Download PDF The world in the 21st century is increasingly growing more independent from cash transactions thanks to an incredibly dynamic payment industry, marked in recent years by rapid developments. The 1950s marked the invention and of the first credit card in the United States, in part fueled by war-recovery Read more…
Download PDF Introduction about Fintech In the years following the financial crisis of 2008, regulators have focused their attention on making the financial system a much safe a place as possible, in particular adopting new regulations for traditional financial institutions. Meanwhile, in places like Sillicon Valley, London, and in parts Read more…
Download PDF PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Market Cap as of 17th September 2021 – $324.7bn Paidy – privately owned Introduction On September 8th PayPal Holdings Inc. announced its intention to acquire Japanese Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) company Paidy Inc. for $2.7bn in a largely cash deal. This deal, expected to close in the fourth Read more…
PayPal Holdings Inc. [PYPL: NASDAQ] – Market Cap as of 30/11/2019 USD 126.82bn Honey Science Corporation – Privately Held Introduction On November 20th, 2019 PayPal announced the $4bn acquisition of deal-finding company Honey, which is expected to complete in Q1 2020. The deal will provide PayPal with an additional source Read more…
Bitcoin Imagine you could send your money from one part of the world to another in a matter of minutes and without paying outrageous fees to the banks. Bitcoin is an innovative way to do this. It was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008 and published as open-source software. Bitcoin Read more…
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.; market cap (as of 20/02/2015): $184.12bn Sector leadership and the acquisition The push to eradicate bulky wallets stuffed with cards seems to be picking up some steam. Samsung’s recent acquisition of mobile wallet startup LoopPay is seen as a strong sign of intensifying competition in the Read more…
eBay Inc, Market Cap (as of 03/10/2014): $67.46bn On September 30, John Danahoe, president and CEO of eBay, revealed the intention to spin-off its payments arm PayPal into a publicly traded company by the end of the next year. The CEO pointed out that, although both companies are already two Read more…