PAYPAL CEO SAYS COMPANY NEEDS FASTER DECISIONS AND CLEARER ACCOUNTABILITY

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PayPal CEO Enrique Lores says the company became too slow and layered under prior leadership, and his turnaround plan centers on reducing management layers, clarifying accountability, and investing more heavily in Venmo, Braintree, and consumer financial services. PayPal is also modernizing its technology stack with AI and preparing for agentic commerce, although Lores expects meaningful agent-driven transaction volume to remain limited until around 2028.