PayPal Acquires Paidy

Announced September 8, 2021 — $2.70B

What happened

Paidy was a Japanese buy-now-pay-later service letting consumers make online purchases on credit without a credit card.

PayPal's acquisition history

26th of 27 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

15 of 27 PayPal deals

PayPal's average disclosed price

$879.9M

PayPal's largest disclosed deal

Honey ($4B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2021

63 across all acquirers

PayPal in Buy now, pay later (Japan)

1 acquisition

When did PayPal acquire Paidy?

PayPal acquired Paidy on September 8, 2021. This was PayPal's 26th publicly tracked acquisition out of 27 we have on record.

How much did PayPal pay for Paidy?

PayPal paid $2.70B for Paidy.

What does Paidy do?

Paidy was a Japanese buy-now-pay-later service letting consumers make online purchases on credit without a credit card.

What other Buy now, pay later (Japan) companies has PayPal acquired?

Paidy is PayPal's only publicly tracked acquisition in Buy now, pay later (Japan) so far.