At PayPal, we put people at the center of everything we do.

Who we are

At PayPal (Nasdaq:PYPL), we put people at the center of everything we do. Founded in 1998, we continue to be at the forefront of the digital payments revolution. PayPal gives people better ways to manage and move their money, offering them choice and flexibility in how they are able to send money, pay or get paid. We operate an open, secure and technology agnostic payments platform that businesses use to securely transact with their customers online, in stores and increasingly on mobile devices.

In 2015, 28% of the 4.9 billion payments we processed were made on a mobile device. With our 184 million active customer accounts, PayPal is a truly global payments platform that is available to people in more than 200 markets, allowing customers to get paid in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds to their bank accounts in 57 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 26 currencies.

Company's Founding Date

December 1998

Website Address

www.paypal.com

Corporate Headquarters

2211 North First Street San Jose, California 95131

Worldwide Operations

12312 Port Grace Boulevard La Vista, Nebraska 68128

Social Innovation

We use our unique resources to drive meaningful, lasting social impact through our business.

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Responsible Practices

Our beliefs are reflected in the way we do business every day.

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Q1 2016 Results

q1/15 had 2.13 billion dollars; q1/16 had 2.54 billion dollars; it's 23% revenue increase year over year.

$2.54B

Revenue up 23% YoY*1

q1/15 had 165 million active customer accounts; q1/16 had 184 million active customer accounts; it's %11 active customer accounts increase year over year.

184M

Active Customer Accounts2up 11% YoY

q1/15 had 25 payment transactions per account; q1/16 had 28 payment transactions per account

28

Transactions Per Account3

q1/15 had 1.12 billion payments; q1/16 had 1.41 billion payments; it's a 26% increase year over year.

1.41B

Payment Transactions4up 26% YoY

q1/15 had 129 million Braintree cards on files; q1-2016-graph-09/16 had 269 million Braintree cards on files; it's a %108 increase year over year.

269M

Number of Braintree Cards on Fileup 108% YoY

q1/15 had 1.26 billion Venmo payments; q1/16 had 3.19 billion Venmo payments; it's a %154 increase year over year.

$3.19B

Venmo Payment Volumeup 154% YoY

2015 Full Year Results

$9.24B

Revenue5

$282B

Total Payment Volume6

4.9B

Payment Transactions7

$66B

Mobile Payment Volume

1.4B

Mobile Payment Transactions

17M

New Customer Accounts8

1 Revenue growth is presented on a non-GAAP pro forma basis, and includes the impact of pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the separation of the company from eBay Inc. on July 17, 2015 had they existed historically.

2 An active customer account is a registered account that successfully sent or received at least one payment or payment reversal through our Payments Platform, excluding transactions processed through our gateway and Paydiant products, in the past 12 months.

3 Number of payment transactions per active customer account reflects the total number of payment transactions within the previous 12 month period, divided by active customer accounts at the end of the period.

4 Payment transactions is the total number of payments, net of payment reversals, successfully completed through our Payments Platform, excluding transactions processed through our gateway and Paydiant products.

5 Revenue is presented on a non-GAAP pro forma basis, and includes the impact of pro forma adjustments directly attributable to the separation of the company from eBay Inc. on July 17, 2015 had they existed historically.

6 Total Payment Volume is the value of payments, net of payment reversals, successfully completed through our Payments Platform, excluding transactions processed through our gateway and Paydiant products.

7 Payment transactions is the total number of payments, net of payment reversals, successfully completed through our Payments Platform, excluding transactions processed through our gateway and Paydiant products.

8 An active customer account is a registered account that successfully sent or received at least one payment or payment reversal through our Payments Platform, excluding transactions processed through our gateway and Paydiant products, in the past 12 months.

* Calculated on an FX-neutral basis.

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