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EBay’s PayPal Plans to Offer Wider Range of Payment Options
September 14, 2011, 11:08 PM EDT

Sept. 14 (Bloomberg) -- EBay Inc.’s PayPal service is adding features that give businesses more flexibility over how they sell wares and accept payments.

The changes, due in the coming months, include mobile payments, barcode scanning via handheld device*, store inventory lookup and offers based on a person’s location, PayPal said today in a blog posting.

New services will let customers pay for a product with as little as a name and telephone number,...

The new technologies will help boost PayPal’s volume of transactions in 2012 beyond the $130 billion it’s due to report this year, he said. The company had about $92 billion in payment volume in 2010.

http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-09-14/ebay-s-paypal-plans-to-offer-wider-range-of-payment-options.html

*This does not necessarily mean a smartphone or cell phone.