eBay Inc.’s CEO, John Donahoe recently penned an article “Connected Commerce: Creating a More Inclusive and Prosperous Economy” that was published as part of the series Digital Minds for a New Europe. In his article, Donahoe explains that historically cross border trade expansion is a proven catalyst for economic growth. Until recently, the global
This week, Hanne Melin of eBay Inc.'s Public Policy Lab attended an exclusive roundtable organized by the Milken Institute in London discussing how policy and regulation can responsibly facilitate new financial technologies ("FinTech"). The focal point for the debate was a paper just released by the Institute outlining the building blocks of a "21st Century Regulator's Toolkit."
The Public Policy Lab this month addressed Singapore Management University’s Master of Tri-Sector Collaboration course, with the topic: Technology trends: the policy, business and social impacts.
One of the courses focused on eCommerce and ePayments, and included reading materials produced by eBay Inc’s Public Policy Lab.
The course was addressed by Sassoon Grigorian, Director of Public Policy Asia Pacific.
Last week, PayPal participated at the Asia Pacific Financial Forum in Beijing, China.
Representatives on behalf of PayPal included David Katz, Senior Director, Head of Government Relations APAC and Sassoon Grigorian, Director of Public Policy APAC.
David addressed a panel on “Financial Innovation and Market Vitality.”
eBay Inc.’s Commerce 3.0 research has consistently described the fundamental changes that global trade is currently undergoing: online networks and digital services empower small businesses to reach beyond a local consumer base and access global markets. Our latest research shows that Turkish entrepreneurs are no different and they are taking part in this trade evolution by leveraging innovative tools and solutions to build successful global operations.
PayPal APAC VP Lawrence Chan
PayPal has collaborated with SMEs in Singapore to create new payment solutions by leveraging our new mobile software development kit (mSDK) which enables in-app payments for local SMEs. These four SMEs – Coastes, HotelQuickly, My Laundry Box and Dilivr.it, occupy the traditionally labour-intensive F&B, travel, laundry and courier sectors but are leveraging innovative mobile technology to reinvent their business processes, enhance customer experience and boost productivity.
On 24 September 2014, the Office of the Small Business Commissioner (with support from the Adelaide City Council) hosted a rare line-up of ecommerce industry heavyweights to give South Australian retailers a glimpse at the future of retail and how they can make online work for them.
This week in Brussels, PayPal hosted a thought leadership event entitled “Unlocking the Future of Payments: Finding the Right Balance Between Future-Proof Regulation, Convenience and Security in the 21st Century Payment Space”. As a global leader in digital payments, PayPal gathered high-level representatives of the EU institutions, senior security experts and payments stakeholders in an effort to stimulate a forward looking debate on innovative payments, cybercrime threats and workable regulatory approaches.
Last week, technology trade association Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) released an “Internet manifesto” in order to provide policy recommendations to the incoming European Commissioners, including how to leverage the Internet for maximum economic and social benefit.
CCIA Vice President James Waterworth, who runs CCIA’s Brussels office made the following statement on the release of the manifestor:
For the very first time, eBay Inc. participated in the European Health Forum in Gastein, Austria. The European Commission organized a session on the topic of stakeholder involvement in policymaking. Hanne Melin with the eBay Inc. Public Policy Lab, was invited as panelist to share ideas developed within the Policy Lab on regulatory innovation.