PayPal

Lobbying Organisation PayPal

Date published 20 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Banking and Financial Institutions

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details In person meeting between PayPal’s executives and Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke during his visit to San Jose to discuss policy issues related to AI, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA), PSD3/R and cybersecurity.

Intended results To strengthen relations between PayPal and the Department of Finance and to brief the Department on PayPal’s position in relation to key initiatives such as AI, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and PSD3/R.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Aaron J. Webster, Global Chief Risk Officer, PayPal

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Meeting (1)

Meeting between the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment, Peter Burke and PayPal's Aaron Webster, Prakhar Mehrotra, Shaun Khalfan, Ameeta Patel, Ziyang David Fan and in San Jose to discuss key national priorities including AI, Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) and PSD3/R.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Peter Burke Minister (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

John Newham Assistant Secretary (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)

Brian Keegan Special Advisor (Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment)