Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

The graph below depicts the number of Paypal reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Paypal users through our website.

• Sign in (46%)
• Errors (34%)
• Website Down (20%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Paypal outage reports came from the following cities:

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Sollefteå	Errors	14 hours ago
Brussels	Sign in	21 hours ago
Paris	Errors	22 hours ago
Oslo	Errors	1 day ago
Versailles	Errors	2 days ago
Lewes	Sign in	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  ✄ 𝖕𝖔𝖓𝖙𝖎 --- (@pontiikii) reported 3 minutes ago

  paypal is so much more trouble than its ****** worth but ay i dont have any other options

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  Saint Valentino⁷ ⊙⊝⊜🥢 (@StMinValentino) reported 7 minutes ago

  @anilum10 @SupportMinKG93 The problem is @SupportMinKG93 was not able to use her paypal and tried to use some other person's paypal to send money to dataagustd. That other person just stole the money and did not sent it to data.

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  DismasWaTabu (@DismasWaTabu) reported 8 minutes ago

  PayPal has a wonderful system. They call it anti-money laundering. What it really is, is a way to freeze African accounts whenever they feel like it. Here is how it works. You are trying to do business in Kenya. You need to get paid online. You set up PayPal. Everything is fine for a while. Then one day, PayPal decides you need to provide documents. Not just any documents. Impossible documents. Documents that do not exist. Documents that no African bank has ever heard of. You send what you have. It is not enough. They freeze your account. Your money is stuck. You cannot access it. PayPal says it is for security. It is to stop money laundering. It is to protect everyone. Funny thing though. This happens mostly to Africans. Not to Americans. Not to Europeans. To Africans. PayPal will tell you they treat everyone the same. But everyone knows that is a lie. They have a special playbook for Africa. Step one: freeze the account. Step two: ask for documents. Step three: freeze it again because the documents are not the right format. Step four: keep the money. They know we have no consumer protection laws. They know we cannot sue them effectively. They know we need the money more than they need us. So they freeze. They block. They take their time. And we suffer. This is not anti-money laundering. This is business as usual for PayPal in Africa. This is called colonialism with a login page. Dismas wa Tabu. Dreaming in installments. Billed in full.

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  XIRSI🐪 (@XirsiJJ99) reported 8 minutes ago

  I just woke up and I can’t login to my PayPal account. **** this ****, **** this white bastard, my eyes are blurry cause i was saving that 4K for vacation 😔

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  🐚 robin ᨐฅ (@lebsiankitten) reported 8 minutes ago

  hello @AskPayPal why can’t i transfer my money is the app broken ?

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  HiveMind_254 (@gitoi_false) reported 9 minutes ago

  @DismasWaTabu We need to audit, locally costs about 20k, a lot. He agrees, gets the money later in the month, not immediately. What would happen to a person who took a loan for a project? PayPal, fix your stuff. You run guys out of business,

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  Mokaya (@ekmokaya) reported 11 minutes ago

  I have PayPal accounts in Kenya and the EU, and the difference is ridiculous. The Kenyan one gets blocked, restricted, and frozen so often that it is basically useless. Even after sending the documents they ask for and answering their endless questions, the account still gets treated like a crime scene. They keep escalating the documents needed to keep the Kenyan account operational and to send and receive basic money. Surprisingly, I have never had this problem with my EU account, yet I am the same person operating both accounts. The experience is similar for many fellow Africans I have spoken to. Bottom line is that PayPal just gives African users the worst of its experience. I hope the new @PayPal CEO @EnriqueJLores

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  DismasWaTabu (@DismasWaTabu) reported 13 minutes ago

  I have seen people ask why use PayPal even after knowing the issues. Why not use alternatives like Payoneer, Skrill, or other payment platforms instead? If you are new to the gig economy, you are about to find out why. When you are starting out, you have nothing. No clients. No track record. No referrals. You are hungry to get your first job. You will take anything. Then a client comes and says they only pay through PayPal. What do you do? You say yes. You cannot afford to say no. You do not have five other clients waiting. You have zero clients. This is the trap that catches new entrants. You need to build your reputation. You need referrals. You need clients who will recommend you to others. One good client at the beginning can make or break your career in the gig economy. So you use PayPal even though you have heard the stories. You have seen people's accounts frozen. You have seen money trapped for months. But you think it will not happen to you. You need the work more than you fear the risk. And this is exactly why PayPal knows they can do this. They know new people are desperate. They know we will accept whatever they demand because we are trying to survive. They know we cannot negotiate. The alternatives exist. But they do not matter when you are new and you have nothing. You take what the client gives you. You use what they tell you to use. And you hope you do not become one of the frozen accounts while you are still trying to feed yourself. This is the burden of being a new freelancer in Africa. You do not have power. You have desperation. Dismas wa Tabu. Dreaming in installments. Billed in full.

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  IGBO Stanford (@Onyemaizuchi) reported 18 minutes ago

  @manifestosantoz @MaxwellMbae @JoshOO1J The few people we know that have used it still got their accounts banned. Y’all should settle your issues with PayPal, leave Nigeria out of it.

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  Mbiti Mwondi Maino,MD (@mbiti_mwondi) reported 18 minutes ago

  The things that people complain here about online writing and WiFi economy is in my book,with 15 years experience in the game people think I am mad. Now I wake up and see them complaining about PayPal since time immemorial! People who don’t read and research are the problem!

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  Madness (@StopTehMadness) reported 18 minutes ago

  Congratulations on HQ (Tate Hotel), young lads. It's beyond time to show up or shut up @Cobratate @TateTheTalisman . Infinite Money Glitch, my PayPal. In fact, pay @yacineMTB first. Otherwise, I'm going to assume you're working for the Away Team and *actually* are lying *****.

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  Jeremy Moses (@JeremyMoses85) reported 20 minutes ago

  @GooglePlay @AskPayPal The fact they're in game isn't the issue. The fact they're falsely advertising is.

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  Silicon Salvage (@SiliconSalvage) reported 21 minutes ago

  There is a graveyard in American tech right now and nobody is walking through it. Companies down 70, 80, 90% from the highs. Still profitable. Still growing. Still the leader in their category. Just unloved. The Trade Desk at 9x earnings. PayPal at 12x with $6 billion in free cash flow. Adobe at 17x and people are talking about it like it’s Kodak. Etsy at 8x EBITDA running a marketplace that two billion people have heard of. Roku trading below its own balance sheet liquidation value if you squint. Match Group, Zoom, Pinterest — each of these would have been a hedge fund’s top pick at this multiple in 2017. Now they’re orphans. Everyone is buying the Mag 7 because the Mag 7 is the trade. The Mag 7 IS already the trade. The trade is over. The next trade is in the rubble pile. You don’t get rich buying what worked. You get rich buying what stopped working for reasons that turn out to be temporary. Every name on that list was a market darling 36 months ago. The fundamentals didn’t fall 80%. The narrative did. Narratives come back. Earnings compound. I’m not buying NVDA at 45x. I’m buying the names CNBC won’t say out loud anymore

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  Astro (@JonesJorney) reported 23 minutes ago

  @justwords_mo @amerix I have never used PayPal, but I'm fearful of using it for the first time to receive funds from clients I work for, as it might get suspended. This is a problem many ppl are facing; you're among the exceptions.

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  Robicheaux Horne (@dunialipa) reported 27 minutes ago

  @JoshOO1J @Weeleey6 Problem with PayPal is that some people registered with emails and names that don't match the credentials from payout they have integrated e.g You have Patrick mahoki name email but bank or mpesa has different name John Njuguna

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  The Outlaw (@MOBDuty) reported 29 minutes ago

  @JoshOO1J @kisiagi_1 There's only one problem with PayPal. You don't use personal PayPal for business. If you want to receive Money from individuals, make that PayPal business the minute you open it. Provide proof of business and you'll be good to go.

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  Violetta (@ViolaTheRabbit) reported 30 minutes ago

  @vexmlk @PayPal i'll be honest here: if everyone had PIX, those kinda problems wouldn't exist.

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  Will Morand (@wjmorand) reported 31 minutes ago

  @Azur_one1 @vexmlk @PayPal So your argument basically boils down to “They’re corrupt, get over it”.

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  提督 Aegis (@AdmiralAegis) reported 31 minutes ago

  PayPal yesterday decided that an online hobby store I buy from all the time was somehow a problem and refused the transaction. I have no idea why.

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  Mark Teddy Jr. (@MarkTeddyJnr) reported 32 minutes ago

  @ekmokaya Same, I have never had issues on my PayPal with EU credentials but my Kenyan one got blocked for some weird reason. My my EU one every now and then they ask for my ID which is a bit annoying.

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  TBaango (@KarongoMunga) reported 38 minutes ago

  @KaongoMustDie @ntvkenya I'm not the problem. PayPal is simply the payment method my clients prefer to use, so that's what I work with.

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  Hans (@tingbadimalo) reported 38 minutes ago

  @JoshOO1J Paypal issues are not related to race. They've be on that bullshit since the early 2000s.Their model is to hold as many millions as they can, for as long as they can, and profit via interest & other liquid investments. It's all buried in fine print that ****** don't care to read

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  Crow (Leons bf)🔞 (@HauntedCorvid) reported 42 minutes ago

  @Vinnysinny0 Ive been tempted to find someone to comission for ship art of my sona and krauser or even leon tbh, im just pissed bc my card and PayPal are being really dumb and not working lmao

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  mtu_Qutu (@Kailemiaa) reported 43 minutes ago

  @MkenyaMzi Mimi nami PayPal closed two of my accounts with more than $1400 in 2024, nikawaandikia but wakasema their not is final... I sat down and looked for loophole in their system and after 1 year nikapata. Let's just say hakuna mwezi huisha kama sijatoa $500

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  Andrewmwnk (@andrewmwnk) reported 47 minutes ago

  @amerix I have used paypal for over 13 years never had any issues. I believe majority of accounts are locked out due to verification issues

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  ness🌟🌈 COMMS OPEN (@nenejpg) reported 49 minutes ago

  Gonna hold comms for intl clients for now while i'm handling some issues with payment in Paypal (but i'll start working for those who have already payed). Despite this, commissions are still open for local! #artph

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  ❄️AnalQueen❄️ (@PetiteNativee) reported 51 minutes ago

  Who's down to PayPal for some ***??

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  b(i)soda pridedux🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 (@sodaslacked) reported 52 minutes ago

  @CertPieHiker SIGHHHHHH no problem tho if u do need food and if u do habe paypal hmu whenever

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  Soba (@SobaXIV) reported 53 minutes ago

  Moving servers would be great if there wasn't a ******* housing crisis almost everywhere NO I don't wanna paypal you 400 DOLLARS for a MEDIUM IN A CONGESTED SERVER **** YOU USE THE LOTERY SYSTEM HOW IT WAS INTENEDED TO BE USED YOUR FAMILY TREE BUILT LIKE A CIRCLE FRFR

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  Courtney 🩶🖤 (@wonderlandcourt) reported 54 minutes ago

  @SmallerInTexas i had issues with the payment too. i used my capital one card and it kept declining but i have it linked to my paypal so the payment went thru when i used paypal instead. soooo frustrating