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PayPal's top competitors include TransferWise, Visa, American Express, Western Union, Mastercard, Edenred and Ingenico Group.
| Save Comparison |  Visa Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world. |  Western Union Western Union is a global provider of money movement and payment services for consumers and businesses. |  Mastercard Mastercard is a multinational financial services corporation that provides transaction processing and other payment-related products and services. | |||||
Founding Date | Founding Date 1998 | Founding Date 2011 | Founding Date 1958 | Founding Date 1850 | Founding Date 1851 | Founding Date 1966 | Founding Date 1962 | Founding Date 1980 |
Type | Type Public | Type Private | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public | Type Public |
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Locations | Locations San Jose, US HQ Sydney, AU São Paulo, BR Toronto, CA Vancouver, CA Shanghai, CN Paris, FR see more | Locations New York, US HQ Collingwood, AU Brussels, BE Tallinn, EE Budapest, HU Chiyoda, JP Kuala Lumpur, MY see more | Locations Foster City, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Melbourne, AU Sydney, AU Vienna, AT Dhaka, BD São Paulo, BR see more | Locations New York, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Melbourne, AU Sydney, AU Vienna, AT Brussels, BE Toronto, CA see more | Locations Purchase, US HQ Buenos Aires, AR Melbourne, AU St Leonards, AU Wien, AT Baku, AZ Manama, BH see more | Locations Issy-les-Moulineaux, FR HQ Malakoff, FR | ||
Employees | Employees 26,50014% increase | Employees 2,2005% increase | Employees 20,5005% increase | Employees 63,7001% decrease | Employees 11,5004% decrease | Employees 21,00013% increase | Employees 8,5006% increase | Employees 8,0005% increase |
Valuation ($) | Valuation ($) 354.7 b | Valuation ($) 5 b | Valuation ($) 543.4 b | Valuation ($) 136.6 b | Valuation ($) 9.5 b | Valuation ($) 380 b | Valuation ($) 14.3 b | Valuation ($) N/A |
Twitter followers | Twitter followers 753.5 k | Twitter followers 1.5 k | Twitter followers 388.4 k | Twitter followers 847.4 k | Twitter followers 625.6 k | Twitter followers 482.9 k | Twitter followers 5 k | Twitter followers 14.8 k |
Number of tweets (last 30 days) | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 29 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) N/A | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 11 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 149 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 588 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 72 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 24 | Number of tweets (last 30 days) 7 |
Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 58.4 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) N/A | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 9.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 3.2 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 0.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 45.7 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 3 | Average likes per tweet (last 30 days) 4.7 |
Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 86.21% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) N/A | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 25.5% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 15.14% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 88.89% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 83.33% | Percentage of tweets with engagement (last 30 days) 100% |
Alexa Website Rank | Alexa Website Rank 96 | Alexa Website Rank 2027 | Alexa Website Rank 7235 | Alexa Website Rank 349 | Alexa Website Rank N/A | Alexa Website Rank 71405 | Alexa Website Rank 159798 | Alexa Website Rank 216359 |
Employee Rating | Employee Rating 4.1 | Employee Rating 4.3 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 4.2 | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating N/A | Employee Rating 3.8 | Employee Rating 3.3 |
Financial | ||||||||
Revenue (est.) | Revenue (est.) $21.5b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) £302.6m (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) $21.8b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) $38.2b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) $4.6b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) $15.3b (FY, 2020) | Revenue (est.) €1.3b (FY, 2017) | Revenue (est.) €2.6b (FY, 2018) |
Cost of goods | Cost of goods $11.5b (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods £117.6m (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods $727m (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods $6.8b (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods $2.8b (FY, 2020) | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods N/A | Cost of goods €1.6b (FY, 2018) |
Gross profit | Gross profit $10b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit £185m (FY, 2020) | Gross profit $21.1b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit $15.1b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit $1.8b (FY, 2020) | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit N/A | Gross profit €994.8m (FY, 2018) |
Net income | Net income $4.2b (FY, 2020) | Net income £21.3m (FY, 2020) | Net income $10.9b (FY, 2020) | Net income $3.1b (FY, 2020) | Net income $744.3m (FY, 2020) | Net income $6.4b (FY, 2020) | Net income €283m (FY, 2017) | Net income €188.8m (FY, 2018) |
Operating ⚠ | ||||||||
Active Cards | Active Cards N/A | Active Cards N/A | Active Cards 3.5 b (FY, 2020) | Active Cards 112.9 m (Q1, 2021) | Active Cards N/A | Active Cards N/A | Active Cards N/A | Active Cards N/A |
Countries | Countries N/A | Countries 70 (FY, 2020) | Countries 200 (FY, 2020) | Countries N/A | Countries 50 (FY, 2018) | Countries 210 (FY, 2020) | Countries N/A | Countries 170 (FY, 2018) |
Currencies | Currencies 100 (Q1, 2021) | Currencies 54 (Jul, 2020) | Currencies N/A | Currencies N/A | Currencies N/A | Currencies 150 (FY, 2020) | Currencies N/A | Currencies N/A |
Transactions | Transactions 4.4 b (Q1, 2021) | Transactions N/A | Transactions 207 b (FY, 2020) | Transactions N/A | Transactions 73 m (Q3, 2019) | Transactions N/A | Transactions N/A | Transactions N/A |
Funding | ||||||||
Total funding raised | Total funding raised $ 217m | Total funding raised $ 1b | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A | Total funding raised N/A |
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TransferWise
HQ
New York, US
Employees
2,200↑ 5% increase
TransferWise is a foreign exchange and money remittance company.
View companyVisa
HQ
Foster City, US
Employees
20,500↑ 5% increase
Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
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American Express
HQ
New York, US
Employees
63,700↓ 1% decrease
American Express is a globally integrated payments company.
View companyWestern Union
HQ
Denver, US
Employees
11,500↓ 4% decrease
Western Union is a global provider of money movement and payment services for consumers and businesses.
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