Facebook Announces Partnership with PayPal for Ad and Credits Payments

Facebook is partnering with eBay-owned PayPal, the two companies are announcing today, so that people can buy Facebook advertising and its virtual currency, Credits, using the online payment service.

Although some have speculated that Credits could become a PayPal rival, this partnership suggests that Facebook is going to continue building Credits as a virtual currency, and not as a payments service. The press release today says as much: “The goal of Facebook Credits is to give users a fast and easy way to buy virtual goods on Facebook, including items from the Facebook Gift Shop.”

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