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Gohman: PayPal has 197M consumer relationships and 15M small business accounts

Keri Gohman · Three Non Obvious Lessons Learned Selling to SMBs with Xero and Friends · Aug 21, 2017 · at 1:58

Keri Gohman introduces PayPal GM Amit Mathradas on a panel regarding SaaS and SMB software ecosystems.

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“A couple of you might have heard of PayPal, an online payments provider and definitely at scale, a hundred and ninety seven million consumer relationships, fifteen million small business relationships, About six million of those in North America alone. And PayPal's really seeking to democratize financial services. So big mission. Lots of scale. 18,000 employees worldwide.”

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The claim, plainly

As of August 2017, PayPal had 197 million consumer relationships, 15 million small business relationships (including about 6 million in North America), and 18,000 employees worldwide.

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Assessment

The speaker cited figures derived from PayPal's year-end 2016 SEC filings (Form 10-K) rather than August 2017 metrics, with minor conflation of metric categories. As of December 31, 2016, PayPal reported 197 million total active customer accounts (which included 15 million active merchant accounts, rather than 197 million consumer relationships separate from merchant relationships) and approximately 18,100 employees worldwide. By Q2 2017 (June 30, 2017), active customer accounts had grown to 210 million (including 17 million merchant accounts). Additionally, SEC filings did not disclose a distinct geographic breakdown for the ~6 million North American small business accounts.

PayPal Form 10-K for FY2016 reported 197 million active customer accounts globally as of December 31, 2016, which included 15 million active merchant accounts.
PayPal Form 10-K for FY2016 reported approximately 18,100 employees globally as of December 31, 2016.
PayPal Q2 2017 earnings release reported active customer accounts had grown to 210 million, including 17 million merchant accounts, by June 30, 2017.

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[1] sec.gov [2] sec.gov [3] paypal-corp.com [4] paypal-corp.com [5] sec.gov [6] sec.gov [7] sec.gov [8] equinix.com

"As of December 31, 2016" "PayPal" "employees" "10-K" "PayPal Holdings" "10-K" "December 31, 2016" "197 million" "15 million" "PayPal" "197 million" "15 million" "2017" OR "active consumer" "PayPal Holdings" "10-Q" "June 30, 2017" "active accounts" OR "active customer accounts" "As of December 31, 2017" "PayPal" "employees" "10-K" "PayPal" "small business" "6 million" "North America" 2017 "As of December 31, 2016, we employed" "PayPal"

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