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Competition: PayPal CodeCallenge for Student Developers – 17 April 2015

Monday, April 13th, 2015

PayPal will be launching CodeChallenge – the online payments provider’s first coding competition for students in Singapore.

Calling Student Developers in Singapore - join PayPal’s CodeChallenge online this Friday on 17 April, 2015.

Calling Student Developers in Singapore – join PayPal’s CodeChallenge online this Friday on 17 April, 2015.

CodeChallenge is a nationwide coding contest aimed at nurturing budding young coders in Singapore.

Open to students currently enrolled in a school or educational institution based in Singapore, participants will need to demonstrate their coding prowess by solving a set of coding challenges within a time limit.

The online competition will commence at 7pm sharp and coders will have to submit their solutions within two hours.

Attractive prizes to be won.

Attractive prizes to be won.

The next morning, they will join fellow coders at PayPal’s office where the solutions and winners will be announced.

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New PayPal mobile SDK help Singapore businesses go mobile

Thursday, October 2nd, 2014

PayPal partners with local merchants to create seamless mobile app experiences and to solve business productivity challenges.

“With smartphone adoption growing and smart devices become more integral to our daily lives, it is more important than ever for businesses to adopt mobile strategies with flawless purchasing experiences,” said Lawrence Chan, Vice President of Merchant Services, Asia Pacific and General Manager for Southeast Asia and Japan, PayPal.

“With smartphone adoption growing and smart devices become more integral to our daily lives, it is more important than ever for businesses to adopt mobile strategies with flawless purchasing experiences,” said Lawrence Chan, Vice President of Merchant Services, Asia Pacific and General Manager for Southeast Asia and Japan, PayPal.

PayPal has announced the general availability of its new mobile software development kit (SDK) in Singapore.

“In 2013, PayPal processed $27 billion in mobile payments globally, so we understand the challenges and opportunities of capturing the mobile market. We are excited to be announcing the launch of the new mobile SDK in Singapore, which offers businesses a simple and secure way to accept mobile payments, as well as the innovation to push the boundaries of mobile commerce and drive productivity,” Chan added.

The new mobile SDK eliminates app redirects, provides a one-time sign-in for future payments and enables both PayPal and credit card payment processing options.

With this, consumers can make seamless and secure payments across their favourite apps in just a few clicks.

PayPal is announcing the launch with four merchant partners which will be the first local businesses in Singapore to go live with the mobile SDK:

  • Coastes
  • HotelQuickly
  • My Laundry Box
  • Dilivr.it.

Key Features of the new mobile SDK

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PayPal & Samsung collaborate on GALAXY S5 LTE for secure/simpler shopping

Friday, March 28th, 2014

Samsung GALAXY S5 LTE users can easily and securely shop password-free online on the new smartphone using its new fingerprint authentication feature, with millions of merchants that accept PayPal.

Samsung GALAXY S5 LTE users will be able to shop more securely and simply with the fingerprint authentication feature on the new smartphone.

Samsung GALAXY S5 LTE users will be able to shop more securely and simply with the fingerprint authentication feature on the new smartphone.

The collaboration between Samsung and PayPal enables Samsung GALAXY S5 LTE users to be the first to be able to login and shop at any merchant that accepts PayPal on mobile and in-stores using only their fingerprint as authentication.

“We are very excited to partner PayPal to provide consumers with a seamless and secure experience in online shopping and payments on our new Samsung GALAXY S5 LTE,” said Irene Ng, Vice President, Marketing, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd.

The new secure, biometric feature means GALAXY S5 LTE users will no longer need to remember passwords or login details across millions of PayPal merchants.

PayPal will be the first global payment company to support Samsung’s mobile fingerprint authentication technology.

PayPal provides a secure wallet in the cloud and doesn’t store personal information on the device.

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