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Pay by Bank for E-Commerce | Using Bank Accounts to Make Purchases with SMBs [ACH]

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

Sept 10, 2024

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Exploring the Growth of Real Time Payment Systems

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

Sept 10, 2024

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Improved Integration Experience with Advanced Server-Side SDKs

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

Sept 09, 2024

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Pay by Bank for E-Commerce | Using Bank Accounts to Make Purchases with SMBs [ACH]

Starting early 2025, PayPal will begin offering ACH payments on PayPal Complete Payments (PPCP). With this launch, small and medium sized busine…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

4 weeks ago

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Exploring the Growth of Real Time Payment Systems

Real-time payments (RTP) are transforming the financial landscape, setting a new standard for how money moves between consumers and businesses. …

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

4 weeks ago

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Improved Integration Experience with Advanced Server-Side SDKs

We are thrilled to launch our next generation of PayPal Server-Side Software Development Kits (SDKs), which will vastly improve the integration …

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

4 weeks ago

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Effortless Integration with Fastlane by PayPal: How Developers Accelerate Merchant Success

Introduction In the fast-paced digital era where every second counts, a seamless integration experience is not just a convenience—it's a necess…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

2 months ago

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A Faster Guest Checkout: How to Integrate Fastlane by PayPal

Welcome to our comprehensive integration guide for Fastlane by PayPal, the accelerated guest checkout solution on the PayPal Complete Payments p…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

2 months ago

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Build with PYUSD on Solana - Announcing the inaugural Global PYUSD Portal Hackathon with Solana — and 40,000 PYUSD in prizes.

This past May, PayPal announced that PYUSD was live on Solana [https://pyusd.mirror.xyz/TpEwPNybrwzPSSQenLtO4kggy98KH4oQRc06ggVnA0k], marking a …

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

3 months ago

3 min read

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Developer Day for Fastlane by PayPal: A Masterclass of Innovation

Get ready for an exclusive, transformative experience at PayPal's Developer Day in San Jose on August 20th 2024. Earlier this year, PayPal intro…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

3 months ago

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Integration Upgrades Made Easy with PayPal API Transformer

As technology improves, so must PayPal. REST and JSON have become the standard for web and mobile development because of their flexibility, perf…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

3 months ago

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Simplifying PayPal USD Cross-Chain Transfers Between Ethereum and Solana with PayPal or Venmo

As the cryptocurrency landscape evolves, seamlessly moving PayPal USD (PYUSD) between blockchains becomes increasingly important. Now that PYUSD…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

4 months ago

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PayPal USD on Solana Quick Start

What Is PYUSD? PayPal USD (PYUSD) is an open, fully backed, U.S. dollar-denominated stablecoin designed for payments. It was created to provide…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

5 months ago

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Unveiling an Interactive Integration Experience for Faster Development

We're thrilled to launch our interactive integration experience. This revamped platform tackles the key challenges developers face when integrat…

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Asish Mohanty

5 months ago

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From clicks to cash: Embracing No-Code Checkout solution for effortless online transactions

If you're a developer working on behalf of a merchant or business owner yourself, No-Code Checkout experiences will save you time and effort int…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

6 months ago

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Continuing the Journey with PayPal APIs – Navigating Common Challenges and Solutions

Introduction  Welcome back to the ongoing exploration of PayPal APIs—a series dedicated to empowering developers with insights and solutions fo…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

7 months ago

4 min read

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Be the First to Experience: AI-Powered Search on Developer Portal

If you've ever navigated PayPal's developer documentation, you might have encountered the challenge of locating that elusive piece of informa…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

8 months ago

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PayPal Server-side SDKs: Navigating the Transition to Private Visibility

PayPal, a pioneering force in online transactions, will be undergoing a transition regarding its server-side SDKs. This will include removing de…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

9 months ago

3 min read

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Shift Left - A Paradigm in Software Quality Assurance

Agile methodologies emphasize iterative and collaborative approaches, requiring a shift in the way testing is integrated into the software devel…

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Karan Mehta

9 months ago

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Using the PayPal Stablecoin, PayPal USD for Commerce

In August 2023, PayPal announced the launch of PayPal USD (PYUSD), a U.S. dollar denominated stablecoin designed for payments. PYUSD is 100% bac…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

9 months ago

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Embracing the Future: Get Ready for New PayPal Innovations

Earlier today, PayPal revealed several product innovations [https://www.paypal.com/us/whats-new/first-look] set to revolutionize commerce, again…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

9 months ago

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Unveiling the Power of PayPal APIs: A Developer's Guide to Seamless Transactions

In today's digital ecosystem, the integration of seamless and secure payment solutions stands as a cornerstone for developers navigating the fas…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

9 months ago

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Streamline Integration with PayPal VS Code Extension

In the ever-evolving landscape of software development, productivity and efficiency have become paramount to success. Developers are constantly …

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Asish Mohanty

9 months ago

3 min read

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Welcome to the PayPal Developer Community

At PayPal, we deeply understand that developers are the cornerstone of groundbreaking solutions. In recognition of this, we are thrilled to unve…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

9 months ago

3 min read

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Building a Customizable Messaging Platform

Communication is an important part of human life. It helps resolve issues quickly, get answers to our questions and simply exchange ideas. In t…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

9 months ago

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Developer Updates - December Edition

Our goal is to empower developers and we've undertaken initiatives in the past year to equip you with the essential tools and resources, streaml…

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Farshad Tavakoli

10 months ago

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Declarative Feature Engineering at PayPal

PayPal supports over 400 million active consumers and merchants worldwide. Every minute there are several thousand payment transactions. To prev…

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Marina Lyan

11 months ago

4 min read

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Developer Updates – November Edition

RECENT UPDATES PayPal VS Code Extensions Meet the PayPal VS Code Extension [https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=PayPal.vscode-paypal…

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Farshad Tavakoli

11 months ago

3 min read

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Managing Recurring Payments with Apple Pay Using PayPal

Recurring payments have become an integral part of the modern digital economy, offering convenience and predictability for both consumers and bu…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

11 months ago

4 min read

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Developer Updates – October Edition

RECENT UPDATES PayPal with GitHub Codespaces PayPal is making integration a breeze with the GitHub Codespaces. Simplify configuration, tackle …

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Farshad Tavakoli

12 months ago

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Accept E-Commerce Payments Easily with PayPal’s Buttons Component

Accepting online payments is now a universal must-have, catering to everyone from solo entrepreneurs to massive global corporations. PayPal’s S…

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Arit Amana

12 months ago

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Why You Should Attend PayPal’s Developer Meetup at Money20/20

The world of technology is constantly evolving, and developers are at the forefront of this dynamic landscape. Staying updated on the latest tre…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

13 months ago

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PayPal Streamlines Checkout Integration Workflows with GitHub Codespaces

In the fast-paced digital payment world, seamless integration is essential for developers aiming to embed PayPal into their applications. This i…

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Nikema Prophet

2 years ago

3 min read

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Developer Updates – September Edition

RECENT UPDATES Checkout Integration Workflows with GitHub Codespaces GitHub Codespaces with PayPal solutions allows for seamless integrated, c…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

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Graph Usage in Combating ATO Fraud Risk

INTRODUCING ATO AND GRAPH Account takeover is a fraud risk in online payments that PayPal takes seriously and works actively to preempt to prot…

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Xinyu Zhang

2 years ago

6 min read

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Scaling Kafka to Support PayPal’s Data Growth

Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform that is used for data streaming pipelines, integration, and ingestion at Pay…

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Monish Koppa

2 years ago

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Developer Updates – August Edition

RECENT UPDATES Introducing PayPal’s OpenAPI Specifications We are excited to announce the public release of PayPal APIs in OpenAPI 3.0 format.…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

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The next generation of Data Platforms is the Data Mesh

Here’s why. As enterprises become more agile, centralization appears more and more as a thing of the past world, a waterfall world. The same ap…

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Jean-Georges Perrin

2 years ago

14 min read

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Developer Updates – July Edition

RECENT UPDATES Get a quick start with PayPal APIs Looking to start your API integration journey with PayPal? Checkout the new “Get started” pa…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

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Developer Updates – June Edition

RECENT UPDATES Expanding PayPal’s API footprint to partners We’ve made a big step in expanding PayPal's Public Postman Collection to include P…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

3 min read

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Intro To JavaScript Service Workers

If you have been working with web applications and used progressive web applications most likely you have heard the term Service Worker. If you …

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Patricio Vargas

2 years ago

6 min read

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PayPal No-Code Estimates: Get on the Same Page!

There is a useful precursor to sending a client an invoice, and that is sending an estimate. Estimates allow you to establish a full agreement w…

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Arit Amana

2 years ago

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PayPal Has Updated Its Webhook Verification Endpoint

TL;DR;PayPal requires that all the webhook notification messages it sends be verified by the webhook listener receiving these messages. This re…

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Arit Amana

2 years ago

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Developer Updates – May Edition

RECENT UPDATES Unblocking the Power of JunoDB We are excited to release JunoDB as open source! JunoDB is a key-value store that provides highl…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

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Words All the Way Down — Conversational Sentiment Analysis

At PayPal, as customer champions, we believe in leaving no stone unturned to delight our customers. Even when millions of contacts are establish…

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Bineet Ranjan

2 years ago

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Developer Updates - April Edition

PayPal Developer is here to make integrating PayPal into mobile and web applications faster and easier for developers of all experience levels b…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

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Apple Pay Integration Options with PayPal

Apple Pay® is a popular, fast and secure way for customers to check out in stores, within apps and on websites. We are excited to let you know …

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

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PayPal Dev Dashboard Improvements, Round Three

From the desk of Colin Walker... Continuing in our series of Dev Dashboard improvements, we're excited to deliver even more good news about exp…

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Christina Monti

2 years ago

3 min read

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Developer Updates - March Edition

As our developer community experiences greater demands and tighter timelines, PayPal Developer is here to make integrating PayPal into mobile…

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Farshad Tavakoli

2 years ago

3 min read

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How to add PayPal checkout payments to your React app

Have you always wondered how to monetize your web applications 🤑? Time to start making those benjamins 💸💸. In this how-to guide, you will lea…

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Patricio Vargas

2 years ago

9 min read

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Dev Dashboard Improvements, Round Two

If you happened to catch the last post [https://developer.paypal.com/community/blog/dev-dashboard-improvements-abound] about our efforts to make…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

2 years ago

3 min read

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I went to the Firebase Summit 2022 -NYC

Hi friends! I recently had the fantastic opportunity to attend the Firebase Summit 2022 in New York City! I’m here to tell you how it went and s…

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Patricio Vargas

2 years ago

4 min read

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PayPal No-code Invoicing to Simplify Your Life! 😮‍💨

Every developer I know (ok, most developers 😅) seeks ways to accomplish tasks more efficiently. The rise of no- and low-code tooling is empower…

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Arit Amana

2 years ago

4 min read

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Dev Dashboard Improvements Abound!

If you’re a developer or engineer that’s integrated any PayPal functionality in your work, you’re likely already familiar with our developer das…

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Christina Monti

2 years ago

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How to add donations to your website with PayPal's Donate SDK

LOW-CODE DONATION INTEGRATION USING PAYPAL'S DONATE SDK Follow step-by-step instructions to create a Donate button and donation page that’s fun…

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Nikema Prophet

2 years ago

6 min read

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Start Selling Subscriptions From Your Website FAST!

In this guide, we will show you how to get subscriptions to your products and services up and running fast! PayPal provides a straightforward wa…

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Arit Amana

2 years ago

4 min read

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GraphQL: A Success Story for PayPal Checkout

At PayPal, we recently introduced GraphQL [https://graphql.org/] to our technology stack. If you haven’t heard of GraphQL [https://graphql.org/…

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PayPal Tech Blog Team

6 years ago

7 min read

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