Paypal comes to Belarus and Moldova

Finally, on our street is a holiday!

PayPal announced plans to launch its services in ten new markets. In the coming days, residents of Belarus, Moldova, Zimbabwe, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Macedonia, Monaco, Nigeria, Paraguay and Montenegro will be able to open PayPal accounts and start making payments on millions of sites around the world without entering bank card data.

We are pleased that today the inhabitants of Belarus receive a convenient and simple solution for making purchases over the Internet. We are constantly working on finding new promising markets and we are very flattering every day to read about how people around the world welcome the emergence of PayPal in new countries, because we are doing everything possible for this ”PayPal regional director in Russia and Belarus.

Vladimir Malyugin,
PayPal Regional Director for Russia and Belarus.

Most likely, at first, accounts will not be able to accept payments. Those who have open accounts in Lithuania or Russia will have to close them and register new ones. For:

In accordance with regulations governing banking activities, you cannot change a country in the address that is different from the one that was specified when opening the account. If you are moving abroad, you will need to close an existing account, and then open a new one. If you live in two countries, then you can use two PayPal accounts.
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At the time of posting, neither Belarus nor Moldova is in the list of countries allowed for registration .

Original news here.

UPD:

As the Onliner.by journalist was told in PayPal, while the Belarusians still cannot register for the service. “The PayPal service will be available for residents of Belarus in the coming days. We will inform additionally that the registration is open, ” said a company representative.

UPD2: Registration is open!