PayPal Pushes AI, Digital Identity as Checkout Grows 2%

PayPal ’s turnaround hinges on a digital rebuild that includes stabilizing the checkout button consumers know today while preparing for a commerce environment in which artificial intelligence agents, digital identity and financial services could change what that button needs to do. During the company’s second-quarter earnings call Tuesday (July 28), PayPal CEO Enrique Lores laid out a multiyear plan that puts agentic payments and digital identity toward the farther end of the timetable.