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PayPal announced this week that it submitted regulatory applications to create PayPal Bank, a new industrial loan company to support small businesses. The company said Monday that it filed documents ...

PayPal wants to cut out the middleman and become the bank itself. The payment company announced it submitted applications to Utah regulators and the FDIC to establish what will be called PayPal Bank.

PayPal has applied to create its own bank, filing with Utah regulators and the FDIC to establish PayPal Bank, an industrial loan company. The move would streamline small-business lending, building on ...

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PayPal is the latest company looking to become a bank in the US. On Monday, the company announced it had submitted applications for PayPal Bank to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and ...

Connecting the dots: PayPal Holdings has applied for a US banking charter, a significant step in its long-term effort to deepen its role in financial services and reduce reliance on third-party ...

PayPal PYPL-3.18%decrease; red down pointing triangle has applied to form a bank offering business loans and savings accounts. The digital payments company, which owns Venmo, said Monday it had filed ...

PayPal said it has applied for approval to form PayPal Bank, which would be able to extend loans to small businesses. The company has applications pending with the state of Utah and the Federal ...