Trudy Walsh reports in GCN.com that county and local governments are using PayPal to collect payments for recreation programs, motor vehicle department fees and other government services.
Glenn Lim, PayPal’s general manager for alliances and non-retail adds that people are already familiar with PayPal from using eBay and other online merchant sites, so they are comfortable using it to pay parking tickets or library fines.

The advantage to local governments is that PayPal handles the security aspects of credit card information, said Judy Chang, PayPal’s principal product manager.

Counties are using PayPal to accept payments for services ranging from utilities to tickets for the annual regatta, Chang said.

The number of county and local governments using PayPal now numbers “probably in the thousands,” Lim said. Customers include Lee County, Ala., and Menlo Park, California.

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