Overview
Lobbying Costs
350,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5 Fte (2)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
17
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
PayPal SE Belgian Branch (PayPal)
EU Transparency Register
94256896677-14 First registered on 14 Sep 2011
Goals / Remit
Fueled by a fundamental belief that having access to financial services creates opportunity, PayPal is committed to democratizing financial services and empowering people and businesses to join and thrive in the global economy. Our open digital payments interface gives PayPal’s 254 million active account holders the confidence to connect and transact in new and powerful ways, whether they are online, on a mobile device, in an app, or in person. Through a combination of technological innovation and strategic partnerships, PayPal creates better ways to manage and move money, and offers choice and flexibility when sending payments, paying or getting paid. Available in more than 200 markets around the world, the PayPal ecosystem, including Braintree, Venmo and Xoom, enables consumers and merchants to receive money in more than 100 currencies, withdraw funds in 56 currencies and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies. For more information on PayPal, visit https://www.paypal.com/about.
Main EU files targeted
Digital issues and payments-related legislation and policy initiatives, such as the DSM strategy, PSD2, AML, e-Money, eID, payments security discussions, FinTech, cybersecurity, AI, GDPR and data discussions, etc.
Address
Head Office
Boulevard Royal 22-24
Luxembourg 2249
LUXEMBOURGEU Office
Boulevard St Michel 47
Brussels 1040
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
2
Employment time Lobbyists 75% 2 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
1.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
0 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 27 Nov 2019
Name Start date End Date Mathilde Bonneau 15 Nov 2023 14 Nov 2024 Ms Mathilde Bonneau 15 Nov 2023 15 Apr 2024 Mr Matti Salakari 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Ms Mathilde Bonneau 27 Aug 2022 26 Aug 2023 Ms Mathilde Bonneau 03 Mar 2018 02 Mar 2019 Ms Pascale BRIEN 03 Mar 2018 02 Mar 2019 Ms Pia Sorvillo 20 Jun 2016 05 Apr 2017 Ms Mathilde Bonneau 20 Jun 2016 16 Jun 2017 Ms Pia Sorvillo 10 Mar 2015 06 Mar 2016 Ms Pia Sorvillo 04 Apr 2014 10 Mar 2015 Ms Fabienne WEIBEL 09 Sep 2014 04 Sep 2015 Mrs Fabienne WEIBEL 09 Sep 2014 27 Jan 2015 Pia Sorvillo 04 Apr 2014 07 Mar 2015 Mrs Fabienne WEIBEL 20 Sep 2013 09 Sep 2014 Maija HAAS 20 Sep 2013 16 Jul 2014 Pia Sorvillo 11 Apr 2013 04 Apr 2014 Maija HAAS 24 Nov 2012 12 Sep 2013 Mrs Fabienne WEIBEL 17 Nov 2012 12 Sep 2013 Maija HAAS 18 Nov 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mrs Julie LEVEUGLE 08 Dec 2011 01 Nov 2012 Mrs Fabienne WEIBEL 17 Jan 2012 01 Nov 2012 Complementary Information
PayPal Europe dedicates close attention to developments at EU level. Two employees are therefore focused on the EU institutions (though the Government Relations team is active in the full EMEA region), with further employees travelling regularly to Brussels to engage with policymakers.
Person in charge of EU relations
Ms Claire Alexandre (Head of Government Relations EMEA)
Person with legal responsibility
Mr Sean Byrne (PayPal SE Board Member and Chief Operating Officer)
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Categories
Category
II - In-house lobbyists and trade/business/professional associations
Subcategory
Companies & groups
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Networking
Affiliation
EPIF (European Payment Institutions Federation)
ABBL (Association des Banques et Banquiers, Luxembourg)
EMA (E-Money Association)Member organisations
None declared
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
350,000€
Other financial info
Our direct advocacy efforts were calculated as follows: Percentage of 2018 salaries related to the time spent on direct advocacy and in preparation of such meetings, plus external consultants and associations where they have not disclosed this information in the register in an own entry.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
Payment Systems Market Expert Group#E02287 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=2287 #Member #C#Commission expert group on electronic identification and remote Know-Your-Customer processes#E03571 #http://ec.europa.eu/transparency/regexpert/index.cfm?do=groupDetail.groupDetail&groupID=3571 #Member #C
Groups (European Parliament)
None
Communication activities
None
Other activities
PayPal Europe is committed to engaging with policymakers and other market stakeholders with the aim to contribute to the continued development of safe and innovative online and mobile payments for the benefit of European businesses, consumers and SMEs. PayPal welcomes policy initiatives encouraging innovation in the EU and is fully supportive of regulatory efforts to build a comprehensive, inclusive and integrated EU digital financial market ensuring competition and consumer choice.
Meetings
Meetings
17 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 20 Feb 2024 Location Brussels Subject To have an initial contact, and present PayPal’s vision and business priorities, following what has been a series of changes, including product announcements, following the arrival of a new CEO Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Attending - Agnieszka Drzewoska (Cabinet member)
- Patricia Reilly (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Feb 2022 Location Brussels Subject Competition. Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Margrethe Vestager (Executive Vice-President)
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Date 14 Apr 2021 Location Videoconference Subject Meeting on the Skills Agenda and the future of Social Europe. Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Nicolas Schmit Portfolio Jobs and Social Rights Attending - Anouk Faber (Cabinet member)
- Christoph Nerlich (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Mar 2021 Location Video Conferencing Subject Payments Service Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mairead Mcguinness Portfolio Financial services, financial stability and Capital Markets Union Attending - Mairead McGuinness (Commissioner)
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Date 14 Nov 2018 Location Brussels Subject recent developments in the payments market DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 26 Feb 2018 Location Brussels, Belgium. Subject Promoting e-commerce internationally Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Cecilia Malmström Portfolio Trade Attending - Pedro Velasco Martins (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject Digital payments Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Mariya Gabriel Portfolio Digital Economy and Society Attending - Lora Borissova (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2017 Location Brussels Subject fintech, financial services in the EU Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 22 Jun 2017 Location Brussels Subject How financial innovation and FinTech can foster EU jobs and growth Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis Portfolio Euro and Social Dialogue, also in charge of Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Elina Melngaile (Cabinet member)
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Date 27 Apr 2017 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Aare Järvan (Cabinet member)
- Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Electronic payments DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Markus Schulte (Cabinet member)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussels Subject Regulatory technical standards DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Günther Oettinger (Commissioner)
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Date 08 Nov 2016 Location Brussls Subject Customer authentication DG Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Olivier Guersent (Director-General)
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Date 23 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject e-payments and consumer protection in e-commerce Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Aare Järvan (Cabinet member)
- Vivian Loonela (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject role of payments in Europe's e-commerce market Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
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Date 17 Sep 2015 Location Brussels Subject Financial Services Policy Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Jonathan Hill Portfolio Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union Attending - Denzil Davidson (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2015 Location Brussels Subject ISP liabilitiy, restrictions on platforms, parcel delivery, payment service directive Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Kamila Kloc (Cabinet member)
- Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
- Jasmin Battista (Cabinet member)
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