(05-23-2017, 06:11 AM)andrewjs18 Wrote:(05-22-2017, 08:36 PM)whollykaw Wrote:(05-22-2017, 06:56 PM)andrewjs18 Wrote: I think paypal just offers the convenience more than anything. sign into a website to authorize a payment or go find your wallet, get your CC out and type in a bunch of numbers...?
From my experience Square is even more seamless in that the user do not leave the checkout page in order to complete the purchase. With Paypal it goes to a new page, then login and enter the CC information. Square just makes the checkout process faster. Quite useful when ordering LEs.
I always wondered why paypal does that. I'm not sure if it's for security reasons or what. I have a friend who is a system engineer for paypal. I'll have to ask him if he knows why...
Given that you can link Paypal directly to your bank account (which I would personally never do, unless maybe I created a small, separate account specifically for that purpose), I would certainly hope that a secure, well-implemented login would be required...