PayPal

PayPal (PYPL) is a publicly traded Consumer Wallets company founded in 1998 and based in San Jose, United States.

Global digital wallet and payments platform with 400M+ active accounts; launched PYUSD stablecoin on Ethereum and Solana, becoming the first major US financial institution to issue a stablecoin. PYUSD surpassed $4B market cap in 2025. Integrated with Solana for low-cost transfers. First major financial institution to issue a stablecoin.

PayPal's PYUSD—now over $4B in circulation—represents the most significant incumbent-to-stablecoin bridge, bringing programmable money to a mass consumer base.

paypal.com Consumer Wallets

United Statespublic · PYPL

At a glance

Total raised

$1.7B

last round acquired

Headcount

10k+

approximate · public range

Headquarters

San Jose

United States

Founded

1998

28 years active

Status

Public

Ticker · PYPL

Patents on file

Funding history

Total raised

$1.7B

Rounds tracked

Latest stage

Acquired

Date	Stage	Amount	Valuation	Lead investors
Jul 8, 2002	Acquired	$1.5B	—	eBay
Feb 15, 2002	IPO	$70.2M	$777.4M	—

PayPal

At a glance

Funding history

Stock performance

In the news

Synchrony and PayPal Bring Special Financing to Entire Mastercard Network

stc pay, PayPal Launch Cross-Border Fund Transfers in Bahrain for Users

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Leadership

Products

PayPal Checkout

Venmo

Braintree

PYUSD

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