PayPal

Visa has extended partnerships with PayPal in the U.S. and Asia to Europe to encourage digital payments. The strategy has helped boost the card network's earnings.

Citigroup is expanding its payments partnership to allow its card members to use their ThankYou rewards points for purchases at PayPal checkout in the U.S.

PayPal and Visa are extending their strategic agreement to Europe with a deal enabling PayPal to offer Visa debit accounts in Europe, expanding the locations where PayPal’s European consumer and business customers may make purchases with PayPal funds.

PayPal is launching a cross-border trade service to help small and mid-sized businesses in the U.S. improve their international presence and sales.

Other digital payment companies have not had success with plastic cards. But the lack of expense and potential adoption create an opportunity for Square and Venmo.

LendUp is seeking to differentiate itself from competitors by making fast loan decisions and designing its customer experience around the mobile phone.

As the company diversifies beyond international tuition payments, it's also looking to diversify transaction options.

Automated messaging platform SnatchBot will allow payments inside chatbots by linking to merchant PayPal accounts, making it easier to pair transactions with digital conversations.

At its core, PayPal remains sharply focused on digital payments. But like other payments providers and processors during what has been a renaissance period for payments technology, the San Jose-based company has had to reinvent itself to keep firm control of its role.

The agency recently sent a letter to nine banks urging them to stop offering deferred interest cards, arguing that consumers are often unaware of the risks involved.