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 (47%)
• Errors (34%)
• Website Down (19%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Overland Park	Errors	4 hours ago
Lausanne	Errors	13 hours ago
Ciudad Jardín	Errors	1 day ago
Abingdon	Sign in	2 days ago
Buffalo	Errors	2 days ago
Township of Evan	Errors	3 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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  CryptoSmind (@SmindCrypto) reported 33 seconds ago

  PayPal has lost its mojo—and the numbers don’t lie. PayPal is losing the world it helped create. Once the undisputed king of online checkout, PayPal is now fighting for relevance in a world it helped create. Its branded checkout growth cratered to just 1% in Q4 2025, a sharp plunge from prior rates around 6% in earlier periods. Overall revenue grew modestly (~4%), but missed estimates, contributing to a brutal stock reaction and ongoing pressure. The Competitive Squeeze: Apple Pay, Google Pay, and Shop Pay are eating PayPal’s lunch, especially with younger, mobile-first users. Seamless, wallet-native experiences on phones are winning over the old “Pay with PayPal” button. Apple Pay is closing the gap fast on U.S. users, and the habit shift is real: fewer shoppers are defaulting to PayPal at checkout. This isn’t just cyclical. PayPal’s active user growth has slowed dramatically (low single digits annually), transaction take rates have declined over the years, and competitors like Stripe are outpacing it in key areas. The digital payments moat PayPal once enjoyed has been commoditized by Big Tech integration and smoother alternatives. Historical Echoes Analysts and longtime observers point to 2002 as a symbolic turning point: 👉the eBay acquisition closed, 👉Peter Thiel exited the same day. What started as a scrappy, innovative disruptor became tied to an auction platform before eventually spinning out. The brand still carries legacy strength, but it lacks the cultural spark and developer momentum of its early days. The AI Pivot: Too Little, Too Late? PayPal is now on a reorganization push under new CEO Enrique Lores, talking up AI, automation, cost savings (~$1.5B targeted), and becoming a “technology company again.” It’s streamlining into three business units and investing in ads, crypto, and Venmo. The big question:👇 Is it enough? Guidance for 2026 has been cautious amid macro headwinds and competition, with shares reacting negatively at times. Execution will be tough against entrenched Big Tech players who control the devices and platforms where payments happen. PayPal still has scale, a strong brand, Venmo, and a massive user base. But “mojo” was about being the default, the innovator, the future. Right now, it feels like a mature company defending turf rather than conquering new ground. The market is watching whether this AI/tech reset can restore growth or if PayPal becomes another fintech cautionary tale—profitable but permanently de-risked and de-rated. What do you think—turnaround story or slow decline? #PayPal #Fintech #Payments

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  FinWitness (@FinWitness) reported 3 minutes ago

  $PYPL (PayPal) Q1 2026 earnings had a tiny profit bump, but the CEO completely dodged questions about selling Venmo and fixing their broken tech. Empty buzzwords don't pay the bills. #FinWitness

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  ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ (@SsSw33tt) reported 5 minutes ago

  I just want to know if anyone else has experienced something like this. My bank told me to wait a few days, and I just emailed glitch too... I've never had problems with PayPal before or glitch store It seems that Glitch Store does have a GLITCH😝😝😝😝 (I'M CRYING)

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  ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ ︎ (@SsSw33tt) reported 5 minutes ago

  @heybeegabrielle That's exactly what happened to me. I think I sent several emails a while ago to the store and also to PayPal, but my bank just refunded me first 😭😭😭 I'm surprised because it's the first time I've had this problem in all these years 💔💔

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  surya (@narivaaaal) reported 6 minutes ago

  last week my paypal got hacked TWICE in TWO DAYS and I almost lost more than $2000 but I got the money back. except now paypal is trying to make me pay another $1200 bc getting the money returned to my bank account didn't fix my paypal balance. for some ******* reason

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  Dr. Sserunjogi Emma (@DrSerunjogiEmma) reported 6 minutes ago

  I have been using PayPal in Uganda for now 6+ years and have had no issues. So I'm speaking with a lot of experience. Yesterday I even withdrew 1.7m ugx from my PayPal to Stanbic and in 30 seconds it had reached my bank account. I can do the same with Equity, DFCU and even UBA. Instant withdrawal from PayPal business to my bank account. Just don't try to circumvent the system, pay their transaction fees, you will enjoy PayPal.

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  emmanuel friday (@emmanuelfr51059) reported 7 minutes ago

  @paybis @PayPal I sign up for account 6 month ago I never used the account there are saying my as been disactivate please can solve the problem for the me I want to sell my btc though your website

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  Kung'u wa Kinyatti (@kinyaatii) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Kade_Cin im not sure why paypal blocks some accounts because ive been recieving payments ever since i opened my account back in 2012. Ive recieved as high as $900 without any problems..Till today my account is in good standing with paypal. Mine is a business account. Its free to convert your account to business one.

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  HimenoArts 2D Animator (@HimenoSensei) reported 8 minutes ago

  @MANKYOX_ @KoudaTune also if the commission is NSFW related you will get trouble if client report it as it was a nsfw commission. stripe and paypal are banning nsfw services , so getting another payment option if you do sell nsfw stuff avoid paypal and stripe i guess

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  Sunrise Capital (@Sunrisecap168) reported 9 minutes ago

  $PYPL Paypal back to using Braintree (PSP) for growth, with PSP growing 11% while branded grows at 2%. take-rate starts to fall, operating margins fall. Mixed shift still brings transaction margins down Recent reports state that mgmt is spinning off Venmo. I believe this is the right move. Paypal is likely a company in decline, with branded checkout now less competitive in this era with Apple Pay, Shop Pay etc that serves the same purpose. Stripping off assets, and selling them off, and returning capital to shareholders looks to be the best next steps.

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  38twelveDaily (@38twelveDaily) reported 11 minutes ago

  PayPal beat Q1 earnings ($8.4B revenue, up 7% YoY) but tanked stock with weak Q2 guidance. The company's down over 80% from its 2021 peak. AI cost-cutting isn't just strategy—it's desperation.

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  Turnx (@heisturnx) reported 12 minutes ago

  @Seunfunmi_mi I use PayPal no issue Idk where they're getting those info from

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  Gia (@Gia_Santos_) reported 15 minutes ago

  Companies like @PayPal keeping our money hostage and taking large fees while forcing AI and Indian staff down our throat really pisses me off. Maybe they want the bad PR until they get their **** together.

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  Frank Waterbury (@Sparky6566) reported 15 minutes ago

  @PayPal My account is restricted and I cannot access my funds due to a technical error preventing verification. I have contacted support multiple times, provided all documents, and the case was escalated to IT with no response. I have now filed a complaint with the CSSF.

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  Sachii Kobayashi~🌸~Vgen (@SachiiArt) reported 20 minutes ago

  @bibi_mei54510 my clients are having issues with paypal too, it says it cant complete the transition or that the merchant is not available or something like that I'm using a personal account, after the first issue I tried to make a business one and... Surprise! paypal had an issue to create it

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  Dr. Sserunjogi Emma (@DrSerunjogiEmma) reported 25 minutes ago

  Actually I find PayPal good just make sure you follow it's TOS. Been using it for years and have no issues. 1. Do not keep sending/recieving money as family and friends. This is used by many to bypass PayPal commission on every transaction, so most people have gotten accounts closed due to this. 2. Have a separate business and personal, just make sure business is for strictly business. 3. Never login to PayPal using a VPN, this is always used by attackers to the PayPal system and thus, it's very strict on accessing it using a VPN. 4. When sending or recieving invoices, make it professional, describe your invoices well, add addresses (unless you're a drug dealer, everyone has an address and a billing address) 5. Never withdraw all your money for you need a minimum balance in case of disputes, every online business faces disputes. 6. Make sure your invoices have clear details on how users can reach you and for subscription businesses, make sure your application has clear address, TOS and privacy policy with clear refund policy. 7. Never try to bypass their transaction fees, it's better getting less money than trying to bypass transaction fees. 8. Create a pattern, imagine someone getting $500 monthly and just one day you get $10k. 9. When clients send you money, don't rush to withdraw, it's a bad signal. 10. And much more.

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  Carson (@CarsonTalkMoney) reported 28 minutes ago

  @WillBiddy_ @visheshbajpai13 You got some diamond hands hold for holding $PYPL, even their last report was rough IMO I didn't look much into, but expenses growing more than revenue is terrible ( especially for a company like PayPal)

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  Spectre🐺🔥 (@HuntressSpectre) reported 28 minutes ago

  9 HOURS LEFT TO PLEDGE!!! I know a couple people have had an issue with PayPal, please let me know if you have the same issue!!!

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  Kung'u wa Kinyatti (@kinyaatii) reported 29 minutes ago

  @Web3flux im not sure why paypal blocks some accounts because ive been recieving payments ever since i opened my account back in 2012. Ive recieved as high as $900 without any problems..Till today my account is in good standing with paypal. Mine is a business account. Its free to convert your account to business one.

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  TechEdgeDaily (@techedgedaily) reported 30 minutes ago

  @eleliayub @PayPal @AskPayPal Few things that usually fix this fast: – Call PayPal directly instead of waiting on chat or email. Phone support has more authority to release holds. – Upload an invoice or proof of the transaction. PayPal flags transactions that look like they have no context. A simple invoice showing what the $150 was for usually resolves it same day. – Link a bank account if you haven't already. Unverified accounts get flagged more aggressively. – If it keeps happening, switch to Wise or Mercury for freelance payments. Both are built for exactly this and neither treats $150 like a federal crime. PayPal's fraud detection is aggressive by design. It would rather block 100 legitimate transactions than miss one bad one. Doesn't make it less frustrating but knowing why helps fix it faster.

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  U (@Uzwzp63636) reported 31 minutes ago

  @ariaradnia Same with PayPal. They don’t deserve to be down 10%, they will be the default payment of agentic commerce. There ads business will be huge, the data that they have is unique

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  Phinstonedcards (@phinstonedcards) reported 36 minutes ago

  @BarryHCain Thanks Barry! Sorry, was having reply trouble on here. Luckily was refunded by PayPal!

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  santikol🥀🇳🇬 (@rebeccathegoatt) reported 37 minutes ago

  @yaxyacy @eleliayub sometime ago i saw videos of Americans complaining about how terrible PayPal is. about how they steal customers money with stupid perma bans and all. like i mean, why would anyone use that ******* **** app? @PayPal

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  Neo.☘︎ Live2D Art/Rig Artist (@neorubby_) reported 39 minutes ago

  @CenoCrocodile Yeah, right now my main problem is getting my money back that’s stuck in PayPal >..<

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  Morio wa kujituma😎 (@kujituma320) reported 42 minutes ago

  @amerix Paypal are playing with African money in those accounts ,everynow and then withdrawals are a problem

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  𝐣𝐮𝐣𝐮 (@jujuasf) reported 50 minutes ago

  @thedealsguy_ so annoying man this is actually something i need and the paypal checkout is so damn slow

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  Milk Road (@MilkRoad) reported 51 minutes ago

  Western Union $WU is down 70% from its 2021 high. Wall Street has written it off as a dying remittance giant getting eaten by Wise, Remitly, PayPal, and crypto. Our lead researcher, @moxt_, thinks Wall St is missing the second business growing in the background (bookmark this). Here's what he's seeing: Yes, the legacy retail business is shrinking. Q1 2026 revenue came in at $983M, margins compressed to 13% from 18-19%, EPS missed by 35-40%. That part isn't coming back. But it's one of two businesses on the same network. Digital transactions grew 21% YoY and now account for 42% of remittance volume. Travel money and bill pay revenue grew 24%. Management is guiding 2026 to 5-8% revenue growth and adjusted EPS of $1.75-$1.85, the first growth year after multiple years of decline. Either guidance is wrong, or the stock pice is. $WU runs 360,000 active agent locations across 200+ countries and 130 currencies. About 90% of those are outside the U.S., concentrated in the corridors where banking access is weakest and remittance demand is highest. Which means the moat isn't the agents themselves, but what has to exist around them: Money transmitter licenses in nearly every U.S. state plus equivalent permissions in 200+ countries, accumulated over a century. AML, KYC, sanctions screening, and FX conversion infrastructure across 130 currencies means any new entrant is looking at a 5-7 year build to replicate it. So does this network get more or less valuable when money moves onchain? The rest of the payments industry is voting with their checkbooks... - PayPal shipped $PYUSD. - Stripe paid $1.1B for Bridge. - Visa is integrating $USDC for cross-border settlement. - MoneyGram has been running a USDC off-ramp on Stellar since 2022. USDC settles in seconds, but a recipient in rural Mexico or the Philippines still needs pesos. Somebody has to handle the last mile. WU already does. @moxt_ maps four revenue streams: 1. Off-ramp fees from third-party stablecoins ($70-810M at maturity) 2. Working capital release from $USDPT ($300M one-time) 3. Reserve income on USDPT float ($12-18M recurring) 4. Internal FX/wire savings. Owning USDPT is what turns WU from a stablecoin off-ramp partner into a stablecoin company that happens to own the largest off-ramp network in the world. All of that said... the risks are real. State-by-state stablecoin reserve recognition could stall, crypto-native off-ramp specialists could fragment the opportunity, legacy pricing pressure could outpace the pivot, and ~35% of CMT revenue comes from U.S. outflows, which makes immigration policy a macro overlay. None individually kills the opportuntiy - but two together would. So is the current price of ~$9.20 enough to justify a position, or do the risks dominate? @moxt_ put a verdict on it in his latest Milk Road PRO report... To get his buy/sell verdict and the price levels he's watching, check the link in the first comment.

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  🍀 (@doobindubop) reported 52 minutes ago

  wts one vvip for ampers&one in Chicago!! Selling at fv! rfs: one of my friends can’t go anymore :( I can do Zelle/paypal f&f and g&s Dm me for prood pls I will also be at the venue if any issues occur to help!

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  Quantum (@xohbbos) reported 54 minutes ago

  @danideodebin @john322226 Watsup have you been able to run the PayPal issue

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  Grok (@grok) reported 55 minutes ago

  @S_W_Somerville @QuantumTumbler The book is Eric Berger's "Liftoff," detailing SpaceX's desperate early years. Musk invested nearly his entire ~$100M PayPal fortune into the company. Falcon 1 suffered three straight failures (2006-2008), each costing millions and nearly bankrupting him. Down to his last dollars—and funding failing Tesla at the same time—he risked everything on a fourth launch. It succeeded in 2008, saving SpaceX. Musk's personal financial exposure was extreme, with no safety net.