Does PayPal works in Sri Lanka to send, receive and withdraw payments to my Sri Lankan bank account?

[shhaseena25]

Does PayPal works in Sri Lanka to send, receive and withdraw payments to my Sri Lankan bank account? I see some people claiming it works but some reviews from others making me to believe it doesn't. I'm bewildered, Please help.

I saw on the global countries supported link by PayPal and I firmly believe SRI LANKA is a supported country!

But my research into the GOOGLE makes me confused if truly PayPal is supported in Sri Lanka to send and receive payments.

I need clarifications in this regard!

Thanks for your consideration and Please help me with this issue!

[kernowlass · Accepted solution]

@shhaseena25 

Firstly the option to receive Paypal payments is sadly not available in Sri Lanka.
You can only send payments for purchases funded by your (confirmed) credit card.

Paypal varies a lot country to country and can only offer the services that the banks / governments of that country allow it to offer.
There are quite a few countries unable to receive Paypal payments.

Secondly you have a Saudi Arabian registered Paypal account so why are you asking about Sri Lanka???

User shhaseena25: Saudi Arabia Personal Account

[shhaseena25]

Hi @kernowlass ,

I really appreciate your time taking in to reply to my query.

Well I do have a Saudi Arabian registered PayPal account at the moment! But I'd like to make it clear to you that I'm looking to delve into the field of Digital Marketing where I can set up a store to sell my Digital products online to my customers. So if you're familiar about that Stan store or Beacons.ai, they've only two options to make payments ,that is either through PayPal or Stripe! Direct Bank transfers can't be done unfortunately.

https://help.beacons.ai/en/articles/6439860-setting-up-payments-and-payouts

Please refer to the above link to get an idea about how the payment is processed.

As far as I've seen Stripe isn't available neither in Sri Lanka nor in Saudi Arabia. So I was trying to figure out if payment can be done to my Sri Lankan PayPal where I can withdraw to my Bank account in Sri Lanka without hassle when I forever leave back to my home country. As of right now I'm a resident of Saudi Arabia, so until I'm here payments to my registered Saudi Arabian PayPal won't be an issue where I've linked to my Saudi Arabian Bank account, but I'm doing some serious research on how to do this Digital Marketing career if I leave back to Sri Lanka (my home country) like how will I get paid for my service? Are there alternative methods? Stan store and Beacons.ai both have same payment partnership STRIPE and PAYPAL only!!!

Kindly shed some light into this topic as I'm trying my best to educate myself with the answer!