Why PayPal Is Acquiring iZettle, the ‘Square of Europe’
Digital payments giant Paypal (PYPL) announced on Thursday, May 17, that it agreed to buy European payments company iZettle for $2.2 billion. The acquisition would mark the company’s first big step into brick-and-mortar retail after dominating online payments for years. The acquisition would also be the biggest in PayPal’s history.