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PayPal

paypal.com
77ICP
Financial TechnologySan Jose, CAFounded 1998
77
ICP Score
Strong Fit

Major payments player undergoing transformation. Seeking innovation partnerships to maintain relevance.

Industry
Financial Technology
Team Size
26,000+
Est. Revenue
$29.8B (2023)
Website
paypal.com

Key People

AC
Alex Chriss
CEO
JM
Jamie Miller
CFO
JK
John Kim
President, PayPal

Discovery Questions

Tailored questions to ask on your call, based on research findings:

  1. 1

    How is the new leadership reshaping PayPal's innovation strategy?

  2. 2

    What's driving Fastlane adoption versus traditional checkout?

  3. 3

    How is Venmo being positioned for commerce beyond P2P?

  4. 4

    What's the competitive strategy against Stripe and Apple Pay?

Talking Points

  • 1

    New CEO Alex Chriss (ex-Intuit) is driving innovation focus

  • 2

    Fastlane checkout is the strategic answer to Apple Pay and buy buttons

  • 3

    Venmo monetization and P2P-to-commerce is a priority

  • 4

    Merchant services face strong Stripe competition

About

PayPal is a global payments platform that enables digital and mobile payments for consumers and merchants. The company operates PayPal, Venmo, Braintree, and Xoom. PayPal is focused on checkout innovation, merchant services, and expanding the use of digital currencies.

PayPal CheckoutVenmoBraintreePayPal CreditPayPal BusinessXoom International Payments

Target market: Consumers, merchants, and enterprises needing digital payment processing and money movement

Tech Stack

Backend

JavaNode.jsPython

Infrastructure

Multi-cloudKubernetes

Data

HadoopSparkTeradata

Mobile

React NativeSwiftKotlin

Hiring Signals

Open Roles
580
Growth
Low

By Department

Engineering
295
Product
95
Risk
75
Sales
60
Marketing
55

Primary Focus: Expanding Engineering team

Recent News

PayPal appoints Alex Chriss as new CEO from Intuit2024-01-01
PayPal launches Fastlane for accelerated guest checkout2024-03-18
PayPal reaches 430 million active accounts globally2024-07-30

Competitive Landscape

Stripe
Apple Pay
Google Pay
Adyen
Klarna

This research brief is generated for demonstration purposes.PayPal is a trademark of its respective owner. Prepd is not affiliated with PayPal.

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