PayPal may soon offer stock trading

Date:
Tue, 31 Aug 2021 15:17:39 +0000

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PayPal hires brokerage industry veteran Rich Hagen, prompting rumors of new services incoming

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Global payments powerhouse PayPal may be considering expanding into the
retail investing business, reports have claimed.

According to CNBC , the company is considering allowing its users to trade stocks and has, to that end, hired brokerage industry veteran Rich Hagen. After leaving his position of CEO at Ally Invest, Hagen joined Invest at PayPal, a brand new division about which there are very few details at the moment, although his LinkedIn account notes Hagen is tasked with exploring opportunities in the consumer investment business.

This is in line with what PayPal CEO Dan Schulman said during the companys investor day in February 2021 when discussing his long-term vision, which included the possibility of including investment capabilities as part of the companys offerings. Heres our list of the best stock trading apps right now Weve built a list of the best stock trading platforms on the market Check out our list of the best rypto mining pools available

This is far from PayPals first foray into investing. Last year it expanded into the cryptocurrency market, slowly allowing an increasing number of users to buy, hold and sell bitcoin .

This service was recently extended into the UK, allowing Brits to buy or sell bitcoin, bitcoin cash, ethereum or litecoin. Retail trading

The popularization of cryptocurrencies has had a side-effect - growing awareness of the possibility of retail investment and trading, where ordinary individuals are able to easily trade everything from stocks, to precious metals, to cryptocurrencies.

The trend reached its peak when a group of retail investors, organized on a Reddit subforum, shorted GameStop stocks, leaving WallStreet with billions in losses.

It has been doing really well in the U.S., Jose Fernandez da Ponte, PayPals general manager for blockchain, crypto and digital currencies, told CNBC,
when asked about the companys crypto services. We expect its going to do well in the U.K..

The tokens and coins have been around for a while but you had to be a relatively sophisticated user to be able to access that, da Ponte said.
Having that on a platform like ours makes a really good entry point.

It might take a while for PayPal to kick things off, though, and its unlikely the service will be available this year. Here's our rundown of the best
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Via: CNBC



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