PayPal (PYPL) stock & equity tools

PayPal Holdings, Inc. is an American multinational financial technology company operating an online payments system in the majority of countries that support online money transfers; it serves as an electronic alternative to traditional paper methods such as checks and money orders. The company operates as a payment processor for online vendors, auction sites and many other commercial and company users.

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Founded in 1998 as Confinity by Max Levchin and Peter Thiel, the company merged with Elon Musk's X.com in 2000 to form PayPal. eBay acquired the firm in 2002, then spun it off in July 2015, when shares began trading on NASDAQ under PYPL. Headquartered in San Jose, California, PayPal operates the namesake consumer wallet alongside Braintree, Venmo, Honey, buy-now-pay-later products, and the PYUSD stablecoin. Alex Chriss took the CEO role in 2023. Fiscal 2024 revenue reached roughly $31 billion.

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Researched 2026-05-07.