Type of business | Public |
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Financial | |
Available in | Multilingual |
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Founded | December 1998; 20 years ago (as Confinity) November 1999; 19 years ago (as X.com) |
Predecessor(s) | Confinity, X.com |
Headquarters | 2211 North First Street San Jose, California U.S. |
Coordinates | 37°22′37″N121°55′21″W / 37.3770°N 121.9226°WCoordinates: 37°22′37″N121°55′21″W / 37.3770°N 121.9226°W |
Area served | Almost worldwide |
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Key people |
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Industry | Financial services |
Products | Credit cards, payment systems |
Revenue | US$15.451 billion(2018)[2] |
Operating income | US$2.194 billion(2018)[3] |
Net income | US$2.057 billion(2018)[3] |
Total assets | US$43.332 billion(2018)[3] |
Total equity | US$15.386 billion(2018)[3] |
Employees | c. 21,800 (December 2018)[4] |
Parent | eBay (2002–2015)[5] |
Divisions |
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Subsidiaries | Braintree Paydiant Venmo PayPal Credit Xoom Corporation TIO Networks card.io iZettle Tradera |
Website | www.paypal.com |
Alexa rank | 54 (June 2019)[7] |
Advertising | No |
Registration | Yes |
Users | 277 million (2019) |
Launched | December 1998 |
Current status | Active |
Native client(s) on | Android iOS Windows |
Written in | C++,[8]JavaScript (as Node.js),[9]Python[10] |
Acquisition date | Company | Price | Refs |
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Jan 28, 2008 | Fraud Sciences | $169M | [60] |
Oct 6, 2008 | Bill us Later | $945M | [61] |
Apr 20, 2011 | Where.com | $135 M | [62] |
Apr 28, 2011 | FigCard | - | [63] |
Oct 15, 2011 | Zong | $240M | [64] |
Jul 17, 2012 | card.io | - | [60] |
Apr 13, 2013 | IronPearl | - | [60] |
Sep 26, 2013 | Braintree | $800M | [60] |
Sep 26, 2013 | Venmo | - | |
Dec 17, 2013 | StackMob | - | [60] |
Mar 2, 2015 | Paydiant | $280M | [60] |
Mar 5, 2015 | CyActive | $60M | [60] |
Jul 2, 2015 | Xoom Corporation | $890M | [60] |
Aug 19, 2015 | Modest Inc | - | [60] |
Feb 14, 2017 | TIO Networks | $233M | [60] |
Aug 10, 2017 | Swift Financial | - | [65] |
May 17, 2018 | iZettle | $2.2 B | [57] |
June 19, 2018 | Hyperwallet | $400M | [66] |
June 22, 2018 | Simility | $120M | [67] |
Year | Revenue in mil. USD$ | Net income in mil. USD$ | Total Assets in mil. USD$ | Price per Share in USD$ | Employees |
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2012 | 5,662 | 778 | |||
2013 | 6,727 | 955 | 19,160 | ||
2014 | 8,025 | 419 | 21,917 | ||
2015 | 9,248 | 1,228 | 28,881 | 16,800 | |
2016 | 10,842 | 1,401 | 33,103 | 38.26 | 18,100 |
2017 | 13,094 | 1,795 | 40,774 | 55.86 | 18,700 |
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