Paypal will support only Cheque Withdrawal for Indian Users from 1st August 2010

Stating regulatory reasons, Paypal has informed that it will stop supporting Electronic Bank Transfer facility for Indian users from 1st August 2010. At present you can request for either an electronic or cheque withdrawal of funds from your PayPal account if you are an India user.

From July 29, 2010 onwards, you will only be able to request for a cheque withdrawal of funds from your PayPal account. Paypal will not be charging the usual $5 fees for cheque processing.

Paypal says that they are working towards getting the process of getting the Electronic Bank Transfer restored, however, haven’t given any timelines about when that might again get restored. A few months back, PayPal had stopped any kind of personal transfers for Indian Uses (Read: [India] Paypal Money sent back to the Sender? (WTF))

Below is the email i received from Paypal.

Dear Vaibhav Pandey,

In accordance with regulatory instructions, we would like to notify you about a change in our withdrawal functionality in India starting on August 1, 2010. At present you can request for either an electronic or cheque withdrawal of funds from your PayPal account if you are an India user.

From July 29, 2010 onwards, you will only be able to request for a cheque withdrawal of funds from your PayPal account.

While we are working hard to restore the electronic withdrawal service, in the meantime, we are bringing this matter to your attention so that you can plan your future withdrawal activities accordingly.

To request for a cheque withdrawal:

1. Log into your PayPal account, click on ‘Withdraw’.
2. Click on the ‘Request a cheque from PayPal’ link.
3. Enter the withdrawal amount and select your mailing address, then click ‘Continue’.
4. Click ‘Submit’ to confirm your request.

In order to help you with this change and until further notice, we will refund the $5 USD cheque withdrawal fee to you for cheque withdrawals made on July 29, 2010 onwards.

For any questions, please log into your PayPal account and click ‘Contact Us’ at the bottom of the page.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused from this change in our withdrawal functionality. We will provide ongoing updates to you here. We thank you for your attention and patience as we work tirelessly to resolve this situation as quickly as possible.
Thank you,

The PayPal Asia Team

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