Pay(Pal) Up!

Emarketer is reporting on new quarterly results from PayPal which indicate that its user base and payment volume continue to increase. The number of PayPal accounts topped 96 million in Q4 2005, an increase of over 30 million from one year before. Payment volume increased from $5.6 billion in the fourth quarter of 2004 to $8.1 billion in the fourth quarter of 2005.