Monday, December 19, 2011

PayPal Getting into Daily Deals Business

PayPal says it is getting into the daily deals business, competing with firms such as Groupon,  LivingSocial and Google in the daily deals space. That move should ratify thinking that such "coupon" businesses have a direct relationship to mobile wallet and payments businesses.

The company will make its first foray into mobile deals in the first quarter of 2012, partnering with some of the top 200 U.S. merchants, PayPal President Scott Thompson said.

PayPal is chasing a daily coupon market that may more than double to $4.17 billion by 2015, according to research firm BIA/Kelsey. PayPal to get into deals business

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