The last two years have highlighted our capabilities as a society to evolve, adapt, influence and thrive.
ProductPeopleInnovation
A recent PayPal study with SMBs across Hong Kong, India, Japan, and Singapore reports that SMBs have emerged from the pandemic with a positive story to tell.
Read about how Michelle Chui, Head of Government Relations for Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, is using her experience to inspire the next generation of talent.
Learn how Carrie Xiao, a 16-year PayPal veteran, is championing a culture of inclusion as a customer solutions manager with the Customer Solutions team in China.
After an illustrious career spanning stints at a major consulting firm, an investment bank and across various payment related services, Miki Kuzuha landed at PayPal as Head of Market Development for Japan.
Learn how the Recharge program equipped Elakkiya Chandrasekaran, a decision scientist at PayPal India, return to the workforce after a five-year career break.
Find out how PayPal’s partnership with IMDA enabled Gangadevi Balakrishnan, a software engineer, reclaim her passion for designing and creating technology.
PayPalCulture
The Hong Kong SMB Survey Report 2021 published by PayPal earlier this year has concluded five recommendations to help SMBs stay agile and adapt to the new normal.
Hear from Verna Cruz, a customer service representative from the Philippines, how PayPal is creating a culture of belonging for employees with invisible disabilities.
At PayPal, our mission is to allow everyone to be able to fully and fairly participate in the global economy.
Technology presents us with unlimited opportunities to reimagine the world as we know it- bringing innovation into our daily lives, enabling access to products and services to name a few.
Organizational efficiency has been a key factor which has led to accelerated digital adoption over the years.
PayPalSocial Innovation
The pandemic disrupted lives as it created unforeseen complexities for the world to resolve. The education sector faced multiple challenges as the onset of lockdowns led to a rise in dropouts.
PayPal Research and Insights Many online small-medium businesses (SMB’s) are riding on the global e-commerce wave that has helped them navigate past the challenges of the pandemic.
In 2018, PayPal conducted an assessment to examine the financial wellness of its entry-level employees.
Covid-19 disruptions led small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) in Singapore to discover new opportunities in e-commerce.
Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) pivoted to a digital shop front, and took to social selling and cross-border trade to grow their business Singapore.
Over 80% of surveyed SMBs embrace digital to grow cross-border selling HONG KONG, January 6, 2022 – The pandemic has brought significant challenges to Hong Kong businesses.
For many small businesses in India, the holiday season represents a very lucrative business opportunity. Online sales during the 2020 holiday season were historic.
For many merchants, the holiday season is a make-or-break opportunity. Online sales in November and December during the 2020 holiday season were historic.
In a recent podcast episode hosted by ZALORA Talks, PayPal’s Kasia Leyden shares insights on how online businesses can reach greater heights with PayPal.
Speaking at a recent webinar on cross-border selling during the holiday season co-organized by Singapore Business Review and PayPal.
PayPal’s desire to be a purpose-driven brand was brought to life through its Giveback campaign which was launched in Singapore in July this year.
Singapore’s flourishing digital eco-system presents its s a wide array of opportunities to invest in ecommerce for more lucrative gains.
Data is key in to enrich , retention, and loyalty. But no amount of data is completely effective unless it leads the customer to the shopping window to complete a purchase.
The pandemic radically reconstructed lives everywhere by making a digitally driven world the new normal.
How can SMBs in Hong Kong with limited resources cultivate customer loyalty with their newfound overseas customers from thousands of miles away?
Sakshi’s journey at PayPal started as an intern four years ago. Today, she is a software engineer in the Global Data Science team.
Jerry Tso, Head of Singapore Development Center at PayPal
Suraj joined PayPal as an intern over three years ago, and today has grown to be a Software Engineer for the Global Data Sciences ART team.
Gauri Singh, an engineer at PayPal, Chennai, started learning Java in class 10. Today, she still loves the programming language because it’s constantly evolving.
The new era of online shopping has brought enormous opportunities for business growth, while also creating new norms that businesses will need to learn and adapt.
As part of the Global Merchant Lending team in Bangalore, Aishwarya Vasudevan works on designing and building mid-tier services to support merchant lending products such as the PayPal Working.
Key Takeaways for Singapore’s Merchant Community State of play Global e-commerce has thrived due to digital acceleration during the pandemic.
The gratification that follows building a product from scratch is what drew 31-year-old Subramaniajeeva Kandasamy to engineering.
25-year-old Sriram Desai loves to experiment with new things, identify challenges, and more importantly- devise innovative solutions to problems.
In 2015, Aakash Chugh, a fresh graduate from PESIT with a Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Computer and Information Sciences degree joined PayPal as an intern in his quest to create impact with small methodical changes.
PayPal employees have the opportunity to serve the needs of the communities in which they live and work through the company’s Community Impact Program.
The global coronavirus pandemic has brought upon unprecedented challenges to businesses across various industries around the world. In the beauty segment.
As the second wave of the pandemic raged on in India, vaccines emerged as a ray of hope and an essential line of defense in the fight against COVID-19.
As the scale of the second wave of COVID-19 grew in the country, social media, news and other channels was flooded with information.
Amid the second wave of COVID-19, the surge in demand for medical facilities took its toll on many in India. As cases spiralled, India was at the centre of the pandemic.
One might expect that over a year into a global pandemic, life will eventually return to normal.
Online shopping in India has changed at multiple levels – its reformed, more seamless, secure – all because it has become ‘essential’ in this pandemic era.
Authored by Jim Magats, Senior VP, Omni Payments, PayPal As the world rapidly moves to digital, here are the ideas small businesses can do to prepare themselves for success.
Shiprocket, a Delhi, India-based eCommerce fulfillment platform that enables fast and cost-effective shipping for D2C retailers has raised USD 41.3 million (INR 305 Cr) in Series D1 funding.
Authored by Guru Bhat, VP, Customer Success Platform, PayPal It is perhaps an unusual strategy for a writer to begin an article by telling the reader that he is struggling for words to express his feelings.
PayPal has launched 2021 Borderless Commerce Report, which captures the current and upcoming shopping behaviours observed from 13 key markets across the globe.
With the pandemic pushing most people into the confinements of their homes, a new global sport became popular– Chess.
The COVID-19 crisis has proven to be a test of agility for small businesses with rampant supply chain disruptions, logistical delays and jittery consumer sentiment.
With digitization on the rise, online shopping has seen unprecedented growth through the last year.
The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the way businesses and consumers live, interact and co-exist. With lockdowns being imposed across the world, economies suffered deeply last year.
PAYPAL, RESEARCH AND INSIGHTS Due to the pandemic and its accompanied lockdowns, people across the world had been forced to stay indoors and connect digitally.
PayPal Social Innovation Digitization is encouraging Indians to shop online for ethnic wear from any part of India. Small business owners can now reach out to a global customer base.
As digital adoption accelerates ecommerce growth has been exponential. Consumers can purchase goods and services without stepping out.
Earth Day was around the corner and the message this year has been on restoring our Earth – not going back to business as usual as the world returns to normal.
This past year saw an exponential growth and reliance on digital commerce as consumer behavior around the world adapted to a new normal. In the U.S. alone, ecommerce penetration hit an all-time...This past year saw an exponential growth and reliance on digital commerce as consumer behavior around the world adapted to a new normal.
An effective Foreign Trade Policy can boost India’s economy: Enable MSMEs and focus on small-value export performance The pandemic has impacted many lives and for over a year.
The fintech sector has facilitated business growth during the pandemic. What seemed like an option in 2019, has become an imperative.
Blockchain, Bitcoin, and digital currency are no longer just for crypto-fanatics anymore, these technologies are as mainstream as ever.
After an unprecedented and challenging 2020, the world has its eyes set on 2021 to bring a silver lining of hope and recovery.
COVID-19 has changed everything and how we engage in the digital world has transformed tremendously. A One-solution-for-all approach is no longer applicable for preventing sophisticated fraudsters.
The event industry has been pulling different play strategies to innovate during this period by leveraging on the nation's strong digital infrastructure to help its customers quickly.
2020 while tough for businesses globally, was also monumental in driving change and resilience across the board.
As the countries starts rolling out for COVID vaccines, the world sees the light at the end of the tunnel.
As stay-at-home orders and country-wide lockdowns start to ease across Asia, people are more excited than ever to connect during the holiday season and undoubtedly.
As globalization has made us all more connected and open to diversity, it has also acted as a rude awakening for many companies.
In the second season of Innotopia Podcast Series, we explore how companies are innovating in the digital economy and more importantly how they’re navigating the new normal.
Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, more consumers have been shopping online, leading to the rise of e-commerce.
The lead up to the holiday season is a good time to consider how merchants can capture cross-border opportunities and how they can capitalize on the boost to online shopping in different markets.
The impact of COVID-19 continues to rattle small and local businesses. While the economy is on its road to recovery.
By Nath Parameshwaran, Director, Corporate Affairs “However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.
By Nath Parameshwaran Technology for MSMEs: Across the globe, the Covid-19 pandemic has been described as ‘unprecedented’.
September 21, 2020 | Sri Shivananda, SVP, Chief Technology Officer The consequences of global climate change are not a distant problem.
I have benefitted significantly in my career from people who have had more confidence in me than I sometimes had in myself.
Democratizing trade & digital transformation of Indian MSMEs to access the global opportunity There has always been a distinct trend towards digital payments.
For many years, PayPal was the lone wolf of digital payments - founded in 1998, the company has been operating in the segment since 2000.
Jayanthi Vaidyanathan, Senior Director and Head - HR, PayPal India "Technologies like AI and ML have played a massive role in developing HRM programmes for organisations.
Perseverance and resilience; key traits for local businesses to survive the pandemic A PayPal initiative to #SupportLocal businesses The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been widespread.
The coronavirus pandemic will permanently change consumer behavior in favor of digital in India, as it has done globally.
It is no longer a question of if you get attacked, but when you get attacked. As the region emerges from the COVID-19-inflicted lockdown and eases into recovery.
Alexandre Dumas in his timeless classic –The Count of Monte Cristo – seems to have written these immortal words with humanity’s current predicament in mind when his protagonist Edmond Dantes says
An inclusive & diverse workforce fosters diversity of thoughts by Anupam Pahuja, Managing Director, PayPal India “The key to community is the acceptance.
We know that now, more than ever, many people are taking extra precautions to protect themselves against the threat of scammers who try to take advantage of the uncertainty around the world.
Artificial intelligence and its applications have made a significant Artificial intelligence and its applications have made a significant impact on nearly every industry. Defined as a technique enabling machines to mimic human behaviour.
Earth Day is one of those occasions that draws our attention to the issues we face in building a sustainable environment and compels us to think of means to tackle them.
By Sathish Vaidyanathan, Director, Engineering, International Markets The success of an enduring organization can directly be attributed to its cultural foundation.
By Jaxon Love – Global Lead, Environmental Sustainability FINAL This year marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
With the uncertainty surrounding COVID-19, many business owners may feel like they’re stuck in a waiting game. But there are things you can do right now to help your business’s cashflow.
We understand that the developing situation around COVID-19 may impact your business operations.