PayPal Holdings, Inc.'s Best Product in 2015

By Asit Sharma – Dec 29, 2015 at 10:45PM

NASDAQ: PYPL

PayPal

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$76B

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(-8.76%) -$6.85

Current Price

$71.37

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In a banner year for newly independent PayPal, one of its products outshone all the rest. We identify the product, and explain why it's so important to the company.

PayPal Holdings (PYPL -8.76%) is currently awash in product innovation, combining its own robust R&D resources with those it acquired from mobile payments technology corporation Braintree in 2013. One of Braintree's key technology investments has achieved stellar success for PayPal in 2015. To learn about this product, and obtain insight on its importance to PayPal, simply click through the accompanying presentation:

About the Author

Asit Sharma, CPA, is a Senior Investment Analyst and Lead Advisor at The Motley Fool. Prior to his current position, Asit was a contributing writer and editor for Fool.com, CFO of a middle-market manufacturer, and a finance consultant. He holds a B.A. in English Literature from UNC-Chapel Hill and a M.A. in English Literature from New York University.

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