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Bluesfest was one of Australia’s oldest and most popular music festivals before it went into administration last week.

PayPal offers refund hope for some Bluesfest ticket holders

The online payment platform has announced it is temporarily relaxing their refund rules to help some ticket holders recoup the money they spent before the festival was unexpectedly cancelled.

  • Nell Geraets and Karl Quinn

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Elon Musk and Peter Thiel: would be engineers of the human soul.

Silicon Valley’s billionaire elite can’t engineer our consent

A decade after Peter Thiel backed Donald Trump, the ascent of the “tech right″⁣ has made billionaire founders “evil geniuses” in the eyes of many.

  • Chris Zappone
Erik Merkley, general manager at Echidna Sewing: security in online transactions is paramount.

Striking the balance between risk and growth for small businesses

Getting the balance right between risk and growth is at the heart of any successful small business.

Curtis McNulty is sentenced for stealing customer details when he worked at the Commonwealth Bank to defraud PayPal

‘Bored’ CBA staffer stole details of hundreds of customers to feed fraud

Curtis McNulty stole more than $53,000 from PayPal while working for the bank in Sydney, mainly by using fraudulent refunds for items such as $3000 sneakers.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
JD Vance may be an even worse politician than his detractors expected.

Who is really powering J.D. Vance’s political rise? Tech bros not hillbillies

A small group of technology billionaires, including PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, are behind his ascent.

  • Paul Krugman
ASIC deputy chairman Sarah Court said the claim had been filed “to protect the interests of small businesses”.

PayPal in ASIC’s crosshairs over unfair contract term claims

The corporate regulator will take the payments giant to court over claims small businesses are disadvantaged by a clause about incorrect fees.

  • Emma Koehn
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Who could come to Twitter’s rescue?

Apple, Google, Amazon: Who could be Twitter’s white knight to fend off Elon Musk?

Twitter, which is trying to escape Elon Musk’s $58 billion takeover, already has a poison pill in place, so the next obvious move is to find a potential rival coming to the rescue.

  • Liana Baker, Mark Bergen and Spencer Soper
A mobile-friendly option to recharge without having to leave home. 

A well-timed app launch sets the scene for telco’s success

The launch of Lebara Mobile’s new app could not have been more spectacularly timed.

  • Nina Hendy
Zip co-founder Larry Diamond said he was not concerned about payment "elephant" PayPal.

Zip, Afterpay brush off PayPal concerns as shares savaged

The chief executives of Australian buy now, pay later companies have batted away investor concerns over payment giant PayPal's entry into the sector.

  • Dominic Powell
Paul Sassine is creating a new supply chain and opportunity for farmers, fresh food producers and retailers to trade.

Ripe for picking: Fresh produce industry’s $12b digital revolution

Farmers and fresh food merchants may finally get to sleep in after the 4am market roll call.