The popular—and controversial—car-hailing app Uber has its roots in San Francisco, but the company is thinking globally with a new PayPal partnership.
Uber is offering a promotion this month for riders who pay with PayPal.
Credit cards aren't a distinctly American form of payment, but they aren't quite as ubiquitous in other parts of the world, which is where PayPal comes in. Now Uber customers in the U.S., Germany, Italy, France, and the Netherlands can use PayPal to pay for their rides.
"As we've launched Uber in new cities around the world, we've learned many new things," the company said in a Tuesday blog post. "For example, in Bogota, there is no 'black car service'—professional drivers have white cards.
"But one of the most important things we've learned: while we Americans charge our credit cards with abandon, not everyone does."
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