PayPal to Unveil
Micropayments Product at Annual Developers Conference
Oct. 14, 2010
PayPal, which announced in August that it is planning a
product to enable consumers to make online micropayments without using payment
cards (CNP Report
Aug. 23, 2010), confirmed in published reports last week that it will
formally launch the product at its annual developer’s conference, which begins
on Oct. 26 in San Francisco. The company said it will also announce at that
time its partners, mostly online game publishers, that will help implement the
“digital goods optimized product.” In August, PayPal CEO Scott Thompson said
the product is designed to enable merchants to accept many small transactions
within an online experience, which would be cost prohibitive if the user was
paying with a credit or debit card.