Tag: Airbnb

PayPal Buying Binge Supports Marketplace Payments with Hyperwallet Acquisition

PayPal is still on a buying binge, with two more companies added to its slate of acquisitions last week. The first was Hyperwallet, which the company said improves its ability to serve ecommerce platforms and marketplaces, a global market it called a “tremendous opportunity.”

WePay and Chase Partnership; First Data and BluePay Acquisition Finalized and Airbnb Launches Split Payments: News Roundup

WePay officially becomes a Chase company while First Data and Bluepay solidify their partnership as well.

Square empowers growing restaurants and Airbnb simplifies split payments.

Here’s your weekly news roundup!

Airbnb Embraces Better KYC with Trooly Purchase

This may come as a surprise to some, but people who use Airbnb aren’t always on the up-and-up.

Despite the home-sharing marketplace’s efforts to keep fraudulent listings and other bad behavior off the site, scams still make headlines. The company is apparently hoping that technology can help.

News Roundup: Partnerships and Launches from Apple, Airbnb, Stripe and More

In a roundup of this week’s news, AirPlus International and Airbnb are joining forces, NMI has added features to its platform for payment facilitators, and Stripe has rounded up handy tools for its merchants.