PayPal Holdings (PYPL) is an American technology company that provides a platform for online and mobile payments. PayPal’s list of services includes PayPal, PayPal Credit, Venmo and the Braintree line. Founded in 1998 as Confinity, the company focused on security software. In 2002, PayPal Holdings made an IPO and was acquired by eBay. However, in 2015 PayPal again became a fully independent company. Later, that same year the entity went public for the second time and was valued at $46 billion. PayPal Holdings is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange.