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When PayPal started

PayPal started in December 1998 as Confinity, a company founded by Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, and Luke Nosek to develop security software for handheld devices. It pivoted to digital payments in 1999, merged with Elon Musk's X.com in 2000, and was renamed PayPal shortly after. The platform went public in 2002 and was acquired by eBay the same year, cementing its role as a pioneer in online payment processing.

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