Amid the continuing battle in Ukraine, PayPal has briefly stopped providing its companies in Russia, in accordance with . In a noticed by , Ukraine’s Vice Prime Minister Mykhailo Fedorov shared a letter from PayPal CEO Dan Schulman confirming the transfer. “Under the current circumstances, we are suspending PayPal services in Russia,” Schulman states within the letter. “PayPal helps the Ukrainian individuals and stands with the worldwide group in condemning Russia’s violent navy aggression in Ukraine.” 

A spokesperson for PayPal instructed Reuters the corporate would proceed to permit withdrawals “for a period of time, ensuring that account balances are dispersed in line with applicable laws and regulations.” Before its newest determination on Saturday, the corporate had beforehand stopped accepting new Russian customers as of March 2nd. PayPal’s present suspension consists of its Xoom cash switch service. It’s price noting had already made it in order that Russian shoppers couldn’t make on-line purchases from retailers registered within the US and EU, so the suspension is probably not as disruptive because it appears.