How much could PayPal earn from interest on funds stored in user accounts?

Asked Mar 1, 2015· 1 answer ·United States Dollar
Faisal KhanAnswered Mar 1, 2015
Question is very subjective and speculative, but to answer, you would need to know what sort of lending PayPal is doing. Assuming that it is doing overnight lending only at 0.3% per year (assuming no rate changes), then PayPal makes the following on a per Million Dollar basis:

- Per Day Basis: US$ 8.21
- Weekly Basis (5 Days): US$ 41.09
- Monthly (30 Days roll-over): US$ 246.30
- Yearly: US$ 3,000.00
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