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[Vibuda @ChromnZ]

@Asitte_ @minuk_weerakoon Im there too

[Numbers.lk @numberslka]

PayPal in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰: Decade-Old Deadlock Nears 2026 Breakthrough 👏👏

⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 is reportedly set to officially launch PayPal services from 15 May 2026.

⭕ This means Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 users and businesses may, for the first time, be able to receive international payments directly into local bank accounts through PayPal, not just send money abroad.

⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 has pursued PayPal inward payments since at least 2014, but legal, banking and foreign exchange barriers delayed access for over a decade.

⭕ Multiple administrations, including the MR, Yahapalana and Gota administrations, spoke about building a digital economy and making Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 a digital hub, but basic inward payment access remained a major gap.

⭕ CBSL’s archaic and lagging stance was a major part of the delay, as its cautious approach to foreign exchange rules, licensed banking channels, AML safeguards and transaction monitoring remained the main bottleneck.

⭕ CBSL was also uncomfortable with PayPal’s closed-loop global platform, where foreign currency balances, reversals and transfers could operate outside Sri Lanka’s 🇱🇰 local banking system.

⭕ To this day, many freelancers and SMEs still lack a convenient formal way to receive payments for services provided to foreign clients.

⭕ The NPP Government’s Digital Ministry managed to get all parties to agree on some form of implementation, which is highly commendable.

⭕ PayPal is now expected to launch in Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 on 15 May, initially for B2B inward payments to exporters, according to reports.

⭕ This means the first phase will support business-to-business export payments, not full PayPal access for general users, especially freelancers, B2C sellers and digital product creators.

⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 already has formal export payment channels with heavy regulatory processes, so PayPal’s initial B2B rollout may not immediately transform exporter payments or create a major impact. but it is still an important starting point.

⭕ The real test is whether CBSL, local banks and PayPal expand this limited B2B rollout into wider inward payment access, similar to what users already have in many other countries.

⭕ After more than a decade of delays, the real test is whether CBSL, local banks and PayPal expand this limited B2B rollout into wider access for ordinary Sri Lankan 🇱🇰 users, freelancers, SMEs and digital businesses to receive global payments easily, legally and reliably.

#SriLanka #PayPal

[xQc @xQc]

How is this employee of your company talking to dedicated players this way? @riotgames @RiotSupport @VALORANT The terms of service AND live support on the website state that @Trainwreckstv was within the TOS. Important evidence in comments

[y @ysuckme]

Neverrrrrrrrrrrr Everrrrrrrrrrrr underestimate how much of a blessing it is to have zero health problems and your mum still alive.

[ye @kanyewest]

https://t.co/CadLZNd26b

#ye

[Rick and Morty @RickandMorty]

New Rick and Morty when? May 24th

[Tristan Tate @TateTheTalisman]

Which Zoo owns this monkey.

@Cobratate and I will buy it.

250,000 dollars.

I am NOT joking.

[Vibuda @ChromnZ]

@Asitte_ @SLinMaldives Thank you Hassan! Glad to see everyone getting together. 🇱🇰🤝🇲🇻

[Kurrco @Kurrco]

6 years ago today...

Future & Drake — Life Is Good

[2001 Live @25YearsAgoLive]

“RuneScape,” a new MMORPG, is launched.

[Watcher.Guru @WatcherGuru]

FUN FACT: 15 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto disappeared after posting on the Bitcoin Forum for the last time.

[Wall Street Mav @WallStreetMav]

Too bad political leaders in Europe don’t understand this.

Europe is making every mistake possible.

[sea 🇪🇸🇦🇷 @neverlie]

From changing public opinion on China, conquering the USA/Europe, & being followed by Ronaldo, I think we all knew IShowSpeed was streamer of the year

[RileyTaugor 🏴 @RileyTaugor]

The Juice WRLD x Fortnite event happened one year ago today

It broke Fortnite’s all-time concurrent player record, and that record still hasn’t been broken

Legendary🕊️

https://t.co/g5hTLc8yQM

[RapTV @Rap]

Happy Heavenly Birthday to Juice WRLD 🧃🌎
He would have turned 27 today🕊️

LLJW‼️🙏

[Vibuda @ChromnZ]

@Asitte_ Thank you so much Hassan!! This means a lot to us.