Financials


  • Founded in December 1998, PayPal is the leading global online payment company.
  • PayPal has more than 103 million active registered accounts and is available in 190 markets.
  • PayPal supports payments in 25 currencies including: U.S. Dollar, Australian Dollar, Canadian Dollar, Hong Kong Dollar, Singapore Dollar, Taiwan New Dollar, New Zealand Dollar, Euro, Swiss Franc, Czech Koruna, Swedish Krona, Danish Krone, Norwegian Krone, Hungarian Forint, Mexican Peso, Philippine Peso, Malaysian Ringgit, Chinese RMB, Israeli New Shekel, Pounds Sterling, Brazilian Real, Polish Zloty, Thai Baht, Turkish Lira and Japanese Yen.
  • PayPal has localized websites in 21 markets including Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Israel, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  • PayPal is headquartered in San Jose, Calif. with offices in Timonium, Md. Its European headquarters is in Luxembourg and its international headquarters is located in Singapore. PayPal has seven global operation centers located in Berlin; Chandler, Ariz; Dublin; Omaha, Neb.; Petaling Jaya, Malaysia; Sao Paulo; and Shanghai. PayPal has development centers in Austin, Tx.; Chennai, India; Scottsdale, Ariz.; Singapore; and Tel Aviv, Israel.
Q3 2011 FINANCIAL METRICS
  • PayPal revenues represented nearly 37 percent of eBay Inc. revenues in Q3 2011.
  • PayPal revenues for Q3 2011 were more than $1.1 billion, growing 32 percent year over year (an acceleration over last quarter).
  • PayPal’s international business generated $552 million in revenue in Q3 2011, up 41 percent year over year. International revenue represents nearly half of PayPal’s total revenue.
  • PayPal’s net Total Payment Volume, the total value of transactions in Q3 2011 was $29.3 billion, up 31 percent year over year.
  • Merchant Services net Total Payment Volume was $19.3 billion in Q3 2011, up 36 percent year over year.
  • Merchant Services net Total Payment Volume as percent of net Total Payment Volume was 66 percent in Q3 2011.
  • eBay net Total Payment Volume as percent of net Total Payment Volume was approximately 34 percent in Q3 2011.
  • PayPal transacted more than $3,600 in Total Payment Volume every second in Q3 2011.
  • PayPal maintains a very low loss rate – 0.25 percent or one fourth of one percent.
  • PayPal expects to process more than $3.5 billion in mobile TPV in 2011 – five times the volume it processed in 2010.
2010 FULL-YEAR FINANCIAL METRICS
  • PayPal’s 2010 annual revenue was $3.4 billion, up 23 percent year over year.
  • PayPal’s international business accounted for 47 percent of revenue in 2010.
  • PayPal’s net Total Payment Volume for 2010, the total value of transactions, was nearly $92 billion, up 28 percent year over year.
  • PayPal’s Total Payment Volume in 2010 represented nearly 18 percent of global e-commerce.**
  • Cross-border trade now accounts for approximately 25 percent of PayPal’s Total Payment Volume.
  • Merchant Services processed $56 billion in Total Payment Volume in 2010, up 42 percent year over year.
* active accounts are those that have had activity in the past 12 months.
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