A lot of the attention in the payments world deservedly goes to Visa and Mastercard, which are two wonderful businesses. But (NASDAQ: PYPL) has become a force when it comes to digital transactions.  

It hasn't been a fun ride for shareholders, though. If you invested in PayPal in July 2015 at the time it was spun off from eBay, you'd be sitting on a return of 99% (as of July 25). This means that a $1,000 investment in the fintech company would be worth just under $2,000 right now. This pales in comparison to the Nasdaq Composite Index's rise of 182% during the same time. 

Let's take a closer look at where PayPal's been in the past few years. 

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