PayPal: ‘Strongest first-quarter results’ in company history

Global payments provider PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) on Wednesday reported Q1 2021 net revenues of $6.03 billion, up 29% year-over-year, and beating the $5.9 billion estimate of analysts surveyed by TipRanks.

PayPal said non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) was $1.22, 20 cents better than Seeking Alpha’s estimate, and GAAP EPS was 92 cents, 28 cents ahead of estimates. GAAP EPS increased 1,200% over Q1 2020 and non-GAAP EPS was up 84%.

The stock price was up more than 4% in after-market trading following...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/paypal-strongest-first-quarter-results-in-company-history

PayPal plans to take Curv to improve crypto payment security

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) is acquiring Curv, a provider of cloud-based infrastructure for digital asset securities such as cryptocurrencies.

Terms were not disclosed, but a report last week suggested PayPal may pay as much as $500 million for the Tel Aviv, Israel-based firm. A second report from Calcalist reported the sale price would be between $200 million and $300 million.

“The acquisition of Curv is part of our effort to invest in the talent and technology to realize our vision for a...

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