Saima Ikram
Famous payments firm PayPal becomes the first company to pull out of Facebook’s Libra alliance. PayPal made the announcement in a statement on Friday. The company has not issued a statement about what prompted the decision.
Libra and its digital wallet Calibra were revealed by Facebook in June.
The cryptocurrency has been severely criticized by regulators. France and Germany have also pledged to block it from Europe saying it threatens the “Monetary Sovereignty”.
PayPal said it “[remained] supportive of Libra’s aspirations” but had chosen to focus on its own core businesses.
Paypal was one of the original members of the Libra Association, a group of 28 companies, non-profits helping to develop Libra and bringing it to the market.
Libra Association says it was aware that attempts to “reconfigure the financial system” would be hard and Paypal has sent out a serious message, a thought to ponder for other financial aids.
“Commitment to that mission is more important to us than anything else,” it said in a statement. “We’re better off knowing about this lack of commitment now.” Libra Association.
