California-based PayPal has withdrawn plans for an expansion into Charlotte because of North Carolina's new law limiting legal protections for LGBT people. The announcement comes as opposition to House Bill 2 continues to grow.
The payments company said last month it would open a global operations center in Charlotte, which would have employed over 400 people.
Now PayPal has cancelled those plans. The company released a statement saying the new law “violates the values and principles that are at the core of PayPal's mission and culture.”
This comes as a number of cities and states are banning taxpayer-funded travel to North Carolina.
Atlanta is the latest, joining San Francisco, Seattle and Boston.
And the Greensboro City Council will consider a resolution opposing HB2 at its regular meeting Tuesday night.
The governors of New York, Washington, Minnesota and Vermont are banning all non-essential travel to North Carolina.
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