PayPal Resume Indian Bank Withdrawals
PayPal, one of the well know Online Payment Portal Or Gateway has resumed its services (Withdrawals) to Indian Banks. As per the Directions of “Reserve Bank of India” PayPal has suspended personal payments to and from India and transfers to local banks in India. Today, PayPal has send and email to all it’s users stating that the Money transfers to the Local Banks has been resumed.
Following is the email which PayPal has sent:
Dear XXXX XXXXX XXXXX,
We have been diligently working with the RBI and our business partners to resume Indian bank withdrawals for the thousands of Indian businesses who depend on PayPal to sell their goods or services in the global marketplace.
Today, we are happy to announce that the RBI has allowed us to continue local bank withdrawals for settlements for exports of goods and services. We are currently making changes to comply with Indian regulations for settlements for exports of goods and services, and we anticipate that, as of Wednesday, March 3rd, customers will be able to use our bank withdrawal service.As part of the changes, you will be required to fill out a new field entitled ‘Export Code’ when you request a withdrawal. This information is required under the current laws of India in order to identify the nature of cross-border merchant transactions.
On Monday, March 1st, we will be back in touch with specific instructions on how you can move your money into your bank account.Moving forward, the RBI has told us that PayPal needs specific approvals to allow personal remittances to India, which we currently do not have. Until we get these approvals, personal payments into India will remain suspended. However, if you are an exporter, you will continue to be able to use the PayPal service for payments of goods and services. In fact, with the changes we are making to our system, PayPal is now set to be a more powerful engine for exporters in India. With purpose codes for export transactions and FIRCs (Foreign Inward Remittance Certificates), you should now be able to get the export related benefits you seek.
You can check the PayPal blog for additional updates.
www.thepaypalblog.com
We thank you for your business and for your patience during the past few
weeks.
Sincerely,
PayPal
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I am not sure why Paypal is being blamed here. If they are to operate in a country they should follow the rules of the specific country. Here RBI directs them what to do and what not to do. So paypal really do not have a chance to operate in India unless they follow what RBI says.
Hmmm, I received te email too. Sad that they aren't resuming Personal Payments yet. But I have faith in them & think they will resolve the situation with RBI soon.
Don't think they can afford to ignore Indian users of PayPal.
Actually Paypal has resolved the issues but now brought about more problems. Check here
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