MasterCard, Visa pressure sees PayPal stop servicing payments for Mega

US senator puts heat on Visa, MasterCard over the Kim Dotcom-founded file sharing service, and they in turn lean on PayPal, Mega says | NZX reverse listing still on.

Chris Keall
Mon, 02 Mar 2015

Mega has been forced to give its paying customers free access after PayPal stopped processing payments – and it has yet to sign up a replacement.

Stephen Hall, the Kim Dotcom-founded file sharing service's chairman and chief compliance officer, tells NBR the move followed political pressure on

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