PayPal is most likely making profit by delaying as much as possible the unblocking of personal accounts because they earn interest on your money. Interest gains on a small amount does not seem like much, but cumulatively, by doing this on many accounts for millions of dollars, it must amount to a LOT of money. The process of making profit of consumer's money being held in company's account is explained here by Dagogo [removed] on his ColdFusion YouTube channel: [removed]
