eBay

EBay hires Discover’s U.S. cards chief to drive growth

12/02/20

EBay has hired Discover’s top U.S. cards executive, Julie Loger, for the newly created position of global chief growth officer.

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EBay offering loans to merchants through partnership with LendingPoint

08/05/20

The e-commerce site and online lender have teamed up to let eBay sellers borrow up to $25,000.

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Visa, Mastercard, Stripe and eBay bail on Facebook's Libra ahead of key meeting

10/11/19

As regulatory pushback against Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency has accelerated, keeping the project together has become a major challenge, with Visa, Mastercard, Visa, eBay and Stripe joining PayPal in leaving the project.

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Global VC firm keen on neobanks hints at where it will invest in 2019

11/16/18

The Omidyar Network has invested in five challenger banks. Tilman Ehrbeck, who is leading its financial inclusion efforts, says the firm will invest more in apps for gig workers and retirees next year.

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EBay's Apple, Square pacts could strangle community banks

07/24/18

With just two partnerships, eBay is cutting off a big opportunity for community banks.

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The 10 biggest data breaches

09/20/17

Equifax's data breach may be the most serious, given that it covered 143 million consumers and involved reams of confidential information, but it wasn't the largest. Following are the biggest to date.

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