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	8 hours ago
Brussels	Sign in	15 hours ago
Paris	Errors	15 hours ago
Oslo	Errors	22 hours ago
Versailles	Errors	1 day ago
Lewes	Sign in	2 days ago

Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Paypal Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

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  Maxxy (@MaxMotive29) reported 1 minute ago

  Anyone had issues verifying their PayPal account?

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  Felix (@KiplagatSergon) reported 3 minutes ago

  @DemetriusRO6 The sad part is the same people are fighting everything including government strategic diplomacy. You chest thumb about ebola, Americans freezes your PayPal account. You cry. It's better trusting our government to solve our issues when dealing with lunatics

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  jbradley.btc🦀 (@Bradleyxf0) reported 9 minutes ago

  Receiving funds through PayPal while in Africa has become a crime. @AureSpend will fix this.

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  Mokaya (@ekmokaya) reported 9 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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  Baba Dennis (@nibabadennis) reported 12 minutes ago

  I do a lot of freelance work, never had a problem getting paid this way. Plus if you're freelancing on sites that limit payment options there's likely reasons for it and i figure PayPal has been lobbied to lock accounts because people keep circumventing regional locks on said sites

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  SMART_PARTNER AAA (@Rono_Kev) reported 13 minutes ago

  @archiemwas Binance is not a US company. If you ever experience issues with your account, it's likely because you've been flagged under Kenyan jurisdiction law or you received funds from blacklisted addresses. PayPal on the other hand will always act on the premise of protecting US & EU

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  NDN Silver (@WingsNDNSilver) reported 14 minutes ago

  She's been trying for weeks to raise $700. She's only taken it down to $525, b/c I cannot get anyone to care. She needs $300 of that URGENTLY, b/c her car payment is past due, and she CANNOT lose it. 10 people, $30 each. Come ON: PayPal @ cindysalazar435 Vemno @ tiocindy

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  Kyrmen Skhem01 (@KSkhem0118086) reported 14 minutes ago

  @kurds040 @AskPayPal Just don't log In for 1 weeks or 4 days if still issue leave it for 1 weeks above don't try to log In

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  Emie your degen Chaos Gremlin💖 (@EmiEinjeru) reported 15 minutes ago

  @TwitchSupport @Twitch Really? You have a creator who has things set up as you suggested and their payment method was still hacked. Wouldn’t it make sense to maybe block a payee when you know they are fraudulent? I understand with PayPal it’s hard to clawback but this is kinda BS. It’s a known issue that creators are seeing over the last few months and it feels like nothing has been done to heighten security to help better block fraudulent activity. You are a big corporation please do better

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  Risen (@NjarambaVoice) reported 15 minutes ago

  @AokoOtieno_ Whats the exact Issue, Juu sijaona any Issue na PayPal.

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  akinyi (@euniceouma) reported 16 minutes ago

  @ekmokaya @xysist Facts I had PayPal while in Kenya kept being flagged on I had to close the account I opened one in USA and has no issues till today

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  JamaRobertsWeMustBeBrave1st2BeFree (@Fedup4realUsa) reported 18 minutes ago

  I don’t know who’s playing games for America. I don’t know who owns PayPal, but I’m calling Attorney General and it’s not money. I’m after it’s your ******* freedom. If it’s somebody outside of the United States, I don’t have a problem joining the military and blowing them off the map America is in a terrible place and until people stand up and let this injustice end then we are going to continue to fall.

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  Frank.eth (@Frank_ethhh) reported 27 minutes ago

  @CRYPTOAD00 The problem sometimes is not us but the people you are working with I was working with a client and they insisted on using paypal. Don't know why.

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  Soba (@SobaXIV) reported 28 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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  Prime Mata (@echoxboxx) reported 30 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hello, ​When I tried to log in, the next step prompted me to receive a security code via a phone number that I unfortunately no longer have because I got a new one. As a result, I cannot complete the login process. ​Could you please help me change the phone number

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  Caro🌻 (@CarolineBignell) reported 35 minutes ago

  @boopbetty1000 @BrydonN2 @viagogo I’ve been in correspondence with them every few weeks for a year. I even had a phone call but that didn’t help. The whole thing is the problem between them and PayPal. 🤬

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  Joice Joseph | mj@aana.site (@moolekkari) reported 36 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I wanted to make a payment to university. I attempted multiple times with multiple cards and accounts. nothing worked even after reaching out to support twice. can you please help me fix it? please help me on priority ?

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  Octopus (@Octop3s) reported 36 minutes ago

  @Masriabdullahh Brother it doesn’t matter in as much you solve pain point problem who care about your cashback Those behemoth you’re using as an example at some point use all this similar marketing to acquire users PayPal, cashapp etc so yeah it’s healthy

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  Nduko™ (@nduko__) reported 36 minutes ago

  Now that PayPal is not working in Africa, what is the best money transfer option?

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  Study-Loop.com (@homeworkshark1) reported 36 minutes ago

  @abuyamasta You are another imbecile?!!! Kenya is on FATF Greylist. We can blame Paypal all we want, but our issues starts with the regime that has allowed wash wash monies into the system. Till we are out of that list, international Financial firms will always have a keen look of Kenya

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  Jeshurun Baraka (@KeleleSaysKE) reported 38 minutes ago

  @ekmokaya I have a genuine question. The paypal issue nimeishi kuiskia since 2017. Why do people in KE still use it when kuna other platforms?

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  Deads (@oker_yo) reported 40 minutes ago

  paypal gone again, they flagged my account because transactions DIDNT have what they were for written down. At this point what are we supposed to do cuz if u write stuff down in transactions they'll also ban your **** soooo. Ik there's alternatives but this is just ridiculous.

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  QS. Muimi Nzangi (@nzangi_james) reported 40 minutes ago

  @JoshOO1J PayPal has been treating African creators and entrepreneurs with contempt for quite long now. For us, our merchant account that was supporting an active marketplace we had developed was permanently closed just like that, we had broken none of their rules. We need an African alt.

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  Ciel21 ♠️♦️♣️💜🇨🇦🍁 (@Ciel2114) reported 40 minutes ago

  @froglet80 I mention the Kofi for non app users as otherwise only Paypal is accessible outside of US by other PP users for MA. A couple of US Members had issues with Stripe processing in past couple of months.

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  Rose 🌱 (@RosefinchZz) reported 43 minutes ago

  @nenedotpng I had that problem a few days ago, but it eventually got resolved. i think it happens when you offer a service but don't have shipping tracking? paypal is the devil

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  Violetta (@ViolaTheRabbit) reported 48 minutes ago

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

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  Njeri Waridi (@Njeriwaridi) reported 48 minutes ago

  If PayPal is concerned about AML issues, they should just stop doing business in Kenya and Africa Blocking accounts & retaining funds appears to be a strategic way of cash flow management Resolut does not allow Accounts to be opened by people in Africa @PayPal

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  Kyle Spencer (@Kikuba_Mutwe) reported 55 minutes ago

  @ntvkenya Do not use Paypal they have always been the most eager to work on behalf of the American government. They were among the first to shut down payments to Wikileaks when they exposed US war crimes.

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  🐎💎NoxiousSulphur💎🐎 (@noxioussulphur) reported 57 minutes ago

  i figured out that ko-fi is having issues, im NOT letting cashapp scan my face, and putting my paypal is risky (they dont like nsfw stuff 💔) So.... should I create a Throne or just leave the tipping thing alone (￣ω￣;)

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  Michael E🍉 (@okboy1963) reported 60 minutes ago

  @Mahayasir248909 Crypto? I just do not know anything about that yet Maha. I need time on that. I don't own any crypto and never have. Paypal may be the only way for now will it work? We'll see. The worst thing that could happen is I have trouble sending it so I'll just give it to you via Sarah B.