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Paypal (NASDAQ: PYPL) came into Q1 2026 as a company in the middle of a reset and still managed to beat across the board. Revenue landed at $8.35 billion versus expectations of $8.05 billion. Adjusted EPS came in at $1.34, comfortably ahead of the $1.27 estimate. Total payment volume hit $464 billion, up 11% year over year, the highest in its history. And yet, the stock fell almost 9% before the market even opened.

PayPal Holdings, Visa and Mastercard are under investigation by U.K. authorities for anticompetitive conduct related to PayPal's digital wallet. The Financial Conduct Authority, the finance regulator in the U.K., said Wednesday that it "has reached no conclusions nor made any findings" that competition law had been broken. Shares in Visa and Mastercard fell 1% and 1.4%, respectively, while PayPal shares were down about 0.33% as the broader market surged.

Block, Coinbase, PayPal, Crypto.com, and others are tying job cuts to AI as investors question real efficiency gains.

The cuts, totaling about 4,760 jobs, are part of a $1.5 billion savings program announced alongside a drop in first-quarter profit

The payments group aims deliver at least $1.5bn in savings over the next two to three years.

First-quarter layoffs totaled 217,362, according to outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, a level 56% lower than the January-to-March period last year. In the first quarter, private-sector layoffs were down 1%. Here’s how this year’s job cuts are stacking up.

PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:PYPL, XETRA:2PP) shares fell about 9% after the company delivered first quarter 2026 results that beat expectations, along with a more cautious near-term outlook that weighed on sentiment. PayPal said it expects non-GAAP EPS to fall approximately 9%, compared with...

PayPal shares fell 8% Tuesday after the company's CEO said that he thinks PayPal is falling behind other financial services companies. Chief Executive Enrique Lores, who joined the company in March, said he wants to cut down on what he sees as unnecessary layers of the business to spend more on AI and becoming a technology leader.

All three major US stock indexes were up in late-morning trading Tuesday, as oil prices slid despite

PayPal (PYPL) said it was targeting at least $1.5 billion in cost cuts over the next few years, whil

The Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) opened higher Tuesday, with the tech-heavy benchmark riding a familiar trio of tailwinds: a fresh wave of strong earnings, a sharp pullback in crude oil, and a pause in Middle East escalation. Risk appetite is back, and the Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC) is riding the bullish wave. Google parent company Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL), ... Alphabet, Intel, Micron Lead Nasdaq Higher as Oil Drops on Paused Mideast Tensions

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL) shares are tumbling roughly 10% in early trading Tuesday morning to about $45.50, after the company reported a Q1 2026 earnings beat alongside a soft Q2 outlook. The stock closed Monday at $50.39 before the report. The slide extends an already painful run. PYPL stock entered the earnings report down 13% year ... PayPal Tumbles 10% Despite Q1 Earnings Beat: Is the Venmo Spin-off Enough to Save the Stock?

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) currently trades around $50.48, while the average Wall Street price target sits at $52.97. That leaves an implied upside of roughly 4.9%, which is a remarkably narrow gap for a stock that has been through this much turbulence. PayPal operates one of the largest digital payments platforms, spanning branded checkout, Venmo, and global ... Is PayPal a Buy Ahead of Business Restructuring After 45% Selloff?