In a significant move to strengthen the security of its Paypal payment system, eBay has announced the pending acquisition of Verisign's payment gateway business and the formation of a strategic alliance with Verisign. eBaqy had already taken measures to beef up the security of Paypal, but this is a large step that will have a strong effect on security, but also allow more options to be offered to customers.BetaNews | eBay Acquires VeriSign Payment System