A renowned eBay company PayPal, has suspended personal payments from and to India and transfers to local banks in the country.The move to block personal payments to and from India was apparently a sudden one, even leaving commercial payments in no-man's land. Although merchants must provide proof of deliver in order to receive a payment to their PayPal account, they too will not be able to withdraw this amount from local banks.

Customer feedback of the inconvenience caused pegs the lack of providing an early notice of such a move and has resulted in a deadlock. In one case, customers have booked tickets online, which are to be collected at the venue, but the merchant has not received the amount in his PayPal ID because he is unable