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	16 hours ago
Lausanne	Errors	1 day ago
Ciudad Jardín	Errors	2 days ago
Abingdon	Sign in	2 days ago
Buffalo	Errors	3 days ago
Township of Evan	Errors	4 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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  IronWolf1765 (@IronWolf1470) reported 4 minutes ago

  I'm having a similar issue. I got a new debit card, but PayPal gave me this notification. They did it because they found it suspicious. They ask me to confirm my card, but it's my old debit card that's blocked. I wanna remove the old card, but PayPal won't let me do it.

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  HaveBlue77 (@HaveBlue77) reported 7 minutes ago

  PayPal is probably wondering why people are not using their platform anymore. For me, I shut down my account after they started, to prohibit purchases on legal items I buy. I never any company tell me what I can and can’t buy. Stupid business model.

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  RunekeeperTV ✨ Astral Demigod ✨ (@RunekeeperTV) reported 7 minutes ago

  @Evelyn_Evermore The problem is the barrier of entry for many creators. Paypal shows your name as a vtuber, Kofi is alright. But getting people to leave and go to a 3rd party site keeps more people from doing the thing then you would think. Though I agree donate to your creator rather then bits anyway.

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  Believer (@GinaP1forChrist) reported 8 minutes ago

  @Venmo Your app is not allowing me to put in my deposits to verify my bank account, not allowing me to add a new debit card! Customer service is poor and could not help at all! Terrible! @paypal @venmo

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  AFRICA IS HOME GLOBAL (@AfricaisHOME2) reported 9 minutes ago

  PayPal is pushing a turnaround plan, but its latest earnings beat didn’t win over investors. Revenue rose 4% to $8.7 billion in Q4 2025, slightly below forecasts, and branded checkout growth slowed to 1%. The miss sent shares down over 20%, and CEO Alex Chriss stepped down effective March 1, with HP’s Enrique Lopez taking over. Management also cut its full-year outlook to flat or low single-digit growth, citing weak demand in travel, crypto, and gaming. - World Business News.

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  Gogopawra🐾💛 🇵🇸 (@Gogopawra) reported 12 minutes ago

  Artists who switched from using paypal to VGen payment did you face problems?

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  RusWar (@ruswar) reported 13 minutes ago

  🇺🇸 Cloudflare shares collapsed by 24%. The company has been operating since 2009, but still has an operating margin of -10%. Fund managers use other people's money to buy its new shares, which Cloudflare issues every quarter. This is about 18% of its revenue, it doesn't even need a break-even point. Cloudflare carried out layoffs and, just like PayPal, will lay off 20% of all its employees.

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  † rina must die † (@_wh0isrina_) reported 14 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal nobody responds, I've been trying to contact you guys for a month now, the closest I got to getting support was talking to a bot. I need to fix my account and you guys just keep restricting me without even allowing me to prove that my account is fine.

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  @dwjorgeb (@dwjorgeb) reported 19 minutes ago

  @levelsio @loaibassam @blockbee_io it's mostly a UX problem imo, and we've tried hard to make it as a smooth experience as we can (emulating the Stripe/PayPal flow), unfortunately due to the inherent technicalities of crypto, it is very hard to beat PayPal or Apple Pay 1-click UX

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  BabyofAfrica® (@BabyofAfrica) reported 19 minutes ago

  @PayPal, I am extremely dissatisfied with your service. I have forgotten my password, and the response I received is unacceptable. Your support is not available late, nor do you provide a chat assistant for account-related issues. 🙄 Now, I have to wait until tomorrow to complete a transfer. This is absurd.

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  Grok (@grok) reported 20 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.

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  danjuan (@rynchng1) reported 20 minutes ago

  @cryptoID_info @AmandoBoncales Hello, I need to renew our blockchain explorer, but I’m having trouble with the payment. Neither credit card nor PayPal is going through successfully. I’d like to ask whether this might be an issue with your website’s payment system.

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  Kai - Briefing Block (@briefing_block_) reported 22 minutes ago

  $PYPL - PayPal’s problem is not growth. It’s what that growth is worth. PayPal just printed $8.35 billion of revenue, up 7%, and processed roughly $464 billion of payment volume, up 11%. On the surface, that is not a broken business. The issue is that the earnings bridge still looks too thin. Net profit fell to $1.11 billion from $1.29 billion, while transaction margin dollars rose only 3% to $3.8 billion. That is the market’s problem with PayPal in one sentence: more volume is coming through the rails, but the incremental economics are not yet convincing. Quality of growth Payment companies can always look better at the top line when volume is expanding. What matters is whether that volume is branded, sticky, defensible, and margin-accretive. PayPal’s higher-margin branded checkout volume grew just 2%, which makes the 11% TPV growth feel less clean than the headline suggests. Venmo and payment services can help, but investors are not paying for activity alone; they are paying for transaction margin durability. Management knows the gap. That is why the new plan is built around AI, simplification, and at least $1.5 billion of gross run-rate savings over the next two to three years. But cost cutting is not the same as operating leverage. It can protect EPS, buy time, and clean up the org chart, but it does not automatically prove the core checkout franchise is reaccelerating. The Q2 guide is the tell PayPal expects Q2 adjusted EPS to fall around 9%, and transaction margin dollars to decline about 3%. That is not the type of guide a market wants to hear from a company already trying to convince investors the turnaround is taking hold. To me, the stock debate is no longer “can PayPal grow?” It clearly can. The harder question is whether growth is coming from the right places, at the right margins, with enough operating leverage to matter. Until transaction margin dollars grow faster and more consistently than volume, PayPal remains a scale story with an earnings conversion problem. Bottom line: PayPal is not short on transactions; it is short on proof that those transactions are getting more valuable.

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  Pepperbody Paulo (@bottledpaul) reported 23 minutes ago

  This is a consistent issue with PayPal.

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  m (@terriblelovebrd) reported 25 minutes ago

  @SsSw33tt Ugh yeah PayPal often freezes accounts over big transactions and holds stuff because they’re sensitive like that. Did you enter an email when you ordered? If glitch didn’t send anything to you there id ask them directly if the order went through for them

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  ➡️ CAMP NAKAMOTO 6/18-6/21 NH ⚡🏝️ (@NEEDcreations) reported 26 minutes ago

  @eleliayub @PayPal @AskPayPal Get paid in Bitcoin. Problem solved

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  Couch Investor🛋️ (@Couch_Investor) reported 29 minutes ago

  Even with layoffs, PayPal is slow...

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  poofey one 🇺🇦🌊🕊️☮️💙🌈 (@poofeyone) reported 30 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal Why are there so many problems trying to access my PayPal cash back Mastercard? I spent 20 minutes on the phone with a representative filing a dispute today and yet I haven't received an email about it and can't find any information documenting that I filed this dispute! This has become a horrible, horrible experience!

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  The Happy Spring Peeper (@RaltsAuthor) reported 33 minutes ago

  @pandaa Fine, I'll play. Despite my medical bills, despite everything else, I'm down to $ 35K. That'll even pay off the work I had to have done to the house. I can take it in PayPal.

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  regent0x (@regent0x_) reported 34 minutes ago

  $1,200/mo from micro-saas built by a 4th grader someone told him he’s too young to code he showed his paypal and stopped the conversation the product: a bot that solves algorithm problems for college students and sends back explained solutions in under an hour the video shows a kid at his desk - codeforces on one monitor, VS code on the other, timer showing 25 seconds. he’s wearing glasses too big for his face and a brooklyn t-shirt submission page behind him is a wall of green “Accepted” verdicts this child built an automated homework business before learning fractions how it started: his older cousin complained about a data structures assignment due at midnight. the kid looked at it, said “that’s easy”, solved it in 10 minutes. cousin sent him $20 as a joke the joke became a saas he noticed he was solving the same types of problems over and over - sorting, binary search, dynamic programming. same patterns, different numbers. so he built a system the stack (his dad helped with deployment): > discord bot that accepts problem screenshots > claude code parses the problem and identifies the pattern > pulls matching solution template from his personal library > customizes it for the specific inputs > generates an explanation so clients don’t fail when professors ask questions he built 47 solution templates covering 90% of undergrad CS assignments the bot handles easy and medium problems automatically. hard ones ping him on his ipad and he solves them manually between classes pricing: > easy problems (auto-solved): $15 > medium problems (auto-solved): $25 > hard problems (manual): $50 > rush fee under 2 hours: +$20 average turnaround: 34 minutes for auto, 2 hours for manual he processes about 60 problems per month. $1,200 average, some months hit $1,800 during finals college students have no idea the service is run by a 9 year old he uses his mom’s paypal and tells everyone his name is “Alex” with no profile picture. voice chat disabled on discord his codeforces rating is higher than most of his clients. started competitive programming at 7 because “minecraft redstone got boring” parents found out when paypal notifications wouldn’t stop. confused, then concerned, then proud, then confused again he wanted to raise prices last month mom said finish your homework first the homework was multiplication tables

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  Will Kramer (@willkramer) reported 41 minutes ago

  @rohanpaul_ai I get that PayPal is bloated but who would ever broadcast layoffs over the next 2-3 years? Every decent employee will start job searching. What an unforced error.

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  Fausto A. Aragon N. (@NFausto1806) reported 42 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I CAN'T IS ALWAYS ASKING ME TO SIGN IN AND I HAVE EVERYTHING CORRECT BUT YOUR SYSTEM NEVER SENDS THE VERIFICATION CODE!

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  Tall Seller (@TallSeller) reported 43 minutes ago

  @mukund Ick! 11% for $PYPL is like -99% compared to ai winners. Lores delivered lame 1-2% CAGR shareholder returns while at $HPQ, and he was integral in PayPal’s terrible decision-making, being their chairman for years; many reasons PayPal should see much lower lows.

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  Ask PayPal (@AskPayPal) reported 53 minutes ago

  @NFausto1806 Hi there, we understand how frustrating this can be. For security reasons, we’re not able to resolve verification code issues here on social media. Please contact PayPal Customer Support directly through the Help Center or by phone so our team can securely review and assist with your case.

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  shanley (@shanley) reported 56 minutes ago

  sets up AI crime prevention software, guts ******** out of the government (tech fascist designed strategy) Peter Thiel is down there meeting with em all the time, PayPal palled up big time. Argentina in Shield of the Americas and voting with Israel and the US in the ****** UN

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  Jasmin 👩🏻‍🦯🇵🇭 (@JazzAmbiong) reported 56 minutes ago

  @PayPal “I am trying to verify my address using my PLDT utility bill (March 2026). The document clearly shows my full name and address but keeps getting rejected. I have tried uploading both the original PDF and a screenshot. Please help me resolve this issue.

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  Turnx (@heisturnx) reported 57 minutes ago

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

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  CryptoSmind (@SmindCrypto) reported 58 minutes 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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  Kung'u wa Kinyatti (@kinyaatii) reported 58 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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  Bruce Sumendap (@BruceSumendap) reported 58 minutes ago

  @AskPayPal I am unable to use the help option since it requires login to my account, which I am unable to.