Activist Investor Reportedly Targeting Digital Payments Firm PayPal

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Apr 18

Shares of PayPal rose approximately 3% on Friday, driven by speculation of activist investor involvement. Market rumors suggest an activist investor may be setting its sights on the digital payments company. This assessment comes from a report issued on Friday by Don Bilson of Gordon Haskett. After reviewing the latest 13F filing from SG Americas, the broker-dealer unit of Société Générale, Bilson suggested the unit could be evolving into a provider of swap contracts, a tool commonly used by activist investors. One of the companies identified as a potential target for an activist investor is PayPal. The payments company replaced its Chief Executive Officer in February of this year, following a period of disappointing earnings and forward guidance. Around the same time, unverified reports surfaced suggesting that PayPal had attracted acquisition interest.

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