Undertaxed and over here: why does the UK welcome US mega-firms?
Phillip Inman
Rights and freedom
How Facebook Messenger and Meta Pay are used to buy child sexual abuse material
January 2024
PayPal plans to cut 2,500 workers in effort to ‘right-size’ itself
Fintech giant will eliminate 9% of its global workforce to cut costs
October 2023
FCA acts against PayPal and QVC as more Britons turn to buy now, pay later
Payments group and TV shopping channel change small print after financial regulator steps in
July 2023
Australian customer service
Depop says I’m entitled to a refund but Paypal refused my claim. Who is right?
Conflicting terms and conditions can be confusing, Australian consumer law and policy professional Kat George says – but you have avenues to dispute this decision
May 2023
US Congress members demand that PayPal end ban on Palestinian business
Other payment companies do business with Palestinians in the occupied territories, but PayPal only provides services to Israelis there
February 2023
Consumer champions
How can I avoid a rip-off on Facebook Marketplace?
It’s happened twice when I was asked to pay by PayPal ‘friends and family’
October 2022
Consumer champions
I can’t get back the £20,000 I accidentally paid through PayPal
I admitted I made an error with my tuition fees. Now I’m being threatened with debt collectors
September 2022
PayPal says it will no longer sponsor Phoenix Suns if Sarver remains owner
PayPal said Friday that the company will no longer sponsor the Phoenix Suns if owner Robert Sarver remains part of the franchise when his suspension ends
May 2022
The networker
How Russia and Ukraine are finding new ways to use tech in the war
John Naughton
Facial recognition and crypto-savviness are just some of the strategies being deployed by both sides in the conflict
April 2022
Tax day: Venmo and PayPal users face more paperwork under new US rules
Americans paid through digital payment service required to notify IRS of payments amounting to more than $600 a year, down from $20,000
The networker
PayPal’s Peter Thiel may be a ‘genius’, but I’m still not champing at the bitcoin
John Naughton
People are confusing wealth and intelligence if they read too much into the tech entrepreneur’s cheerleading for the cryptocurrency
Paypal founder launches tirade against ‘gerontocracy’ over bitcoin
Peter Thiel, the libertarian tech investor, says figures such as Warren Buffett are hindering cryptocurrency
March 2022
Mastercard and Visa block in Russia does not stop domestic purchases
Impact of US card giants’ move diluted after local Mir payment system clarifies ban only affects foreign transactions
January 2022
There’s a new tax rule for US small business owners. What to make of it?
The IRS will look into the digital payment service accounts of small businesses, freelancers and independent contractors
November 2021
Christmas shopping: check out the best ways to pay
Shares in Australian-listed buy-now-pay-later companies plummet by up to 96%
October 2021
Pinterest shares soar amid reports of $39bn takeover by PayPal
The Contrarian review - inside the strange world of PayPal founder Peter Thiel
August 2021
Here’s why Elon Musk’s robot is electrified neoliberalism
Van Badham
It is time to evaluate how much transformational control we give billionaires over our societies, and our lives
