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  • commented 3 years ago
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  • Paypal created the largest change to financial instruments for banking since the credit card. It will eventually eclipse eBay Marketplaces as a cash engine for the company. [ less... ]
    Paypal created the largest change to financial instruments for banking since the credit card. It will eventually eclipse eBay Marketplaces as a cash engine for the company.
    Joel Paris commented 3 years ago
    I agree about the degree paypal has impacted financial instruments. For me the question is how will new innovative merchandising strategies and strong revenue once ebay classifieds are monitized impact the gross.
    Charles Andres commented 3 years ago
    As predicted, eBay "surprised" analysts with strong earnings from PayPal... 10/20/2010
    Philip Cohen commented 8 months ago
    Visa's online digital wallet, "V.me", is now out of beta testing on buy.com and, apparently, is generally available for online buyers in the US and Canada—and the rest of the world soon too, I hope. And MasterCard's "PayPass" wallet soon to follow. <br> <br>I have no doubt that those online merchants in North America, that already have a merchant account with an FDIC-insured real bank, will very happily now start dumping the clunky PreyPal in favor of Visa's professional offering. <br> <br>PreyPal will no longer be able to power the bilge pumps that are keeping the leaking old scow eBay from finally slipping beneath the waves. Certainly, once Visa's V.me is available worldwide, PreyPal will be dead in the water—except possibly for its effectively mandated use on the ever-atrophying eBay Marketplace ... <br> <br>So, let's then see how well the eBafia Don and his clunky Marketplace/PreyPal complex fare in the next twelve months or so ...<br> <br>Regardless, online buyers now have access to a professional online digital wallet: Visa's "V.me": <br>https://www.v.me/enrollment/consumers/new <br> <br>And, the reality of the clunky PayPal, et al ... <br>http://bit.ly/NFqjmp<br><br>eBay / PayPal / Donahoe: Dead Men Walking
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