(Source: Business Wire)

INNOVATE 2009
Today, at PayPal
X Innovate 2009, more than a dozen developers announced a new
generation of applications built with the PayPal
X global payments platform.
AERS,
Carlson,
FIS,
FundRazr,
MedPayOnline,
Payvment,
Playspan,
ShopSavvy,
Storenvy,
Super
Rewards, Sun
Microsystems, S1
and Zuora
all announced new solutions. These companies represent just a sampling
of the more than 1,000 PayPal
X beta participants already monetizing new and innovative
applications on PayPal
X.
"We're already seeing developers making money by tapping into the
enormous global payments opportunity with PayPal X," said Osama Bedier,
PayPal's vice president of platform. "The output from the beta program
has been amazing, and this is just the beginning."
New Offerings Demonstrate Potential to Change the Future of Payments
Sun
Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA) worked with PayPal to
support application payments in the Java Store Beta and enhancements to
the beta user experience. A consumer-facing storefront enabling the
discovery and purchase of Java and JavaFX applications, the Java Store
Beta offers an unequaled distribution mechanism for reaching more than
800 million desktop Java users worldwide and driving potential revenue
opportunities through the sale of innovative content.
Carlson
Marketing teamed with PayPal to provide another
redemption option for participants in client loyalty and engagement
programs. Participants now can redeem their program points for specific
PayPal dollar amounts. The money can be deposited into their own PayPal
accounts or can be given as a gift. Participants simply select the
PayPal reward from an online catalog, and within minutes they will
receive an e-mail confirming the transaction.
ShopSavvy,
the comparison shopping application with more than 3 million users
worldwide, now offers mobile payments utilizing PayPal X. PayPal's first
suite of application programming interfaces (APIs), Adaptive Payments,
makes it possible for ShopSavvy users to immediately purchase items
through their PayPal accounts after they scan the product barcode with
their mobile phone cameras.
Payvment
today introduced an e-commerce application that allows anyone to
easily create a retail store on Facebook. By harnessing the power of
PayPal X, customers will now be able to shop from multiple vendors in a
single shopping cart, turning Facebook into an online shopping mall.
MedPayOnline
uses PayPal X to power its patient payment system, which
addresses the payments needs of the $2.3 trillion healthcare market for
patient payments. Using Adaptive Payments, the new application allows
anyone to easily pay their medical providers online.
Storenvy
today launched as an online store system and social shopping
community, connecting independent merchants with shoppers in a social
setting.Storenvy's social shopping features allow consumers to interact
and see each others' tastes and comments on products across all stores,
creating a crowd-curated selection of "Most Popular" items for new users
to discover.Adaptive Payments allows Storenvy shoppers to use one
shopping cart and make one payment transaction, even when buying from
multiple stores or multiple countries.
Follow PayPal on Twitter: @PayPal, @PayPalX, #ppxi09 and
#changehowwepay. For additional information on PayPal X, please visit www.x.com.
About PayPal
PayPal is the faster, safer way to pay and get paid online. The service
allows members to send money without sharing financial information, with
the flexibility to pay using their account balances, bank accounts,
credit cards or personal financing. With more than 78 million active
accounts in 190 markets and 24 currencies around the world, PayPal
enables global ecommerce. PayPal is an eBay company and is made up of
three leading online payment services: the PayPal global payments
platform, the Payflow Gateway, and Bill Me Later. More information about
the company can be found athttps://www.paypal.com.
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