PayPal acquisition to put pressure on Square

May 18, 2018

PayPal has agreed to pay $2.2 billion to acquire iZettle, a European startup that sells mobile credit card readers and other payment technology to retailers. The deal is expected to help PayPal expand offline in the U.S. and compete head-to-head with Square.

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