PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M

Re:PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M by jfoster on Thursday September 26, 2013 @09:05AM (#6450429)

PayPal likely purchased them because they aspire to be more like Braintree.

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Re:PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M by gummify on Thursday September 26, 2013 @01:07PM (#6452088)

A blog from the founder and CEO of Braintree Bill Ready explains that they will continue to work independently whilst adding value to PayPal's weak points; customer service and the younger consumer generation of customers. https://www.braintreepayments.com/blog/braintree-teaming-up-...

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Re:PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M by doubt_me on Thursday September 26, 2013 @10:02AM (#6450765)

Is there any evidence of this? Besides 800m in cash

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Re:PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M by jfoster on Friday September 27, 2013 @12:26AM (#6455225)

David Marcus has previously acknowledged that PayPal needs to improve: http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/09/david-marcus-paypal-custom...

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Re:PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M by ihsw on Thursday September 26, 2013 @09:12AM (#6450468)

Few things could qualify so wholeheartedly as a crock of shit, but your statement is one of them.

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Re:PayPal Acquires Braintree for $800M by jfoster on Friday September 27, 2013 @12:30AM (#6455238)

I should've supported my assertion with this: http://venturebeat.com/2012/09/09/david-marcus-paypal-custom...

If you still think I'm wrong, please be constructive about it.

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