PayPal down for customers worldwide as thousands report issues

Payment app PayPal is encountering issues worldwide, it has confirmed.

It said in a post on its service status page it was experiencing "a system issue" that may be affecting multiple PayPal Products - including account withdrawal and express checkout.

"Our technical teams are actively working towards resolving the issue," it adds.

Thousands of customers globally have reported being unable to log in to their accounts or experiencing problems making payments.

Platform outage monitor Downdetector had received more than seven thousand reports from users as of 12:12 GMT.