BigCommerce has added PayPal Credit as a payment option for merchants using its e-commerce platform.
Austin, Texas-based BigCommerce merchants may include a standalone PayPal Credit button to offer consumers flexible financing, which is particularly appealing for merchants selling higher-ticket items like furniture, BigCommerce said in a Friday press release.
PayPal signage is displayed in front of eBay Inc. headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014. EBay Inc. is spinning off its PayPal division, heeding demands by activist shareholder Carl Icahn and giving the business independence it can use to contend with rising competition from Apple Inc. and Google Inc. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg
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The e-commerce company has offered PayPal as a checkout option since 2013 and earlier this year BigCommerce added Amazon Pay as another option for its merchants.
Separately, PayPal this week announced it’s selling $5.8 billion in credit receivables to Synchrony Financial, which has been a partner since 2004 for PayPal’s private-label credit cards.
A federal judge in Texas dismissed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's medical debt rule and prohibited states from passing their own laws prohibiting medical debt on credit reports.
The nation's largest bank is planning to implement fees for access to data that has traditionally been provided free of charge. Data aggregators and fintechs accused JPMorgan of exploiting regulatory uncertainty and raising prices for consumers.
Dr. Mark Calabria takes on the additional role of chief statistician of the United States; retired Ally Bank executive Diane Morais has joined First Citizens Bancshares' board of directors; MainStreet Bank has promoted Alex Vari to chief financial officer; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
The buyer said its $70 million cash-and-stock deal for Farmers State Bank will boost its presence in the northeast section of Ohio, and provide plenty of low-cost deposits
Historically high interest rates and falling late-payment rates suggest that credit card issuers are tightening their underwriting standards amid economic uncertainty.
