PayPal Deepens Retail Drive With Discover Payments Deal

eBay's PayPal online payments service has gained access to millions of stores across the United States through an agreement with Discover Financial Services, extending its reach beyond the web and into the physical world. Under the deal unveiled on Wednesday, PayPal will issue payment cards to its more than 50 million active users in the U.S. next year, which they can use to buy from merchants that already use Discover Network, which links more than 7 million U.S. retail locations.