Facebook Messenger's latest update adds QR Code-enabled payments in the Pay section. Facebook said last month that it has been exploring options to add QR codes similar to Venmo and Paypal in its ...

Since PayPal’s launch of QR code payments for businesses last May, many merchants have adopted the low-cost contactless payment option.

After years of dominance in China, India, and other Asian countries, the QR code is seeing a resurgence of use in the US thanks to Paypal, Apple, Venmo, and Covid.

QR codes are a popular way to pay in China but the technology has yet to catch on in a meaningful fashion in the U.S. PayPal shares have increased 18% over the past three months as the S&P 500 has ...