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ACLU: End Financial Discrimination Against Sex Workers

As part of this week’s public debate about OnlyFans blaming “banks” for its decision — later reversed — to ban sexual content, the Free Speech Coalition (FSC) highlighted today a June editorial by the ACLU. In it, the civil liberties group urges PayPal and Venmo to discontinue financially discriminatory practices against sex workers “that harm vulnerable communities by shutting people out without due process.”

Pornhub 'Devastated' by PayPal's Stance Against Sex Workers

Last week, Pornhub announced to members of their Model Program that PayPal had suddenly decided to stop payouts and that the content producers should arrange for alternative ways of receiving their funds.

CrakRevenue Adds PayPal Payments

CrakRevenue has announced its addition of PayPal as a payment option for select affiliates.

Clandestine Devices Website Introduces PayPal Express Checkout

Clandestine Devices, maker of the MIMIC adult massager, has announced that its retail website, ClandestineDevices.com, is now accepting PayPal Express Checkout.

Elon Musk Identified as Buyer of X.com Domain Name

The buyer of the X.com domain name has been identified, but don’t expect adult content to be shown on the site.

PayPal May Have Sold X.com Domain Name

Records show the single-letter domain name X.com was transferred from brand protection registration firm MarkMonitor on behalf of client PayPal to GoDaddy, where it’s under whois privacy protection.

PinkCherry Adds PayPal Express for Online Purchases

PinkCherry has added PayPal Express as a payment option for PinkCherry.ca and PinkCherry.com.

PayPal Partners With Xoom for Simple Money Transfers

The adult industry has a long and checkered history when it comes to its relationship with peer-to-peer payment processor PayPal.

PayPal to Pay Off Client Accounts Frozen, Suspended

If you or your company had an active PayPal account frozen or terminated between April 19, 2006, and Nov. 5, 2015, you may eligible for a settlement payment of up to $440 per account.

Web Depot: A Simple Paypal Shopping Cart For Wordpress

For merchants seeking a simple solution for offering products and services through a WordPress-powered website using PayPal as the processor of choice, the aptly named “WordPress Simple Paypal Shopping Cart Plugin”, does what its name implies — offering a basic and easy to use cart along with a standard PayPal purchase button.

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Cryptocurrency Questions Are Finally Being Answered

Early in the news cycle for cryptocurrency, Bitcoin dominated all the headlines, before a series of catastrophic events tainted the brand in the minds of many consumers and potential investors.

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PayPal Begins Embracing Bitcoin

The mainstreaming of cryptocurrency Bitcoin continues with the news that PayPal is now embracing the upstart payment mechanism.

New Site Launches in Response to Performers' Chase, PayPal Woes

Responding to the financial woes of performers recently having their Chase and PayPal accounts shut down, AdultVerifiedVideoChat.com has launched that allows for paid Skype shows.

Tasha Reign: PayPal, Chase Are 'Slut-Shaming'

Porn star Tasha Reign, whose PayPal accounts were closed after she received correspondence from the online payment service that she had violated its acceptable use policy, has penned an opinion piece for Al Jazeera on discriminatory practices employed by financial institutions.

Now PayPal's Porn Policies Have Stars Enraged

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. recently was the focus of the porn industry after news came out that the bank was closing accounts of adult entertainers to avoid reputational and financial risk. Now the spotlight is on PayPal.

Bitcoin Steps Toward Universality on Webpages

Bitcoin made a major stride towards becoming a universal web payment method today by passing preliminary approval to receive its own standardized “scheme” in HTML5.

PayPal Considers Bitcoin Transactions

David Marcus, president of PayPal, expressed his fascination and potential involvement with the virtual currency in an interview on Bloomberg Television’s “The Pulse” earlier today.

Dating Site Operator's Suit Against PayPal Advances

A suit targeting PayPal's acceptable-use policy has survived a round in court after a federal judge ruled that the alternative payment processor can't dismiss claims over its refusal to work with a pair of dating websites.

Corbin Fisher to Collect Oron Judgment From PayPal Account

Corbin Fisher has been given the green light to dip into Oron.com's PayPal account to collect on its $550,000 judgment to settle copyright infringement charges against the file-locker site.

PayPal Lifts Ban on Erotic Books

PayPal on Tuesday retracted its threat to close the accounts of online booksellers who sell works that could be considered obscene.