Paypal status: access issues and outage reports

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Most Reported Problems

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

• Sign in (42%)
• Errors (35%)
• Website Down (22%)

Live Outage Map

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

City	Problem Type	Report Time
Kassel	Sign in	4 days ago
Stuttgart	Sign in	4 days ago
Ajaccio	Sign in	5 days ago
Arumpo	Sign in	5 days ago
Sydney	Sign in	7 days ago
Adelaide	Sign in	7 days ago

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Paypal Issues Reports

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  Peniel (@Chancellorpen) reported 5 minutes ago

  @NthandaManduwi @phethani4 I've been reading an excellent book recently, How China escaped the Poverty trap, and people always hold them as the gold standard for institutional capacity and state led economic progress, but that wasn't true at all in the beginning, strong institutions aren't created by will, they need a country with economic development, the issue there is, they are codependent, more state capacity, better economic condition, and vice versa. And her main idea there is,. Don't see weak institutions as only a disadvantage, they are great for creating new markets, and those new markets create economic development, which improves state development. We see Africa's slow moving, and weak institutions and bureaucracy as a problem to solve and then we get progress, instead of seeing, maybe there's an opportunity somewhere in here. A good case in point would be, that Stripe and PayPal don't work in 90% if African countries, because they are so bureaucratic and slow moving, Stripe has to acquire fintechs already operating in Nigeria. But when a new technology comes along, like crypto, and there is no machinery to regulate it, weaker institutions don't have the capacity to regulate it and it operates in the grey areas. This is why although Binance for example got kicked out of Europe a lot of the time and had trouble in the US, strong institutions are actively very strong in maintaining the old way, and they brought hell to a new technology company like binance. While Binance just freely operates all over Africa, and only recently did only Nigeria crack down, while it's a great new technology that allows Africans to do a lot of things (like in my case be paid for doing international work). And this is precisely why I think Startups can be Africa's future, especially in probably technology(entirely now ways and cases of solving problems). And not globalization, which is just taking something that works on X place and taking it to another place, like Stripe and PayPal. And I'm sure there are many other cases of technology working in Africa (Zipline Drones, or the original M-pesa) with this mechanism. I firmly believe Africans have the talent

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  E.G. Martínez² (@Egm225) reported 5 minutes ago

  @RealWarnerus PayPal has been my main middleman for online purchases, & so far I haven't had any problems.

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  Thomas (@ThomasOyxxx) reported 9 minutes ago

  𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞. Culture isn’t designed. It’s discovered, usually by accident. A toy photo, a broken render, a nickname that stuck. That’s how $FEFER was born. Not from a whitepaper, not from a marketing plan. From CT deciding a jaw that never loaded was funnier than anything a team could have scripted. ➜ First launch failed ➜ Team stepped back ➜ Community didn’t That sequence matters more than people give it credit for. Most memes die the moment the original push loses steam. Fefer got a second life because the people holding it treated the token like it was worth continuing, not restarting. ➜ Relaunched on @coinsdot + @Stable ➜ Snapshot of 4,827 original holders ➜ Airdropped directly, no claim forms, nobody left behind That’s not a small detail. Snapshotting the original holders instead of starting a fresh cap table is the difference between “new project borrowing an old joke” and “same community, new chapter.” Where it stands right now: ➜ $3.9M market cap ➜ $569K liquidity ➜ Live on a USDT-powered L1 backed by Bitfinex and PayPal Ventures Stable is still early. Its identity is still being written in real time, and the projects active in it now are the ones that end up shaping what people associate with the chain later. $FEFER isn’t trying to win on utility. It’s trying to win on being unforgettable, and a meme that survives its own failed launch and still gets airdropped back to the exact people who believed in it the first time is hard to forget. Nobody decides which meme becomes the face of a chain. The timeline does. 👀 Fefer didn’t restart. Fefer continued. CA: 0xDEeE8f25fe3B5C33AeF78637278ACBFF23EeBFa6 Always DYOR and verify the contract before interacting. @savefefer

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  Caleb Onyeabor (@mrcalebonyeabor) reported 9 minutes ago

  You made a lot of money instead of using the money to solve the problems of the people, you sent it to another group of people and asked us to go and meet them. Now when we asked you for your score card, you are sending us to them. Did we elect you to send money? Eh PayPal?

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  Fernanda (@andreaAn43499) reported 11 minutes ago

  To everyone asking for my PayPal or Cash App: STOP. Every single one of you turns out to be a scammer giving me false hope and vanishing. I’m tired of it. I’m tired of getting my hopes up just to be let down again. My only real donation link is my GoFundMe — it’s pinned and in my bio. No PayPal, no Cash App, nothing else. If you ask, I won’t reply. I just want real kindness, not more tricks. 💔

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  Penny Wise (@wise145485) reported 12 minutes ago

  @annbauerwriter I've never run into that problem but I can see how it would happen. A lot of people are moving away from cash or checks. I do some digital money such as Zelle and PayPal but only with trusted vendors. For you it sounds like it now needs to be an up front question.

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  he red on my hood till i bust (@turrondeluxe) reported 17 minutes ago

  @calogue_ since its been going on for weeks your account might be trapped in a backend security review or either a limitation that only paypal costumer service can fix :(

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  So Eungi (@so_eungi) reported 17 minutes ago

  I still couldn’t get the ticket to Berlin 😭 I tried paying with different cards and through PayPal, and it just kept giving me an error every single time. Well… this is how I ****** UP 😭 What can I say…

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  Ethan (@FiggyE818) reported 19 minutes ago

  @thorntondiecast Put the PayPal down and walk away slowly so no one gets hurt!

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  WorshipCarrie 💸 (@worshipcarriee) reported 19 minutes ago

  @jay39646384336 PayPal @bgcarrie send before they shut down

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  R (@SQUIRTDRINKER17) reported 19 minutes ago

  @CoFoundersNik this highlights the issue with stripe. they don’t like hyper growth. my saas did $250k rev in first month after launch, stripe didn’t like it. 4 months in they disconnected us with a 0% chargeback rate (we forced 3ds! can’t chargeback when you literally have to sign into ur bank and 2fa). it was insane trying to find another processor to take us and integrate them. will never use stripe, they’re just a new paypal.

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  reneé ✨ (@wysrenee) reported 29 minutes ago

  @johnbabodor that would help but it won't solve the entire problem, I need a fiat to stablecoin onramp, USD, applepay paypal etc.

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  Totally Positive Content ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (@JGAnno24) reported 29 minutes ago

  Yup, I know of the Jewels, they aren't here because I want to fully understand their values before adding them. From what I understand, they are included in the Youtube payout, so they'll be delayed just like other items such as Ad Revenue, Memberships, and Super Chats. So there is no immediate "phasitivity" into the Snort Fort's coffers like his precious Tips or the Kick money which is as close as it gets by being every Thursday. So, we had a week of whatever is left of the Elite Whale Corp seemingly shifted out of Tips and Kick support and pushed more money into Youtube side support, bolstering the Super Chats and Youtube Memberships to a pretty high level without a Begathon -- you know it is totally organic, right? Of course, at the same time, the Youtube money is hit with significantly higher fees compared to Tips and Kick, so they spent a lot of money to keep the platform going as opposed to the Snort Fort's coffers - big ups, I guess. Of course, it was a polar opposite week for the Kick side of support for Subs but it's all part of the shifting of the same finite pot of money for the week. We also had a week with almost daily crash outs, especially many aimed at the Kino Casino, despite getting money throughout the week. Why? Is that hate ***** that strong against the Kino Casino out of jealousy? Is there something else happening financially and it's triggering him that easily? Or is it a situation that he's gassed himself up to believe he's actually successful because of the money that is coming in? What are we thinking here for all this? Is he mad he attached his wagon to a woman that is ill and he is stuck being a caretaker? Is the marriage failing and divorce coin is waiting to soar? Did DSP attempt a refinance and it failed miserably, leading to needing property repairs? Perhaps other expenses that must be paid related to the property that we aren't aware of? Or did he overextend himself by likely pushing over $7,000 - or even more - on bullshit cards that will just sit in his closet and he ****** himself financially? You know, the days when Present Day DSP finally catches up to Future Phil and then it's time to blame "da trollz" for his own bad choices? I wouldn't put it pass DSP to load up on Affirm, Klarna, Paypal, and Amazon payment plans. Either way, blaming trolls for his bad choices is up his alley as he did about the "ghad pack" opening -- something that I don't think anyone really bothered to clip or watch - no on cared - yet he said it was the trolls fault that no one watched his slop. Yep, that must be it. With another stream week kicking off tomorrow, I wonder how many crash outs we'll have this week? This is clearly a person that isn't right, something must be happening "behind the scenes." Despite getting money, he is pushing for more and more money at abnormal rates. This tells me something isn't right but that's where you have Theo Theories based on past events which can possibly figure it out - at least until it finally bubbles up and out into the open directly from DSP or indirectly from alternate sources. I'm leaning towards his spending being out of control based on past history and that he might be stacking a wild amount of payment plans that he needs to service on top of his other discretionary and mandatory spending as a possibly theory. Whatever it is, I think money is going to be tied to the issue. I guess we'll see in time.

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  svy ⚠︎ ⌇ 📼🧪🐾 (@svyraaaaa) reported 33 minutes ago

  open to fair offers!! can do a payment plan with down payment (will be listing price if going down that route!) paypal only c:

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  Thomas (@ThomasOyxxx) reported 33 minutes ago

  𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞. 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐬𝐚𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐞. Culture isn’t designed. It’s discovered, usually by accident. A toy photo, a broken render, a nickname that stuck. That’s how $FEFER was born. Not from a whitepaper, not from a marketing plan. From CT deciding a jaw that never loaded was funnier than anything a team could have scripted. ➜ First launch failed ➜ Team stepped back ➜ Community didn’t That sequence matters more than people give it credit for. Most memes die the moment the original push loses steam. Fefer got a second life because the people holding it treated the token like it was worth continuing, not restarting. ➜ Relaunched on @coinsdot + @Stable ➜ Snapshot of 4,827 original holders ➜ Airdropped directly, no claim forms, nobody left behind That’s not a small detail. Snapshotting the original holders instead of starting a fresh cap table is the difference between “new project borrowing an old joke” and “same community, new chapter.” Where it stands right now: ➜ $3.9M market cap ➜ $569K liquidity ➜ Live on a USDT-powered L1 backed by Bitfinex and PayPal Ventures Stable is still early. Its identity is still being written in real time, and the projects active in it now are the ones that end up shaping what people associate with the chain later. $FEFER isn’t trying to win on utility. It’s trying to win on being unforgettable, and a meme that survives its own failed launch and still gets airdropped back to the exact people who believed in it the first time is hard to forget. Nobody decides which meme becomes the face of a chain. The timeline does. 👀 Fefer didn’t restart. Fefer continued. CA: 0xDEeE8f25fe3B5C33AeF78637278ACBFF23EeBFa6 Always DYOR and verify the contract before interacting. @savefefer

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  exchangeIntel (@exchangeIntel) reported 34 minutes ago

  Coinbase PayPal Withdrawals performance issue resolved The official status record now shows the incident as resolved. Official incident duration: ~16 min.

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  PaulsCorner-VerseQuest (@TNTJohn1717) reported 35 minutes ago

  @ziz318 Amen!! My developer is now looking into the PayPal error.

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  peachy.auras🇩🇿 (@CB_HYUN461) reported 36 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Hello @AskPayPal, I am trying to link a valid prepaid Visa/Mastercard to my account, but the system keeps declining it despite having a sufficient balance and matching details. Is there a general restriction on prepaid cards, or how can I fix this?

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  The_Rat_Man (@notsuspo) reported 40 minutes ago

  Mobster has has broken his leg after falling down and will be put to sleep if someone does not PayPal him 2 dollars and a McDonald’s hashbrown

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  ML (@Moxie25) reported 42 minutes ago

  @AnarchoDarling Same here. Had my ebay shop for years. Did very well before PayPal ca.e in. Shut down my auction last year. AI, and excessive fees are killing g side and small business.

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  Illuminaughty:Hot Pink&Black Queen of Hearts (@Slghtrhouse4Moo) reported 42 minutes ago

  I looked up what X money is. Gotta wonder if it'll be another PayPal with the psychological issues associated like accounts wiped tf out, monies not accessible, etc Would be interesting if it didn't considering Long term goals are something 🐖🐖🐖🪰 Zombie by proxy apocalypse

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  Diagnosis:Woman (@The_Great_Null) reported 46 minutes ago

  $0/$100- needed for food by monday. My birthday is at the end of the month too, so any help paying down the $400 I owe ca$ would be lovely. ******** money so I could sleep would also be nice. If anyone can help with any of that, my paypal/venmo/ca$ are all nullthegreat

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  ludoonchart (@ludoonchart) reported 48 minutes ago

  I found two Peter Thiel documents explaining how the PayPal and Palantir co-founder turned a $500,000 Facebook bet into more than $1 billion - while his latest 13F shows just 8 public stocks worth roughly $412 million inside, Thiel breaks down why the best investments often start with a truth the market doesn’t believe yet, why competition destroys returns, and why one exceptional company can matter more than an entire portfolio of average ones the second document traces the equity bets that actually built his fortune: PayPal gave him his first major liquidity event, Facebook became a roughly 2,000x documented cash return, and his disclosed beneficial Palantir stake later grew into billions of dollars in gross market value the interesting part is that none of them started as normal public-stock trades founder equity. one tiny angel check. concentrated ownership before the rest of the market could easily price what these companies might become bookmark this and read both documents below

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  𝓢𝓪𝓶𝓲𝓮 ♡ 𝓔𝓲𝓷𝓪𝓻'𝓼 𝓦𝓲𝓯𝓮 (@shouixeo) reported 50 minutes ago

  @momotowan I don't think this was me? PayPal already took the money out of my bank account to send to you. I haven't had any issues in the past sending you money via Ko-fi, so I hope it ends up making it to you 🥺

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  pubby 💕🐩 (@puppypaints) reported 50 minutes ago

  and on TOP of EVERYTHING HAPPENING i found out today that discord has been double charging me for nitro every month for over a year either some random discord account has somehow been using my PayPal information or it’s a error on their end i have no clue but holy ****

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  Mr. Daimoku (@niftydaimoku) reported 53 minutes ago

  @PayPal @Venmo SHUT DOWN PAYPAL!

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  Brian (@brian3609) reported 54 minutes ago

  @Joh08n @PaulGoldEagle Jah, calm down brother. This isn’t the CBDC. This is a distributed digital currency that won’t be controlled against us. It’s coming. Actually, digital currency is already here via cc, ach, PayPal, Venmo, etc. This move will free us from the Fed Reserve controlling the fiat currency

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  Alyz 🌸🔪 Maid Vtuber (@ProjectAlyz) reported 59 minutes ago

  @PokiFluffs i think i had a similar issue once. went on vgen trough the x app and payed. strangely i didn’t get a confirmation email or the file. the item was still shown available in vgen. on PayPal the money was sent. it’s always lagging if im not in a browser

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  Vitaliy Sokolov (@askvitaliy_) reported 1 hour ago

  @SMB_Attorney When I started in business, you had to put the card in that little manual knuckle-buster imprinter with the carbon paper. That meant the card was physically present. Back in the day, we made a photocopy of the customer's credit card and ID to verify they were actually there and check their face against the ID. People literally never disputed a charge unless their card was physically stolen, at which point they would call the bank, say they were robbed, and provide a police report. Where this all went wrong was with eBay and PayPal. Suddenly it became: "You didn't get the product" or "It's not what you expected," followed by endless disputes. That is where it all began. When it comes to smaller banks, if you send them evidence, they will actually read it. But with the top ten banks in the United States, the person reviewing your case is almost certainly overseas (like Chase having reps in the Philippines). Do you think they read it or care what you wrote? Customers claim they never received a product, so we submit the UPS label, tracking data, GPS coordinates, and the delivery photo showing the package dropped at their door. You still lose the dispute. Why? Because nobody actually reviews the evidence; they just decide at random. The entire credit card processing system is fundamentally broken, driven by two core issues: 1. Widespread customer abuse with zero accountability: Customers increasingly abuse chargebacks simply to avoid paying for items, especially high-value goods, because they know there are no consequences. Even when customers dispute a charge by accident (for example, mixing it up with other unrecognized charges) and promise via email to call their bank and fix it, they forget, and the merchant still loses. Furthermore, most businesses do not work with direct merchant acquirers; they use payment aggregators who do not fight chargebacks the same way a direct processor would. The banks simply do not care enough to fix this. 2. Outdated legacy infrastructure and evaluation: The evidence-collection and review processes are completely archaic. AI would make far better, fairer decisions analyzing dispute evidence than manual overseas reviewers. People often blame Visa or Mastercard, but chargeback decisions are made by the issuing banks. Payment processors love to label businesses as "high risk." We are not high-risk; the issue is simply that consumers buy items they do not want to pay for. If the industry had a centralized database tracking how many chargebacks an individual consumer files across cards, the "high-risk merchant" label wouldn't even need to exist, because verifying buyer legitimacy would be straightforward. Back in the day, merchant processors physically visited your business to inspect your operation and verify your inventory before giving you merchant access. Today, aggregators let anyone instantly open an account without even verifying their identity, enabling scammers to set up fake storefronts selling $50 iPhones. Then, two days later, they freeze legitimate accounts demanding identity verification out of nowhere. The entire model needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.

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  BoredHuskyPack🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇷🇭🇷🇮🇱🇯🇵🇵🇱🇹🇼🇺🇸 (@BoredHuskyPack) reported 1 hour ago

  @libsoftiktok Indian nationals Prashant Gajera and Dharaben Davadiya were just convicted of carrying out a PayPal fraud scheme? They are terrible people.