A PayPal sign is seen at an office building in San Jose, California May 28, 2014. REUTERS/Beck Diefenbach/Files
CHICAGO: PayPal Holdings Inc cancelled plans to open a global operations centre in Charlotte, North Carolina and invest US$3.6mil (RM14.08mil) in the area after the state passed a controversial law targeting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) citizens.
The digital payment company's protest is the first by a major business after North Carolina became the first state last month to enact a measure requiring people to use bathrooms or locker rooms in schools and other public facilities that match the gender on their birth certificate rather than their gender identity.
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