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Use Paypal At Gas Stations Now

By TechTaffy Desk

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Retail and commercial fueling company Gilbarco Veeder-Root is working with Paypal on digital payment and other mobile solutions to be offered to Gilbarco customers at gas and convenience store locations.

Don Kingsborough (VP, Retail Services, PayPal): Its partnerships like this one that are the perfect example of how we are innovating to help change the way people shop.

The initial effort will launch the PayPal payment capability to retailers with Passport point-of-sale. Future developments will bring PayPal solutions to Gilbarco’s media and merchandising applications.

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