We’re at PayPal’s much-hyped PayPal Innovate X 2009, the payments company’s first dedicated developer conference. PayPal, which reported strong earnings recently, is hoping to engage developers in producing applications on top of PayPal’s newly released API. eBay’s CEO John Donahoe said this morning that PayPal is set to be bigger than eBay in the near future, forecasting the payment company’s continued growth and dominance in the space. We reported on parts of the open platform here and here. PayPal is already testing the platform with startups Payvment,FundRazr,Lottay and TwitPay. PayPal is officially opening up its PayPal X platform to developers and will be presenting a roadmap for its view of the future of payments. Here’s a comprehensive list of the Adaptive Payments that PayPal is releasing today.
1. Currency Conversion: Fast and easy global payment apps, automatically converting currencies using current exchange rates.
2. Pay Anyone: For financial and other institutions to let their customers send money when logged in to their bank accounts. Their