PayPal, by the second half of this year, will trade under the stock symbol PYPL, the symbol it previously operated under before it was acquired by Ebay (NASDAQ: EBAY) in 2002, according to TechCrunch. To date, the online payment company has accrued more than 165 million customers, with more than $1 trillion in transactions. “This is a meaningful symbol for the company because it represents our unbroken commitment to the spirit of the original vision that the sparked the launch of PayPal 17 years ago,” PayPal CEO Dan Shulman said. PayPal currency operates in more than 200 countries and is widely accepted as an online form of payment, despite competition from other ecurrencies like Bitcoin. For more financial and business news, click here.