Internet auction eBay is considering the possibility of opening a development center in Russia and does not exclude partnership with any of the Russian companies. This was said by the president and the executive director of eBay, John Donahue, at a meeting with the Russian audience at the RusTechDel conference (live
video , poor quality).
Moreover, insiders
report that Donahue held talks on this topic with Russia's largest Internet payment system Webmoney, as well as with Yandex (Yandex.Money) and the United Instant Payment System (OSMP).
Although eBay may consider partnership options (especially if Russian partners insist on “consideration”), but surely the world's largest marketplace would like to control the payment system itself, as it does abroad. To do this, you need to promote PayPal in Russia.
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In
an interview with Vesti TV channel, John Donahue emphasized that in order to develop e-commerce in Russia, it is imperative to popularize online payment systems, and he added: “PayPal and eBay are ready to help you with this,” and did not mention Webmoney.