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Crypto in U.K and Luxembourg

https://newsroom.uk.paypal-corp.com/2021-08-20-PayPal-Launches-the-Ability-to-Buy-Hold-and-Sell-Cryptocurrency-in-the-UK

https://newsroom.paypal-corp.com/2022-12-07-PayPal-Expands-Cryptocurrency-Buy-Sell-and-Hold-Service-to-Luxembourg 5.57.244.47 (talk) 15:42, 14 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Why are Elon Musk and X founders not considered founders of PayPal?

X.com was the surviving entity of the Confinity merger, so why would they not be included? Shrel23 (talk) 06:20, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

They keep being added and taken away over time by different editors. I believe the counter argument is that Confinity existed before Elon was involved so it is argued he is not a founder. DashDashUnderscore (talk) 08:00, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't that the case with all mergers?

I think the name change to a service which already existed is what's throwing people off, but the underlying company is still X.com. PayPal IPO documents also state that Elon Musk was CEO of "PayPal" for a few months even though the name change wasn't yet offical during that period.

Anyone else have any thoughts?

Shrel23 (talk) 17:46, 11 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

I think people get caught up with the merger too much, the merger doesn't necessarily mean he did or did not help found PayPal.

The company was rebranded to PayPal in 2001, Elon was fired as CEO in 2000.[1] It makes it pretty dubious that he founded it when he didn't work there when PayPal became PayPal. DashDashUnderscore (talk) 07:15, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

When the company was renamed or when Musk was ousted as CEO has zero bearing on whether he founded the company. The company was founded by the merger of Musk's company with Confinity. That makes him a founder. Rebranding doesn't retroactively remove founders based on who's the CEO or not. 31.209.218.192 (talk) 14:38, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, I agree. The other founders of X.com should probably be added as well, or would that be too cluttered? Like I said in my other comment, even if rebranding was a factor, the IPO documents identify Musk as the first CEO of "PayPal". If the company itself identifies him in this way over a year after he was removed, there shouldn't be any doubts about his initial involvement. It should be fine to use as a source as well since it's a statement of facts filed with a government agency. No special knowledge or expertise is needed to interpret it. Shrel23 (talk) 17:59, 12 November 2023 (UTC)[reply]

The original concept of PayPal was to do online transactions, just like today. That is what PayPal does. But Elon Musk founded a financial service separate to online transactions, not actually anything to do with Paypal. 2001:4479:4106:1700:3067:6837:DF9C:C3E8 (talk) 08:35, 15 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

yes 102.69.76.208 (talk) 23:21, 17 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Headquarters

PayPal should be headquartered in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by EKantarovich (talk • contribs) 13:57, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

This does not appear to be accurate. Sam Kuru (talk) 14:19, 4 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]

PayPal

paypal is an international bank when you can transfer money to different countries and you can also buy goods through PayPal and also trade btc, crypto e.t.c 197.211.59.5 (talk) 00:33, 17 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]