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Google Play adds Paypal as a payment option
Google have added Paypal has a payment option to Google Play – meaning the service can be used to pay for everything from apps to videos and books on the service. The service is perhaps most well known for eBay…
PayPal to let you pay for goods in shops with profile picture
PayPal are trialling a new scheme in the Richmond shopping precint of London that will allow shoppers to have their PayPal payments confirmed by their profile pictures. Using the PayPal app for iOS, Windows Phone and Android, wallet-less shoppers can…
PayPal launch Instore app for on-the-go high street shopping payments
PayPal have today revealed that UK customers will be the first to able to use the company's new dedicated mobile app to pay for items at high street stores owned by Auroria Fashions, including the likes of Coast, Warehouse, Oasis…
PayPal Twitter account the latest hacking victim
PayPal is the latest high-profile web brand to be targeted by hackers. The online money-handling service last night had its @paypaluk Twitter handle hacked by what appeared to be a disgruntled user. From 8pm until midnight the Twitter feed…
PayPal sue Google over NFC Wallet scheme
Google have revealed a new NFC payment system that will allow smartphone users in the US to buy goods simply by touching their handsets against dedicated readers at 124,000 PayPass-enabled merchants in the States and more than 311,000 across the…
PayPal support headed to Xbox Live UK, PSN users weep softly
Microsoft have just announced details of the next Xbox Live update to hit their Xbox 360 console. First up is the news that PayPal payments will now be accepted in international markets for Xbox Live content. While US subscribers…
Visa takes on PayPal with personal payment system
If you are one of those who never have cash on you, this could be just the thing. The new payment system from Visa will let you transfer money to someone using their email, phone number or Visa account…
WIN a year's salary in Paypal weekly prize draw
Just what would you do with a year's salary? Buy all the hi-tech gadgets you've ever wanted, treat your friends and family to an amazing trip to Lapland this Christmas or maybe splash out on that top of the…
PayPal offers pocket money for the 21st Century
PayPal has long dominated the market for online payments, but the company has just announced a new initiative that it’s calling ‘PayPal Student Account’. It lets you add up to four sub-accounts to your PayPal account and allocate money to those accounts as you wish – in a single chunk or as a recurring transfer.
There are no fees to pay, and the parent can also give their kid a real-world debit card, linked to the account, which the kid can use to buy stuff in bricks-and-mortar shops. Parents can sign up for alerts for unwanted spending – asking them to approve any transaction over $100, for example. Also, if the kid needs cash unexpectedly, they can text PayPal, who’ll notify the parent and ask them to approve or deny the request.
At the moment, the feature is in an invite-only beta period, and there’s no word when it’ll open up wider. I suspect it might be a little while before we see it in the UK too, so for the moment, you’ll have to stick with the old ‘hand-them-cash’ approach. Sorry.
How much pocket money did you get as a kid? Let us know in the comments. I got £3.50 a week in the mid-90s. Paltry compared to my friends.
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PayPal advises Safari users to ditch their browser
Ever popular eBay has sent a warning to anyone using the Safari browser to access its PayPal service.
Apparently, because Safari currently lacks any form of “anti-phishing” and Extended Validation measures, it makes it a terrible security threat. Extended Validation is a system which turns the browser’s address bar green if the user is visiting a safe site.
Michael Barrett, PayPal’s chief information security officer, said that, “Apple, unfortunately, is lagging behind what they need to do, to protect their customers. Our recommendation at this point, to our customers, is use Internet Explorer 7 or 8 when it comes out, or Firefox 2 or Firefox 3, or indeed Opera.”