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SoFi Technologies and PayPal Holdings will both report third-quarter (Q3) earnings results on Tuesday.

Key TakeawaysPayPal reports third-quarter results before the open on Tuesday, Oct. 27, its first report since a reported takeover approach worth more than $53 billion fell apart in late August.

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Truist just raised its price target on PayPal stock while shares tumble ahead of earnings, and the disconnect between analyst optimism and trader caution puts the upcoming quarterly report at the center of a growing debate over the company's recovery.

PYPL's Q3 2026 earnings preview points to higher revenues and payment volumes but lower EPS, as competition and macroeconomic pressures weigh on growth.

OneStopSwap, Inc., the Los Angeles-based technology startup developing an affordable peer-to-peer marketplace for buying, selling and swapping, today announced the appointment of Eric Jepsky as Chief Executive Officer.

Digital payments platform PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) will be reporting earnings this Tuesday before the bell. Here’s what investors should know.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) just expanded its reach on two fronts. A new payout deal with LianLian Global and an exclusive in app checkout role on Glance push its services deeper into creator and AI driven commerce. Recent deals have landed just as PayPal Holdings tries to rebuild momentum, with a 30 day share price return of 8.78% and a 90 day gain of 2.47% contrasting with a 1 year total shareholder return that is down 16.48% and a 5 year total shareholder return that has declined 75.44%. Recent...

Truist Securities analyst Matthew Coad maintains PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ:PYPL) with a Hold and raises the price target from $53 to $58.

Social commerce, marketplaces and eCommerce players served by LianLian Global can now pay creators, influencers, developers, and independent contractors directly to their PayPal and Venmo wallets.

LianLian Global today announced it has partnered with PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) to enable its social commerce, marketplace and e-commerce clients to send payouts directly to PayPal accounts globally and to Venmo accounts in the U.S.

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Key TakeawaysPayPal became the only native in-app checkout partner on Glance, an AI shopping app reaching tens of millions of U. S.

PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS: PYPL) is again the subject of takeover talk, with renewed rumors of an all stock bid by a West Coast tech acquirer. People familiar with the situation describe the potential buyer as a large listed technology group, though its identity has not been disclosed. Market commentary on 20 October 2026 points to early stage discussions, with no formal offer reported and terms yet to be negotiated. The renewed all stock acquisition speculation around PayPal is only one...

The fintech stock looks cheap -- but it could struggle to command a higher valuation.

As part of his turnaround efforts, Enrique Lores said Monday the digital payments company requires faster decisions and clearer accountability.

Paypal (PYPL) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

Glance previously announced an agentic commerce integration with PayPal that embeds real time product data, cart building and native PayPal checkout for tens of millions of U.S. consumers using Glance powered screens. The tie up extends merchant storefronts into Glance while keeping PayPal in control of checkout and customer relationships, at a time when slower sales and earnings growth versus peers has increased scrutiny on how effectively the business converts new experiences into...

Advertisers have spent a fortune trying to figure out who influences purchase decisions. PayPal Ads has a novel suggestion: Find the person who's always stuck paying for dinner while everyone else promises to Venmo them later. That person might be worth a lot more to marketers than their dinner companions, according to Asaf Davidov, head of global ad insights and analytics at PayPal Ads. In an interview with Beet.TV contributor David Kaplan at the Beet.TV Leadership Summit with Omnicom Media
Cleveland Research downgraded shares of the payments company to Underperform from Neutral.

Stock Futures: Stocks are trading mixed, with the Nasdaq up sharply as we start another action-packed trading week, driven by a flood of third-quarter earnings from some of the biggest U.S. companies. All major indices finished Friday lower as selling pressure built throughout the day. The usual suspects were to blame: rising energy prices, inflation concerns […]

The Ambient Checkout Frontier The transition of agentic commerce from the controlled environment of a smartphone screen to the ambient surfaces of the home and pocket is now underway. On October 15, 2026, PayPal and Glance announced an integration that embeds native checkout directly into the Glance ecosystem. Commerce is now a background process triggered […]

PayPal is showing a sustained recovery, with shares up nearly 14% in six months and a clear trend reversal to the upside underway. Read more on the PYPL stock.

A reported $60.50-a-share offer from Stripe and Advent in July lifted PayPal (PYPL) stock, but the bidders walked away in late August without a deal, according to Bloomberg. Without a buyer, investors need a catalyst from the business itself, and that is difficult to find given that branded checkout, where shoppers pay with PayPal online, recorded just 2% growth in payment volume during fiscal Q2 2026.

PayPal partners with Glance to bring AI-powered shopping, virtual try-ons and seamless checkout to over 60 million mobile and TV devices.

PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS: PYPL) and Glance announced a new partnership integrating PayPal agentic commerce tools into the Glance platform for U.S. users. The tie up brings AI powered native checkout and real time product data directly into Glance for tens of millions of consumers in the United States. Merchants gain a new way to reach Glance users through PayPal, extending PayPal's platform agnostic payment reach inside an AI driven shopping experience. The rollout of PayPal agentic...

In the latest trading session, Paypal (PYPL) closed at $57.16, marking a +1.89% move from the previous day.

SAN MATEO, Calif., October 15, 2026--Glance today announced an agentic commerce integration with PayPal.

Greenlight Capital's David Einhorn makes a fresh position in PayPal.

PayPal brings its agentic commerce services to Glance, providing the commerce capabilities that turn AI-powered product discovery into trusted transactionsGlance, an AI-powered personal shopping platform backed by

Just because a stock is cheap doesn't necessarily mean it's worth buying at a discount.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) is a strange company to look at today. A decade ago, PayPal was one of the defining names in digital payments. It helped make online checkout mainstream and built a network of hundreds of millions of consumers and millions of merchants. Then the market changed, competition intensified, and PayPal somehow went […]

Buy now pay later stocks are surging together, but Klarna's brutal year-to-date losses and PayPal's smaller gain raise a pointed question about whether this is a genuine sector re-rating or just a short-lived relief bounce in the hardest-hit names.

Some consumers will turn to buy now, pay later options for holiday shopping to spread costs over time, according to a survey by the digital processor.

Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Paypal (PYPL). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.

New rumors surround PayPal about its potential acquisition after the Stripe-Advent bid fell apart.

Holiday shoppers aren't necessarily spending less this year. They're changing how they spend. PayPal today released its 2026 Holiday Shopping Survey, revealing that nearly six in 10 Americans (58%) feel greater financial concern heading into the holidays, yet 64% still expect to spend the same or more than they did last holiday season. Faced with that tension, shoppers are planning earlier, setting budgets and looking for more ways to get value from every purchase.

PayPal Holdings has seen its share price fall sharply over the past few years, even as new partnerships put the company back in the headlines. With the stock around US$53.89, the question for investors is whether that price is adequately backed by the earnings the business is generating today. PayPal shares have declined 79.4% over the past 5 years, which puts the focus squarely on whether the current earnings profile supports where the stock now trades. Fresh tie ups with Meta on AI driven...

PayPal Holdings (NasdaqGS: PYPL) is now integrated with IPQualityScore within platforms such as Alloy, Shopify, and Stripe. The IPQS connection feeds fraud intelligence and digital risk signals directly into PayPal transaction and account workflows for participating merchants. The expanded integration is expected to affect customer onboarding checks, security event handling, and fraud detection rules used across the PayPal ecosystem. The new IPQS link into PayPal workflows tells only part of...
The latest trading day saw Paypal (PYPL) settling at $54.3, representing a -1.34% change from its previous close.

PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL) trades at roughly nine times earnings, a multiple the market normally reserves for businesses it expects to shrink. The shares closed Friday at $55.04 after gaining 4.64%, leaving them about a fifth lower than a year ago. That price is itself a verdict on PayPal’s moat. The question worth asking is […]

Seeking Alpha reported that traders were passing around a Betaville “uncooked” alert, or early, unverified chatter, on takeover talks for PayPal.

PayPal (PYPL) stock has gained about 24% over the past three months (as of Sept. 24, 2026), but it is still down 21% over the past year. In late August, the shares fell 13% in premarket trading after Bloomberg News reported that a consortium of Advent International and Stripe had abandoned its pursuit of PayPal.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is back in focus after Meta folded its Muse AI shopping assistant into PayPal’s global merchant network, letting users move from product discovery to PayPal powered checkout inside the agent. Despite the Muse AI partnership putting PayPal Holdings back in the headlines, the share price has been under pressure in recent months, with a 30 day share price return of down 15.5% and a year to date share price return of down 9.5%. This is set against a stronger 90 day share...

Great Hill Capital Chairman Thomas Hayes suggested Meta Platforms Inc. should acquire PayPal Holdings Inc. for $90 billion, stating the deal could save Meta “5-10 years” in building a “WeChat super-app” ahead of Elon Musk‘s Xmoney. Strategic Advantage Over Xmoney...

For years, the promise of AI agents has been stuck in a loop of chat-based assistance. They could summarize your emails or draft your calendar invites, but they rarely moved money. Over a two-week window in September 2026, Meta changed that — assembling a commerce infrastructure that lets its Muse agent move from product discovery […]

The payments giant sent a fortune back to its owners, yet the stock stumbled. Here’s the paradox of what that cash really bought, and what has to happen next.



As the payment company looks for new ways to drive volume, it's using the social media company's personal artificial intelligence to aid shopping and checkout.
