October 1999 (as X.com) March 2000 (as PayPal) | (as Confinity)
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Headquarters | San Jose, California, U.S. (corporate headquarters) La Vista, Nebraska, U.S. (operative center) |
Area served | Almost worldwide |
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Products | Credit cards, payment systems |
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Number of employees | c. 30,900 (2021)[3] |
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Website | www |
PayPal is a website that allows transfer of money among people via web services and email. The money can be deposited into a bank account. PayPal was owned by eBay, from 2002[5][6] to 2015.[4][7] It can be used in more than 200 countries.[8]
PayPal allows customers to send, receive, and hold funds in 25 currencies worldwide.[9] However, PayPal is not a bank.[10] Funds that are not used are converted into PayPal's profit.[11]