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Background of PayPal

  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. is a United States-based company which operates online payment systems in most countries that support online money transfers.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. serves as an electronic alternative to conventional payment and paper methods including cheques and money orders.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. operates as a payment processor for many online vendors, auction sites, and several other commercial users for a certain fee.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc.’s history traces back to 1998 when it was founded by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek as Confinity, a company that was involved in the development of security software for handheld devices.
  • When there was no success in this specific business model, there was a switch to services as a digital wallet, with the first PayPal Holdings, Inc. electronic payments system launched in 1999.
  • com, an online financial services company established in 1999 by Elon Musk, acquired Confinity in 2000, with the hopes that Confinity’s money transfer business would become fruitful in future.
  • In 2000, Elon Musk decided that X.com should terminate its other internet banking operations and the focus was shifted solely to PayPal Holdings, Inc.
  • com was renamed to PayPal Holdings, Inc. in 2001 and the company went public in 2025 with an Initial Public Offering (IPO) under the stock symbol PYPL at $13 (192.61 ZAR).
  • After PayPal Holdings, Inc.’s IPO, eBay acquired the company in 2002 for $1.5 billion (11.9 billion ZAR) and PayPal Holdings, Inc. became the default payment method which was used by most eBay users.
  • During 2005, PayPal Holdings, Inc. completed the purchase of VeriSign payment solution to add additional security support.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. announced a partnership with MasterCard in 2007, resulting in the development and launched of the PayPal Secure Card service. This software allows customers to make payments on websites which do not accept PayPal directly, and by the end of 2007, PayPal Holdings, Inc. generated $1.8 billion (26.7 billion ZAR) in profits.
  • Fraud Sciences, a privately held Israeli start-up focused on the development of online risk tools, was purchase by PayPal Holdings, Inc. in 2008 followed by the purchase of Bill Me Later, an online transaction company, later the same year.
  • There were more than 100 million active users of PayPal by 2010, spread across 190 markets and 25 currencies.
  • Through the years, PayPal Holdings, Inc. continued to build its Merchant Services division which provided e-payment solutions for retailers on eBay and by 2011, PayPal Holdings, Inc. announced that business would be moved offline sot that customers can make payments via PayPal in stores.
  • There was a partnership announced with Discover Card in 2012 where PayPal payments could be made at any of the 7 million stores in the Discover Card network.
  • The total payment volume of PayPal Holdings, Inc. processed by the end of 2012 was $145 billion (215 billion ZAR) , accounting for 40% of eBays’ revenue.
  • In 2014, the announcement was made that eBay would spin off PayPal Holdings, Inc. into a separate publicly traded company. This was a move which was demanded by activist hedge fund magnate Carl Icahn in 2013 and the spin-off was completed in 2015.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. announced the purchase of Xoom Corporation in 2015, strengthening PayPal Holdings, Inc.’s international business, giving it access to the 1.3 million active users in the United States.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. launched a peer-to-peer payment platform “PayPal.Me” in 2015, a service allowing its users to send a custom link to request funds through text, email, or other messaging platforms.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. announced the purchase of the Swedish payment processor iZettle in 2018 and by 2019, PayPal Holdings, Inc. had solidified a partnership with Instagram as part of the new checkout feature, “Checkout on Instagram”.
  • Today, PayPal Holdings, Inc. is truly one of the most popular online payment systems in the world with more than 26,500 employees and an impressive portfolio of countries and jurisdictions covered globally.

PayPal Shares Growth Driver

  • In January 2025, PayPal Holdings, Inc. made its largest acquisition to date when it bought Honey for more than $4 billion (59.3 billion ZAR) and in 2025, PayPal Holdings, Inc. became the first foreign operator which had 100% control of a payment platform in China, with the aim of achieving an advanced position in the online payment industry.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. became the second most trusted brand globally in March, as per an international survey conducted by Morning Consult.
  • By 2019, PayPal Holdings, Inc. was ranked 204th in the Fortune 500 of the largest corporations in the United States by revenue. Today, PayPal Holdings, Inc. holds the 134th rank, at the time of writing.
  • Over the past year, PYPL share performance is quite clear, with the value of shares at an all-year high in February at $304.69 (4,514.41 ZAR), with steady positive performance noticed from May to date.
  • Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, PayPal Holdings, Inc. has a strong balance sheet and consistent cash-flow generation, with conceited efforts towards delivering new experiences while simultaneously supporting communities.

PayPal Investor Tip

  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. trades its shares on the NASDAQ Stock Market (NASDAQ) under the stock symbol PYPL. PayPal Holdings, Inc. forms part of the NASDAQ-100 component, S&P 500 component, and S&P 100
  • An analysis on the market performance for PayPal Holdings, Inc. for the period which ended in March showed that the total payment volume (TPV) experienced was $285 billion (422 billion ZAR), growing 50%. The GAAP earnings per share (EPS) was $0.92 (13.63 ZAR), which increased from a previously recorded $0.07 (1.04 ZAR).
  • During this time, PayPal Holdings, Inc. added 14.5 million Net new active accounts, ending the quarter with a total of 392 million active accounts.
  • The GAAP Net Revenue for PayPal Holdings, Inc. for the first quarter of 2025 is $6.03 billion (89.5 billion ZAR), indicating a 29% Year-on-Year change, an operating income of $1.04 billion (15.4 billion ZAR), showing a 162% YoY change.
  • PayPal Holdings, Inc. showed a strong first quarter performance, demonstrating sustained momentum in business with the world transitioning further into a digital economy.
  • The addressable market of PayPal Holdings, Inc. continues to grow as new products are launched, with the forecast that there will be between 52 and 55 million new active accounts added during the next few quarters of the year.
  • Data from the analysis should be weighed against forecasted performance during this pandemic, but for now, prices on shares and in turn dividends remain unaffected, which provides shareholders with assurance that they will have a strong buy-in on NASDAQ.

Sector

Financial Services

Industry

Credit Services

Sub industry

Online payment system

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