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PayPal to lay off 70 Israel employees in cuts

9/6/2026

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  • PayPal is laying off 70 employees in Israel.
  • The cuts target the Tel Aviv AI development center that builds fraud-detection and user-experience tools.
  • CEO Enrique Lores announced an efficiency plan to cut 20% of staff, 4,500 jobs, aiming for $1.5 billion savings.
  • Layoffs also affect Ireland (164 jobs), India (200 jobs), and San Jose headquarters (251 jobs).
  • PayPal will close its 10-year-old venture team that invested $850 million in 80 startups.