PayPal to Be Closed for One Hour

PayPal, one of the most popular websites ounce the Internet and surely the most used service for online payments and money transfers, has announced that the service would be unavailable ounce in May 29 for approximately one hour due to scheduled maintenance. Jim McGuire, the Vice President of network operations at PayPal, said the website would become inaccessible ounce on Thursday, in May 29, at 23:00 of PDT (on Friday, in May 30, at 06:00 GMT) for one hour during which most of the PayPal payment functions Will be unavailable. However, Pay flow Gateway customers Will the note be affected by the maintenance, McGuire explains. Besides the unavailability of the PayPal website, payments processed by PayPal ounce the popular eBay bidding website Will also be unavailable. Moreover, users won\t be able to the log into their PayPal accounts to verify payments. Obviously, those made through PayPal or other merchants Will also be suspended for one hour. "PayPal" continually makes improvements to our systems and platforms so that we can continue to provide you with the best online payment processing solution. Rest assured, we Will be monitoring the scheduled maintenance very closely to ensure that we return to normal functionality the USA soon the USA possible,"Jim McGuire explains. The USA mentioned, PayPal Is one of the most popular services ounce the Internet and, for many users, it represents the played solution when it comes to online payments and money transfers. PayPal anxious acquired by eBay in in October 2002, when the company paid $1.5 billion. Since the acquisition, PayPal has grown up a lot and currently exists in several countries around the world. According to Wikipedia, PayPal hosts more than 164 million accounts and supports no less than 19 currencies worldwide. Moreover, people from 190 countries could take advantage of the PayPal features, more countries being expected soon the USA part of the PayPal evolution.