Business Week meldt dat eBay van plan is grote veranderingen bekend te maken voor zijn online betaaldienst Paypal. eBay-baas John Donahoe zou deze aanstaande woensdag(avond) bekend gaan maken tijdens een bijeenkomst met financieel analisten.
Business Week meldt:
“(…) But just when other companies have stopped giving financial guidance because of the unpredictable nature of today’s world markets, struggling eBay (EBAY) plans to provide more details about its business than it has in three years, say company insiders.
The venue will be eBay’s annual analyst meeting on Mar. 11. In particular, insiders say CEO John Donohoe plans to highlight the promise of the e-commerce giant’s PayPal payments unit, which lets millions of consumers pay for products online without having to provide their credit-card information each time. With roughly 50% of the world still using cash or checks for their purchases—and with online shopping growing far faster than the old-fashioned kind—Donohoe is already on record saying he expects PayPal to one day be a larger business than the online auction site. (…)”