“The new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal’s mission and culture," PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman said in a statement. | Getty PayPal pulls North Carolina center over new LGBT law

PayPal will no longer move forward with its planned new global operations center in Charlotte, North Carolina, after the state passed a law that eliminates anti-discrimination protections for lesbians, gays and bisexuals and keeps transgender people from using the bathroom of their chosen gender.

“The new law perpetuates discrimination and it violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal’s mission and culture. As a result, PayPal will not move forward with our planned expansion in Charlotte,” a statement released by PayPal President and CEO Dan Schulman said Monday.


Schulman said the California-based company will now seek a new location for the global operations center, which was announced just two weeks ago.

“This decision reflects PayPal’s deepest values and our strong belief that every person has the right to be treated equally, and with dignity and respect,” Schulman continued in the statement. “Our decision is a clear and unambiguous one … As a company that is committed to the principle that everyone deserves to live without fear of discrimination simply for being who they are, becoming an employer in North Carolina, where members of our teams will not have equal rights under the law, is simply untenable.”

According to PayPal, the center would have employed 400 skilled workers.

Other companies, such as Pepsi Co., have pressured North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory (R) to repeal the law, which he signed on March 24.

Governors in New York, Vermont and Washington state — along with mayors from multiple cities, including Washington, D.C. — have also banned government-funded travel to North Carolina.