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PayPal gave investors a first-quarter report with plenty of growth on the surface, but the stock reaction showed that the market was looking deeper than revenue and payment volume. Shares of PayPal Holdings closed at $46.49 on May 5, down $3.90, or 7.74%, according to Yahoo Finance data. The stock ...

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.

Fortune coined the term "PayPal Mafia" in 2007. Two decades later, the mafia is thriving, but PayPal isn't.

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

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PayPal Holdings (PYPL) just issued first quarter 2026 results that topped analyst expectations on revenue and adjusted earnings, yet the stock slid as fresh guidance pointed to weaker near term profitability. See our latest analysis for PayPal Holdings. The earnings reaction fits into a tougher year for holders, with the share price down 20.04% year to date and a 1 year total shareholder return decline of 31.96%. This comes despite a 16.52% 3 month share price return, which suggests that...

On John Hope Bryant’s Money And Wealth podcast, in an episode titled “AI Is the Tsunami: Reid Hoffman on Jobs, Wealth & the Future of Work,” Reid Hoffman described the night PayPal almost died. “We could tell you the hour that the $200+ million of capital that we invested would all go to zero.” The ... How PayPal Survived When They Knew the Exact Hour Their $200 Million Would Hit Zero

In comments to analysts, the payment player’s new leader side-stepped speculation about breaking up the company, saying he sees PayPal, Venmo and Braintree together.

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

PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS:PYPL) is rolling out an AI focused overhaul, including the launch of PayPal Ads ID for commerce based ad targeting. The company is introducing Store Sync for BigCommerce to connect merchants to AI driven shopping channels. Leadership changes and a reorganization into three business units are reshaping how PayPal runs its payments, advertising and merchant connectivity operations. These moves arrive after a difficult run for NasdaqGS:PYPL, with the share price at...

Company bosses are splitting into two camps over what the technology’s best, immediate benefits are. Neither calls for more hiring anytime soon.

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PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) executives used the company’s first-quarter 2026 earnings call to outline a broad transformation agenda that includes reorganizing around three core businesses, accelerating technology modernization, and launching a multi-year cost savings program, while reiterating full-year gu

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.

Financial stocks advanced in late Tuesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.6

The payments company said payment volume increased, but net income decreased compared to 2025.

PayPal's recent quarterly report arrived with stronger than expected sales and earnings, but investors are losing confidence in the stock.

Financial stocks were mixed in Tuesday afternoon trading with the NYSE Financial Index rising 0.3% a

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 tops Q1 estimates as TPV jumps 11% and revenue climbs, signaling strong platform momentum despite operating margin pressure and softer engagement trends.

Moby summary of PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s Q1 2026 earnings call

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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.

Enrique Lores: Thank you, Steve, and thank you to everybody for joining us this morning. During my time on the Board, I developed a good understanding of PayPal's strengths, opportunities and areas for improvement.

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

PayPal is pitching an AI-led turnaround, tying automation and restructuring to $1.5B in savings as it cuts jobs and works to modernize its tech stack.