Late yesterday I received a strange text from "PayPal" informing me that a payment for $999.99 had just been declined. It looks like we might have a new scam on our hands.

It never feels good to pay money to send your money so PayPal is twisting the knife with a $5.99 fee on international transfers to a "friend and family member."

eBay has confirmed it will not be renewing its contract with the online payments system PayPal. The online marketplace will stop using PayPal as its back-end services provider which means it will soon be more difficult to buy products on eBay with your PayPal account. Here's what you need to know.

The launch of Amazon Australia was supposed to be a game-changing event that redefined retail pricing for the whole nation. Instead, its arrival went down like a huge wet fart.

The chief disappointment was price - but that's not all that left us feeling miffed. Here are six things we hated about Amazon Australia's launch.

Australian consumers are already using their mobile devices to make payments on a regular basis. But a large number Australian businesses aren't even ready to accept mobile payments. Read on to find out more.

Android/iOS: PayPal is a great way to send and receive money from people, which makes it pretty silly that its app buries the feature behind layers of dumb menus. The latest update to PayPal fixes all that.

Like it or not, eBay is the biggest auction website in Australia and often has some excellent bargains. But it also has loads of competition from other buyers, a not very intuitive search system and oodles of identical products to wade through. Fortunately there are some essential tricks to become an eBay master.

PayPal has launched a peer-to-peer payments service called PayPal.me that allows you to request money online from people you know through a personalised link. This makes it a lot easier to ask friends and family to pay you back for small amounts of money they owe to you, minus the awkwardness of having to ask them in person.

John Lunn has participated in hundreds of hackathons in his time and is also the global director of BattleHack, one of the biggest hacking events on the map. This makes him a pretty good authority on what works and what doesn't. Earlier in the week, we asked John to share his expertise on what makes a great hackathon. Here are his top tips.

24 hours of programming with a chance to win $US100,000. Doesn't sound too bad if you think you have the skills to compete. This is the core of BattleHack, a global marathon coding competition run by PayPal where teams or individuals come up with interesting uses for the payment provider's various online services.

PayPal's announced the general Australian availability of its PayPal Here Bluetooth device designed to make it easier for small merchants to accept payments.

Using Google Forms to collect information and want to integrate a secure PayPal connection? This simple webapp generates the link you need.

Developing new software is near-impossible if every coding and design decision has to be filtered through multiple layers of management. That might seem unavoidable in a larger organisation, but the experience of PayPal shows it's possible even when you have more than 13,000 employees.

Hi Lifehacker, I have been using PayPal for years, but recently there has been a few refunds due to quality of items and also that wrong items were sent to me. PayPal has buyer protection where we can lodge disputes and escalate to claims if problems arise with our purchase. However, PayPal recently has disabled my account saying I have too many disputes and claims. They also said that this cannot be appealed. Can PayPal do this? What can I do about it? Thanks, PayProblem

Brief news items of note for Lifehacker readers, including paying Telstra bills with PayPal and Samsung's move into the virtual wallet/ticketing space.

Aside from being subject to bad talkback radio, one of the biggest nuisances of catching a taxi is the fiddly payment process. Previously-featured taxi booking app goCatch has added the ability to pay drivers via PayPal, potentially simplifying that hassle and scoring you a cheaper fare.

Need to stock up the party nook? Dan Murphy's is offering free delivery for online orders of wine, champagne, spirits and cider until September 9 if you use PayPal and enter the code. Note: no beer.

Dear Lifehacker, I am the treasurer for a very small association. We want to use PayPal so we can sell raffle tickets, receive donations on our Facebook page and so on. I'm just wondering what would be the best way to set up PayPal to do this? Obviously we want to try to avoid fees wherever possible. Cheers, Fees Freeze

If you've been trying to pay for something on eBay with PayPal today, chances are it hasn't worked. eBay Australia says it is urgently working on a fix; we'll keep an eye out.