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PayPal is extending its retail presence: The online payment giant partners with credit card brand Discover, one of the larges card issues in the US, to bring PayPal to more than 7 million retail locations in the United States. Under the agreement, Discover enables participating merchants to accept PayPal via their existing relationship with Discover. To offer PayPal, merchants won’t have to upgrade existing point of sale hardware or software. Starting in 2013, the relationship will extend PayPal’s reach to millions of merchants across the US.

“This initiative will result in real change and innovation for the industry by bringing new technologies to the point of sale that benefit merchants and PayPal customers,” commented Diane Offereins, President of Discover Payment Services.