The backstory (I worked at ebay in 2000) is that Billpoint (ebay Payments) was an ebay-Wells Fargo joint venture with a good CSR staff but no marketing funding and limited ebay integration. (I was laughed at when I asked if there was a mktg. budget for a billboard, or anything else.)
ebay used ebay Payments to learn about payment risk mgmt., then when they were comfortable bought Paypal.
The backstory (I worked at ebay in 2000) is that Billpoint (ebay Payments) was an ebay-Wells Fargo joint venture with a good CSR staff but no marketing funding and limited ebay integration. (I was laughed at when I asked if there was a mktg. budget for a billboard, or anything else.)
ebay used ebay Payments to learn about payment risk mgmt., then when they were comfortable bought Paypal.