ABOUT PAYPAL

Founded in 1998, PayPal, an eBay Company, enables any individual or business with an email address to securely, easily and quickly send and receive payments online. PayPal's service builds on the existing financial infrastructure of bank accounts and credit cards and utilizes the world's most advanced proprietary fraud prevention systems to create a safe, global, real-time payment solution.

PayPal has quickly become a global leader in online payment solutions with 100 million account members worldwide. Available in 103 countries and regions around the world, buyers and sellers on eBay, online retailers, online businesses, as well as traditional offline businesses are transacting with PayPal.

PayPal has received close to 20 awards for technical excellence from the internet industry and the business community at large -most recently the 2003 Webby Award for Best Finance Site and the 2003 Webby People's Voice Award for Best Finance Site.

Located in San Jose, California, PayPal was acquired by eBay Inc. in October, 2002.

Ebay has been awarded several honors from companies and organizations such as TIME, Forbes, U.S.News, B2B Directory, Webby Awards, CODIE, and PC Data Online. The awards were in sucn categories as best web site, best eCommerce site, best finance site, People's Voice Winner, best eCommerce solution, best CyberTech and top 100 websites.

Return to home page