The international PayPal service, which provides clients with the opportunity to pay bills and purchases in online stores, has stopped servicing residents of Crimea, Interfax reported on Friday, January 23 . The agency refers to a correspondent who received a letter from the company about deactivating the account.

“This was a very difficult decision for us, but, unfortunately, we are currently unable to provide our services to clients in Crimea,” clarifies the letter that the international service sent to its clients in Crimea on the night of January 23.

operating and servicing customer cards on the peninsula Previously, the international payment systems Visa and MasterCard stopped .

PayPal is part of the American company eBay. According to the official website of the service, its services are used by about 100 million people in 190 countries, the payment system works with 25 world currencies.

In September 2014, eBay decided to separate the PayPal payment system from its structure and create a public company from it this year. This decision comes amid growing competition in the mobile payments market, which includes Apple, Amazon, Google, Visa and MasterCard. In this regard, the company will cut 2,400 jobs, that is, 7% of eBay's total staff, AFP previously reported .

PayPal stopped serving residents of Crimea