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Cryptocurrency Questions Are Finally Being Answered
Early in the news cycle for cryptocurrency, Bitcoin dominated all the headlines, before a series of catastrophic events tainted the brand in the minds of many consumers and potential investors.
PayPal Begins Embracing Bitcoin
The mainstreaming of cryptocurrency Bitcoin continues with the news that PayPal is now embracing the upstart payment mechanism.
New Site Launches in Response to Performers' Chase, PayPal Woes
Responding to the financial woes of performers recently having their Chase and PayPal accounts shut down, AdultVerifiedVideoChat.com has launched that allows for paid Skype shows.
Tasha Reign: PayPal, Chase Are 'Slut-Shaming'
Porn star Tasha Reign, whose PayPal accounts were closed after she received correspondence from the online payment service that she had violated its acceptable use policy, has penned an opinion piece for Al Jazeera on discriminatory practices employed by financial institutions.
Now PayPal's Porn Policies Have Stars Enraged
J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. recently was the focus of the porn industry after news came out that the bank was closing accounts of adult entertainers to avoid reputational and financial risk. Now the spotlight is on PayPal.
Bitcoin Steps Toward Universality on Webpages
Bitcoin made a major stride towards becoming a universal web payment method today by passing preliminary approval to receive its own standardized “scheme” in HTML5.
PayPal Considers Bitcoin Transactions
David Marcus, president of PayPal, expressed his fascination and potential involvement with the virtual currency in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse” earlier today.
Dating Site Operator's Suit Against PayPal Advances
A suit targeting PayPal's acceptable-use policy has survived a round in court after a federal judge ruled that the alternative payment processor can't dismiss claims over its refusal to work with a pair of dating websites.
Corbin Fisher to Collect Oron Judgment From PayPal Account
Corbin Fisher has been given the green light to dip into Oron.com's PayPal account to collect on its $550,000 judgment to settle copyright infringement charges against the file-locker site.
PayPal Lifts Ban on Erotic Books
PayPal on Tuesday retracted its threat to close the accounts of online booksellers who sell works that could be considered obscene.
PayPal Banning Books With 'Obscene' Content
PayPal, which curtailed online adult transactions years ago, is asking some ebook distributors to ban books that contain "obscene" themes including rape, bestiality or incest.
PayPal Eyes Android
The mobile payments arena is heating up as a variety of processors seek ways of extending their services across new platforms; including PayPal and its interest in the Open Source Android — an interest that is highlighted by the $25,000 first place prize in its PayPal X Developer Challenge for Androidx.com/devchallenge).
SexToyDistributing Adds PayPal
Online adult distributor SexToyDistributing.com has implemented PayPal into its order system.
Paypal Re-Enters Online Gambling Market
VirginiaMaddox has reported on the OnlineCasinoAdvisory that Paypal has resumed using its payment processing services to transfer online gambling payments, although presently US players are still excluded
New Payment Company Noca Seeks to Compete With PayPal
A new payment processor wants to compete with PayPal the best way it knows how: with lower fees.
Federal Judges Go With eBay, PayPal in Online Billing Firm's Patent Infringement Case
A federal appeals court panel has denied a patent infringement lawsuit brought by an Internet billing company against eBay and PayPal.
IRS Wins Court Order to Search PayPal Records
More than two years after PayPal dropped the adult industry from its client list, the online payment processor is now under pressure from the Internal Revenue Service to help hunt for tax evaders.
IRS Probes PayPal for Tax Evadors
The Internal Revenue Service thinks potentially hundreds of people are using eBay’s PayPal service to evade paying income taxes, and have asked a federal judge for access to the company’s customer service records to help prove it.
PayPal Introduces New Pricing for Digital Goods
Payment processor PayPal yesterday introduced a new “micropayment” pricing structure designed to help merchants to sell low-priced goods, including wireless content and ringtones.
Is PayPal Discriminating Against Gay-Oriented Websites?
Just as PayPal resolved the technical problems that plagued it starting late last week, new reports have begun to circulate suggesting that the Internet payment processor may be narrowing its acceptable use policy to exclude gay mainstream websites, XBiz was told Friday.
