PayPal Rolls Out New App

<p><strong><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN JOSE<&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; PayPal is rolling out a new app to customers on Android and iOS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The all-in-one&comma; personalized app will introduce new features including PayPal Savings&comma; a new high yield savings account provided by Synchrony Bank&comma; alongside new in-app shopping tools that will enable customers to earn rewards redeemable for cash back or PayPal shopping credit and uncover deals with hundreds of merchants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>While the new app is available for download today&comma; the PayPal Savings feature and shopping tools won&&num;8217&semi;t be available for another few months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>Additionally&comma; the new app offers PayPal customers a single place to manage their bill payments&comma; get paid up to two days earlier with the new Direct Deposit feature provided through one of our bank partners&comma; earn rewards and manage gift cards&comma; send and receive money to friends&comma; family and businesses&comma; pay with QR codes for purchases and redeem rewards in-store&comma; access and manage credit&comma; Buy Now&comma; Pay Later services&comma; buy&comma; hold and sell crypto&comma; as well as support causes and charities they care about&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1">&NewLine;<p>The new app includes a personalized dashboard of a customer&&num;8217&semi;s PayPal account&comma; a wallet tab to manage payment instruments and Direct Deposit&comma; a finance tab that includes access to high yield savings and crypto capabilities&comma; and a payments hub that includes send and receive money features&comma; international remittances&comma; charitable and non-profit giving&comma; bill pay&comma; and a two-way messaging feature to send notes of acknowledgment after peer-to-peer transactions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The number of consumers using digital wallets is expected to double to 4&period;4 billion globally by 2025&comma; and nearly half of consumers &lpar;48&percnt;&rpar; already cite simplicity as the top reason to use a digital wallet&period; The new PayPal app aims to address this by offering an all-in-one app as the primary destination for customers to easily manage their day-to-day financial lives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re excited to introduce the first version of the new PayPal app&comma; a one-stop destination for our customers to take charge of their everyday financial lives&comma; with new features like access to high yield savings&comma; in-app shopping tools for customers to find deals and earn cash back rewards&comma; early access Direct Deposit&comma; and bill pay&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Dan Schulman<&sol;span>&comma; president and CEO of PayPal&period; &&num;8220&semi;Our new app offers customers a simplified&comma; secure and personalized experience that builds on our platform of trust and security and removes the complexity of having to manage multiple financial or shopping apps&comma; remember different passwords and track loyalty rewards&period;<i>&&num;8220&semi;<&sol;i><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the coming quarters&comma; PayPal plans to add new features and enhancements to the app&comma; including investment capabilities and more ways to pay with the app online and in-store&comma; including the ability to pay with QR codes in an offline environment and enhanced PayPal-branded capabilities that offer new ways to shop and save in-store&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>PayPal Savings is provided by Synchrony Bank and offers customers a way to access a competitive high yield interest rate and can help encourage the development of healthy savings habits&period; With the average national savings account only offering customers an interest rate of 0&period;06&percnt;&comma; PayPal Savings enables access to a savings account with a competitive 0&period;40&percnt; Annual Percentage Yield &lpar;APY&rpar;&comma; that is more than six times the national average&comma; with no minimum balance or monthly fees&period; Customers can also create savings goals with visuals of what they want to achieve and track their progress&comma; while automatic transfers to PayPal Savings can help create regular habits and achieve financial goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Customers can easily transfer money between PayPal Savings and their PayPal balance to use on purchases with PayPal&period; Interest amounts are provided to the customer at the end of their statement period on a monthly basis&period; PayPal Savings is planned to start rolling out to customers in the U&period;S in the coming months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;

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