I also want to apologize once again for the messaging around the Power Up event. Sorry , this will not happen again.

“Our purpose is to enable small-to-medium businesses (SMBs) to easily conduct electronic-commerce transactions worldwide. The key significance of these new services is that it enables business to be conducted within Malaysia using PayPal and it also gives Malaysian merchants access to our 80 million active accounts worldwide,” said Mario Shiliashki, PayPal managing director and general manager for Southeast Asia & India.

~ Mobile World Magazine

Blogger Kong Tian Leong aka saimatkong was also at the PayPal Power-Up meetup last week in Kuala Lumpur. His summary is well worth a read!

Title: PayPal Innovate 2009
Location: Concourse Expo Center – San Francisco CA
Link out: Click here
Description: Over 1500 of the world\’s top developers coded, networked, and enjoyed their way through PayPal\’s first ever developer conference Nov 3-4 in San Francisco.
Start Date: 2009-11-03
End Date: 2009-11-04

For more information, visit the PayPal website.

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The Grand Prize is US$25,000 in cash. Other prizes include:

•    Cash
•    A Macbook Air
•    Vouchers from participating merchants
•    1 year of free travel
•    Sony PS3

If you’re a PayPal seller, this is a great opportunity for your customers to get what they want plus have a chance to win CrazyHour prizes. To promote CrazyHour on your site, visit our website for PayPal sellers to download promotional banners.

Participation in the PayPal CrazyHour promotion is free and is available for buyers with PayPal accounts in the following countries:  Singapore, India, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Korea, and Philippines.

Here are some places where you can purchase gifts online using PayPal. A more extensive list of merchants is available in the PayPal Facebook Wishlist app.

•    agoda – Online Hotel Discount Reservations
•    comGateway – Shop online in the US from where you live
•    RenChi.com – Buy imported video games
•    Gmarket – Buy and sell apparel, cosmetics, jewelry, electronics & more
•    BangCD.com – Cheap CDs and DVDs
•    Design Tshirts Store graniph – Tee shirts
•    TinyDeal – Direct online gadget store

So what do you plan to get your favorite people this holiday season? And where will you be getting the gifts from? (Don’t worry, we’ll keep your surprise a secret.)

Photo credit: Jaula DeArdilla

1. PayPal uses fraud prevention technology to monitor transactions 24/7 for suspicious activity. Here are five ways you can thwart identity thieves.

2. PayPal has a team of over 2,000 fraud specialists worldwide, including law enforcement officials, who will help protect you from fraud and identity theft.

3. PayPal authenticates all outgoing email so email providers can confirm that PayPal email is actually from PayPal.

4. PayPal safeguards your financial and personal information by encrypting all information sent between your computer and our servers.

5. For just $5.00 USD (free for PayPal Business accounts), you can increase security with a PayPal Security Key that generates a one-time use security code. You enter the code after you’ve logged into your account with your user name and password.

6. PayPal has a verification procedure that provides members with increased security and credibility. Members who’ve completed PayPal’s identification checks inspire buyer and seller confidence in their transactions.

7. PayPal provides 100% buyer protection from unauthorized payments sent from your account.

8. PayPal keeps sellers secure with data encryption, antifraud risk models, card security code (CSC), verification, and antifraud specialists. Compare our services for sellers with other financial institutions.

9. PayPal helps sellers manage unwarranted chargebacks. We have a team of specialists who will help you build a case to dispute a chargeback.

10. PayPal has an exclusive complaint process that will help buyers and sellers resolve transaction problems.

For buyers and sellers alike, PayPal provides unparalleled security and ease.

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