06.20.08
Paypal no longer confined by its name - only its outreach
As it celebrates its 10th Anniversary, it is interesting to look back and see that the techies who founded Paypal first named the company Confinity. It is fun to read John Powers firsthand account of how this all came to be .. see www.Confinity.com. He is quick to point out that he never came up with that name. Regardless, Paypal is so much better than Fieldlink, the name he first used.
If you have ever shopped for or sold goods on eBay, you know the magic of Paypal. If you have ever paid or received money from contract services half way around the world, you know the magic of Paypal and the convenience of paying people almost instantly when they don’t take credit cards.. or want to use them if they do have them.
Now if only they provided the same level of support to English speakers in Spain that they provide Spanish speakers in California, that would be the icing on the cake. Especially for the rural community where no mail goes to a physical house address. How can they deny full service when you are a property owner simply because your mail goes to a box number? Not all countries and rural towns are spoiled with the US level of mail delivery! In more and more parts of the world, you go get your mail at a mail box center.
