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PayPal halts payments to India
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San Francisco: Online payments' service Paypal has halted personal payments to India following new government regulations that were designed to crack down on money laundering.
Paypal Monday did not cite a specific reason for the suspension apart from concerns raised by PayPal's "business partners and stakeholders". The company noted that commercial payments to merchants in India would continue as normal.
The move is expected to have a serious impact on the thousands of Indian freelancers who are paid via Paypal for web design, writing and software development, PC World reported.
The move is reportedly related to the Indian government's crackdown in November 2009 on international banking transactions, when it instituted new reporting and verification requirements on all banks and financial institutions to prevent international money laundering.
Paypal Monday did not cite a specific reason for the suspension apart from concerns raised by PayPal's "business partners and stakeholders". The company noted that commercial payments to merchants in India would continue as normal.
The move is expected to have a serious impact on the thousands of Indian freelancers who are paid via Paypal for web design, writing and software development, PC World reported.
The move is reportedly related to the Indian government's crackdown in November 2009 on international banking transactions, when it instituted new reporting and verification requirements on all banks and financial institutions to prevent international money laundering.
Reader's comments(9)
1: Hey all freelancers
Why cannot we start our own such service competiting services like Paypal. I am a web developer and ready to contribute to such projects. Interested ones may contact for collaboration at abhishek5604.06@bitmesra.ac.in
Why cannot we start our own such service competiting services like Paypal. I am a web developer and ready to contribute to such projects. Interested ones may contact for collaboration at abhishek5604.06@bitmesra.ac.in
Posted by: Abhishek Bharadwaj - 09 Feb, 2010
2: I as a freelancer is an affected person in
this context. The government regulation as I
understand is against international money
laundering, whereas the Paypal move affects
payments received in small amounts for valid
services rendered to foreign clients by
Indian freelancers.I am a tax payer and has
not hidden any such income from tax
authorities as I believe in telling the truth
rather than spend sleepless tensions. There
is no indication when the problemm will be
sorted out. There is no other instant money
transfer option as this government regulation
will be applicable to any such services. I do
not know whether iMO facility of Indian
postal services can substitute.
Posted by: Subramania Iyer - 09 Feb, 2010
3: Please note the following issues of
PayPal:
1. Although it says, only Personal transactions to be blocked, PayPal has gone ahead and blocked all transactions (including commercial transactions) to India.
2. While you are trying to remit money to India, it allows to convert USD to INR and then cancels the remittance, converts INR back to USD, thereby the customer losing twice on the currency conversion. PayPal is not refunding this loss. Infact, at the first instance, it should not have allowed the USD to INR conversion.
3. No Prior intimation from PayPal. It was like a bolt from the blue.
4. PayPal is giving no confirmation as to when the issue will be resolved.
5. Clients who are sending money to PayPal, PayPal is accepting the funds. Then it deducts its own share of fees and returns the balance amount back to the client.
This is totally un-professional and should be dealt with very strictly.
1. Although it says, only Personal transactions to be blocked, PayPal has gone ahead and blocked all transactions (including commercial transactions) to India.
2. While you are trying to remit money to India, it allows to convert USD to INR and then cancels the remittance, converts INR back to USD, thereby the customer losing twice on the currency conversion. PayPal is not refunding this loss. Infact, at the first instance, it should not have allowed the USD to INR conversion.
3. No Prior intimation from PayPal. It was like a bolt from the blue.
4. PayPal is giving no confirmation as to when the issue will be resolved.
5. Clients who are sending money to PayPal, PayPal is accepting the funds. Then it deducts its own share of fees and returns the balance amount back to the client.
This is totally un-professional and should be dealt with very strictly.
Posted by: Raj Oberoi - 09 Feb, 2010
4: Guys,
It says Paypal has only stopped the service of Personal Payments.
It says that commercial payments to merchants in India would continue as normal.
I think we can write to pay pal and ask them if one is a Business Customer of Pay Pal then things can work as they were working....
I have already send a mail to pay pal regarding the issue, will update the post as they respond back..
Thanks,
Himansshu H Singh
It says Paypal has only stopped the service of Personal Payments.
It says that commercial payments to merchants in India would continue as normal.
I think we can write to pay pal and ask them if one is a Business Customer of Pay Pal then things can work as they were working....
I have already send a mail to pay pal regarding the issue, will update the post as they respond back..
Thanks,
Himansshu H Singh
Posted by: Himansshu H Singh - 09 Feb, 2010
6:We need to stop the dependancy for everything
on other countries yaa... what is this.. Lets
start our world.. we are concentrated in only
servicing to others not in product
manufacturing and selling across the
globe.
e.g. paypal, verisign MS.. Apple.. google.. intel.. sony.. etc etc...
there are very few Indian companies who has a brand name across the globe .. why
jaago indians jaago... otherwise wo obama India ko Duba dega....
e.g. paypal, verisign MS.. Apple.. google.. intel.. sony.. etc etc...
there are very few Indian companies who has a brand name across the globe .. why
jaago indians jaago... otherwise wo obama India ko Duba dega....
prasad kumbhojkar replied to: Raj
post - 08 Feb, 2010
post - 08 Feb, 2010
7: This would impact a lot of payments that are
made through this site, because it is now
widely used across the country..
Posted by: Amar - 08 Feb, 2010
8:Yes True,, BUT THE GOOD THING IS THERE ARE
OTHER SITE LIKE MONEYBOOKERS WHICH CAN STILL
BE OF HELP...
hEMANT replied to: Amar
post - 08 Feb, 2010
post - 08 Feb, 2010
9: This isn't fair on Indians. I make many
transactions through paypal and now this is
going to have a serious impact on me and many
freelancers. very bad
Raghu Kumar CK replied to: hEMANT
post - 08 Feb, 2010
post - 08 Feb, 2010
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