Paypal users in Thailand can keep on paying and palling – for now

PayPal has won a last-minute reprieve in Thailand, announcing late last night that it had averted its de facto shut down.

Two days before most of its customers in Thailand were to be cut off due to new government regulations intended to combat money laundering, the company announced just before midnight that it would continue to operate as normal – for now – and acknowledged all the on-again, off-again confusion.

“We deeply value our customers in Thailand, and we have been listening carefully to their concerns about proposed changes to our services,” it said in a statement from company spokesperson Pannavach Pichaibavornphat. “There has been confusion amongst our customers, especially freelancers, casual sellers, and sole proprietors, and we sincerely apologize for this.

We have been listening to the concerns expressed by our customers in Thailand,…